When I was first approached…Betterhelp Careers…. to perhaps team up with them on a youtube series among the important things that was really crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what topics I selected to present and also you understand my own views when when necessary or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they essentially said you understand we trust you as a scientific expert and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and speak about what you understand and one of the things that I truly wanted to address is the truth that I’m not just here to say that online therapy is the answer for everything you know I believe it can be incredibly helpful for lots of people I’ve seen it myself dealing with people from a few months up to over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with somebody is actually a it
nearly enhances the the restorative experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people face-to-face and I completely take pleasure in that and there are people that I see there that I wouldn’t think about seeing online either they wouldn’t be appropriate we wouldn’t be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just would not feel comfy and and that’s all right those 2 things can both be true and I believe among the important things that I wish to start to have people think about is there’s a location for both offline and online treatment it is truly a matter of you know deciding what’s right for you but also what’s most proper for you with the help of an expert when I speak about specific therapy designs or approaches as being appropriate for you what I mean by that is that it would be the best technique for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I believe that a person of the issues that a great deal of individuals have is that online therapy is trying to change offline therapy and I can inform you 100% that that’s not true I have actually had numerous discussions with the creator of where he has discussed that his audience isn’t to take on brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or certified specialists out of business his mission is to supply mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to come into the treatment workplace and I 100% support that mission and I think it is very important and we have a problem with access
to psychological health care in this nation and is one service as our other online business I was mentioning earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is more appropriate for or offline therapy is more appropriate for and I’ve in fact I’ve actually spoken about this in other settings because it is something I feel quite passionate about and I have to state that my opinion has actually been well-received by business like in regards to ideally how they how they work with the people that present for care so I simply wished to spend a couple of minutes talking about my own is my own individual opinion about the important things that are most proper for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a wonderful location for people who are struggling with hard life transitions for circumstances where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for situations where you understand they have a very well-defined concern with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is really structured can can benefit them and that therapy because it’s not as social as others is best for online counseling since it involves a lot of research it includes worksheets it involves finding out specific skills and strategies so mild milder disorders like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression modification disorders even PTSD as long as like the person has gotten care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be addressed through online counseling you understand consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they reach out to a counselor from their home because they can’t leave their home and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are really frightened of being caught and caught in a location where they might have an anxiety attack therefore basically they begin to limit their activities and restrict their activities up until many of them can’t leave their house without actually feeling substantial distress so if someone like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer and link to a therapist that’s a fantastic initial step is that going to treat them never since agoraphobia to be effectively treated needs that person to be able to go outdoors and to resume regular activities and sometimes that includes a therapist going to their home to help them with that process undoubtedly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that however could they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their home from that preliminary supportive technique to counseling where they can actually have a much better life 100% and this is what the gap that aims to fill with their services my indicate this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to plainly communicate that anything that I show you is going to be fully from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more notably what I believe is as just a human being on this earth trying to do the best that I can therefore I I won’t inform you that something is appropriate that I do not believe is appropriate I won’t show you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever since I don’t believe that and so you can constantly anticipate to hear my honest viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video useful and intriguing if you did please like it listed below and do not hesitate to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a range of various psychological health topics and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to resolve or cover in an approaching video