When I was first approached…Betterhelp Insurance Anthem…. to potentially collaborate with them on a youtube series one of the things that was actually 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 know my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they essentially stated you know we trust you as a medical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and speak about what you understand and one of the important things that I truly wanted to address is the reality that I’m not simply here to state that online therapy is the answer for everything you know I believe it can be extremely handy for lots of people I have actually seen it myself dealing with people from a few months as much as over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and likewise have video sessions with somebody is actually a it
practically enhances the the healing experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals face-to-face and I completely enjoy that and there are individuals that I see there that I would not think about seeing online either they would not be appropriate we wouldn’t have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply wouldn’t feel comfortable and which’s okay those two things can both hold true and I believe one of the important things that I want to start to have individuals consider exists’s a place for both offline and online treatment it is really a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you however also what’s most suitable for you with the help of a professional when I talk about particular therapy styles or approaches as being appropriate for you what I imply by that is that it would be the best technique for
the particular problem that you’re dealing with and I believe that a person of the issues that a lot of individuals have is that online counseling is attempting to change offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had numerous discussions with the creator of where he has pointed out that his audience isn’t to compete with physical practices or put psychologists or licensed experts out of business his mission is to provide psychological health access to individuals who aren’t going to come into the treatment workplace and I 100% assistance that mission and I believe it is very important and we have an issue with access
to mental health care in this country and is one solution as our other online business I was mentioning earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is better for or offline treatment is better suited for and I’ve in fact I’ve really spoken about this in other settings since it is something I feel quite enthusiastic 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 present for care so I simply wanted to invest a couple of minutes talking about my own is my own individual viewpoint about the things that are most appropriate for offline versus online therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a terrific place for individuals who are struggling with difficult life shifts for scenarios where they’re experiencing more stress than normal for situations where you understand they have an extremely clear-cut issue with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is extremely structured can can benefit them and that treatment because it’s not as interpersonal as others is perfect for online therapy because it involves a great deal of homework it includes worksheets it includes finding out particular abilities and methods so mild milder disorders like mild stress and anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has gotten care initially in other places these are all things that can be resolved through online counseling you understand consider someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect to a counselor from their house due to the fact that they can’t leave their house and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are really frightened of being caught and caught in a location where they may have a panic attack therefore basically they start to restrict their activities and restrict their activities up until a lot of them can’t leave their house without truly feeling considerable distress so if someone like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer and connect to a counselor that’s a fantastic first step is that going to cure them absolutely not due to the fact that agoraphobia to be effectively treated needs that person to be able to go outdoors and to resume normal activities and in some cases that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that process clearly online therapists are going to have the ability to do that but might they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their house from that initial helpful technique to counseling where they can actually have a much better life 100% and this is what the space that aims to fill with their services my indicate this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to plainly interact that anything that I share with you is going to be fully from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more notably what I believe is as simply a human being on this earth trying to do the very best that I can and so I I will not tell 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 due to the fact that I don’t believe that and so you can always anticipate to hear my sincere viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video interesting and valuable if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to subscribe to our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a range of various mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something particular you would like us to attend to or cover in an approaching video