When I was first approached…Betterhelp Couples Therapy Cost…. to possibly team up with them on a youtube series one of the things that was really crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I spoke about what what subjects I selected to present and likewise you understand my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they basically said you understand we trust you as a clinical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and talk about what you understand and one of the important things that I actually wished to address is the truth that I’m not just here to state that online treatment is the answer for everything you know I think it can be extremely handy for lots of people I’ve seen it myself working with individuals from a couple of months as much as over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with somebody is actually a it
nearly enriches the the therapeutic experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I completely enjoy that and there are individuals that I see there that I wouldn’t think about seeing online either they would not be appropriate we would not have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just wouldn’t feel comfy and which’s fine those two things can both hold true and I believe among the things that I wish to start to have individuals consider exists’s a place for both offline and online therapy it is truly a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you but likewise what’s most appropriate for you with the help of an expert when I talk about specific counseling designs or methods as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the very best technique for
the particular problem that you’re handling and I think that one of the issues that a lot of individuals have is that online counseling is trying to replace offline therapy and I can inform you 100% that that’s not true I’ve 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 licensed experts out of business his objective is to offer mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the treatment workplace and I 100% assistance that objective and I think it is very important and we have an issue with access
to mental health care in this country and is one option as our other online business I was pointing out earlier that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is more appropriate for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve in fact I’ve in fact discussed this in other settings since it is something I feel quite passionate about and I have to say that my opinion has actually been well-received by companies like in regards to ideally how they how they deal with individuals that provide for care so I just wished to spend a couple of minutes speaking about my own is my own individual viewpoint about the important things that are most suitable for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a fantastic location for individuals who are struggling with difficult life shifts for scenarios where they’re experiencing more tension than typical for situations where you understand they have an extremely specific problem with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is really structured can can benefit them which treatment because it’s not as interpersonal as others is best for online therapy since it includes a lot of research it includes worksheets it involves finding out specific skills and methods so moderate milder conditions like mild anxiety mild depression change disorders even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually gotten care at first somewhere else these are all things that can be attended to through online counseling you understand consider someone who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they connect to a counselor from their house due to the fact that they can’t leave their home and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are really horrified of being trapped and caught in a location where they might have a panic attack therefore basically they start to restrict their activities and limit their activities until much of them can’t leave their house without actually feeling significant distress so if someone like that is at home and they can reach out through their computer and link to a counselor that’s a terrific first step is that going to cure them never due to the fact that agoraphobia to be effectively treated requirements that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume regular activities and sometimes that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that process undoubtedly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that but might they be the bridge that got that person who’s afraid to leave their home from that preliminary helpful method to therapy where they can really have a better life 100% and this is what the space that intends to fill with their services my indicate this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to clearly interact that anything that I show you is going to be totally from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly what I think is as simply a human being on this earth trying to do the very best that I can and so I I will not inform you that something is appropriate that I don’t believe is appropriate I won’t share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything because I do not believe that and so you can constantly anticipate to hear my truthful opinion on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video intriguing and practical if you did please like it below and feel free to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a variety of different mental health topics and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or deal with in an approaching video