When I was first approached…Betterhelp Free Month…. to perhaps team up with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was really crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I discussed what what subjects I chose to present and likewise you understand my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they generally stated you know we trust you as a medical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and talk about what you understand and among the things that I actually wished to address is the fact that I’m not simply here to say that online therapy is the answer for whatever you understand I think it can be extremely useful for many individuals I have actually seen it myself dealing with people from a few months up to over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with someone is actually a it
nearly improves the the therapeutic experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I thoroughly enjoy that and there are people that I see there that I wouldn’t think about seeing online either they wouldn’t 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 two things can both hold true and I believe one of the things that I want to begin to have people think of is there’s a place for both online and offline treatment it is truly a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you but likewise what’s most proper for you with the help of an expert when I discuss particular therapy designs or methods as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the very best approach for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I think that a person of the concerns that a lot of people have is that online therapy is attempting to replace offline counseling and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I have actually had many discussions with the creator of where he has actually discussed that his audience isn’t to compete with physical practices or put psychologists or licensed experts out of business his mission is to supply 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 access
to mental health care in this country and is one solution as our other online business I was discussing earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is better suited for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve really I’ve really spoken about this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel pretty passionate about and I need to state that my opinion has been favored by companies like in regards to hopefully how they how they deal with the people that provide for care so I simply wanted to spend a couple of minutes speaking about my own is my own individual viewpoint about the important things that are most suitable for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a wonderful place for people who are dealing with hard life shifts for circumstances where they’re experiencing more tension than normal for situations where you know they have a really precise concern with stress and anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is extremely structured can can benefit them which treatment since it’s not as social as others is best for online therapy due to the fact that it involves a lot of homework it includes worksheets it involves learning particular skills and techniques so moderate milder conditions like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression change 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 therapy you know think about someone who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they reach out to a counselor from their house because they can’t leave their home and just simply to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are actually frightened of being trapped and trapped in a place where they might have an anxiety attack and so essentially they begin to limit their activities and restrict their activities up until a lot of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling considerable distress so if somebody like that is at home and they can connect through their computer system and connect to a therapist that’s a fantastic primary step is that going to treat 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 regular activities and sometimes 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 but could they be the bridge that got that person who’s afraid to leave their home from that preliminary helpful approach to therapy where they can in fact have a better life 100% and this is what the space that intends to fill with their services my indicate this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to plainly communicate that anything that I show you is going to be totally from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly what I believe is as simply a human being on this earth attempting to do the very best that I can therefore I I won’t tell you that something is appropriate that I do not believe is appropriate I won’t share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever due to the fact that I don’t think 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 certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video handy and intriguing if you did please like it below and feel free to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing a growing number of videos on a variety of various mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or deal with in an approaching video