When I was first approached…Betterhelp Faq…. to perhaps collaborate with them on a youtube series one of the things that was really important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I spoke about what what topics I chose to provide and likewise you understand my own views when when needed or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they essentially stated you understand we trust you as a scientific professional and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and talk about what you understand and among the things that I truly wished to address is the truth that I’m not just here to say that online treatment is the answer for everything you know I believe it can be exceptionally handy for many individuals I’ve seen it myself working with individuals from a few months approximately over a year and I seen how being able to message and likewise have video sessions with somebody is really a it
practically improves the the healing experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals in person and I completely delight 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 have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply would not feel comfortable and which’s alright those 2 things can both hold true and I think one of the important things that I wish to start to have people consider is there’s a location for both offline and online treatment it is really a matter of you know deciding what’s right for you however likewise what’s most appropriate for you with the help of a professional when I discuss certain therapy styles or methods as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the best technique for
the particular problem that you’re handling and I think that one of the concerns that a lot of individuals have is that online counseling is attempting to replace offline counseling and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had numerous conversations with the founder of where he has actually pointed out that his audience isn’t to compete with traditional practices or put psychologists or certified specialists out of business his mission is to offer psychological health access to the people who aren’t going to enter into the therapy office and I 100% support that objective and I believe it is necessary and we have a problem with gain access to
to psychological healthcare in this country and is one option as our other online companies I was mentioning earlier that there are things that I personally think that online therapy is better suited for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve in fact I’ve actually spoken about this in other settings since it is something I feel pretty passionate about and I have to state that my viewpoint has been favored by companies like in terms of ideally how they how they deal with the people that present for care so I simply wished to spend a couple of minutes talking about my own is my own personal opinion about the things that are most suitable for offline versus online therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a terrific place for people who are having problem with tough life shifts for scenarios where they’re experiencing more stress than typical for scenarios where you know they have an extremely clear-cut concern with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is very structured can can benefit them and that therapy due to the fact that it’s not as interpersonal as others is perfect for online counseling due to the fact that it involves a great deal of homework it includes worksheets it involves finding out particular abilities and strategies so mild milder conditions like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression adjustment disorders even PTSD as long as like the individual has gotten care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be attended to through online counseling you understand consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they reach out to a therapist from their home due to the fact that they can’t leave their house and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are really frightened of being caught and caught in a location where they might have a panic attack and so basically they start to limit their activities and limit their activities up until a lot of them can’t leave their house without actually feeling considerable distress so if somebody like that is at home and they can connect through their computer and connect to a counselor that’s a terrific first step is that going to treat them never due to the fact that agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with needs that person to be able to go outside and to resume normal activities and often that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that process clearly online therapists are going to be able to do that however might they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their home from that initial helpful method to therapy where they can in fact have a better life 100% and this is what the space that aims to fill with their services my indicate this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to clearly communicate that anything that I share with you is going to be fully from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more importantly what I believe is as just a human being on this earth attempting to do the best that I can therefore I I won’t tell you that something is appropriate that I don’t think is appropriate I will not show you that online therapy is the cure-all for whatever since I do not believe that and so you can always anticipate to hear my truthful viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video valuable and intriguing if you did please like it listed below and feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a range of various psychological health subjects and please reach out if there’s something particular you would like us to address or cover in an upcoming video