When I was first approached…Betterhelp Diagnosis…. to potentially team up with them on a youtube series among the things that was truly essential to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I discussed what what topics I chose to provide and likewise you understand my own views when when essential or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they essentially stated you know we trust you as a scientific professional and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and discuss what you understand and one of the important things that I truly wished to address is the fact that I’m not just here to say that online therapy is the answer for everything you know I believe it can be exceptionally handy for many individuals I’ve seen it myself dealing with individuals from a couple of months approximately over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with somebody is truly a it
practically improves the the restorative experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals in person and I thoroughly delight in that and there are individuals that I see there that I would not consider 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 comfortable and which’s all right those 2 things can both be true and I think among the things that I wish to begin to have people think about is there’s a place for both online and offline treatment it is actually a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you but likewise what’s most appropriate for you with the help of a professional when I discuss specific counseling designs or techniques as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the very best technique for
the particular problem that you’re dealing with and I believe that a person of the concerns that a lot of people have is that online counseling is trying to change offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not true I’ve had numerous discussions with the creator of where he has mentioned that his audience isn’t to take on physical practices or put psychologists or licensed specialists out of business his objective is to supply psychological health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the treatment workplace and I 100% assistance that mission and I think it is necessary and we have a problem with access
to psychological healthcare in this country and is one option as our other online business I was discussing previously that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is more appropriate for or offline therapy is better for and I’ve actually I’ve actually spoken about this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I have to say that my opinion has been favored by business like in regards to hopefully how they how they work with individuals that provide for care so I just wanted to invest a number of minutes discussing my own is my own individual viewpoint about the things that are most appropriate for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a wonderful location for people who are struggling with difficult life transitions for situations where they’re experiencing more stress than normal for situations where you know they have a very precise issue with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is very structured can can benefit them which therapy since it’s not as interpersonal as others is ideal for online therapy because it includes a great deal of homework it includes worksheets it involves finding out specific abilities and techniques so mild milder disorders like mild anxiety mild depression change conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has actually gotten care at first somewhere else these are all things that can be addressed through online counseling you understand think about someone who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they reach out to a counselor from their house because they can’t leave their house and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are truly terrified of being trapped and trapped in a place where they might have a panic attack and so basically they start to restrict their activities and limit their activities up until a number of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling significant distress so if someone like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer system and link to a therapist that’s a fantastic first step is that going to cure them absolutely not due to the fact that agoraphobia to be effectively dealt with requirements that individual to be able to go outside and to resume typical activities and in some cases that involves a therapist going to their house to help them with that process undoubtedly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that however might they be the bridge that got that person who’s afraid to leave their house from that preliminary helpful approach to therapy where they can really have a much better life 100% and this is what the gap that intends to fill with their services my indicate this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to clearly interact that anything that I show you is going to be totally from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more notably what I think is as just a human being on this earth attempting to do the best that I can and so I I won’t inform you that something is appropriate that I don’t believe is appropriate I will not share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything due to the fact that I don’t believe that and so you can constantly anticipate to hear my sincere viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video intriguing and practical if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a variety of various psychological health topics and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to attend to or cover in an approaching video