When I was first approached…Betterhelp Insurance Bcbs…. to perhaps team up with them on a youtube series among the things that was really essential 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 know we trust you as a medical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and speak about what you know and among the things that I truly wished to address is the reality that I’m not simply here to say that online therapy is the answer for whatever you know I think it can be incredibly useful for many individuals I have actually seen it myself working with individuals from a few months approximately over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with somebody is actually a it
nearly enhances the the healing experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals face-to-face and I thoroughly delight in that and there are people that I see there that I wouldn’t think about seeing online either they would not be appropriate we would not be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just would not feel comfortable and and that’s fine those two things can both hold true and I believe among the things that I want to start to have people think about is there’s a place for both online and offline treatment it is actually a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you but also what’s most suitable for you with the help of a professional when I discuss particular therapy designs or techniques as being appropriate for you what I imply by that is that it would be the best method for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I believe that one of the issues that a great deal of individuals have is that online therapy is trying to change offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had numerous conversations with the creator of where he has actually mentioned that his audience isn’t to take on physical practices or put psychologists or certified experts out of business his mission is to offer mental health access to the people who aren’t going to enter into the treatment office and I 100% assistance that mission and I think it is very important and we have a problem with access
to psychological healthcare in this country and is one solution as our other online companies I was discussing previously that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is better suited for or offline therapy is better suited for and I’ve really I’ve really spoken about this in other settings since it is something I feel pretty passionate about and I have to say that my viewpoint has been favored by companies like in regards to hopefully how they how they work with individuals that provide for care so I simply wished to spend a number of minutes speaking about my own is my own individual viewpoint about the important things that are most appropriate for online versus offline treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a terrific location for individuals who are fighting with tough life shifts for situations where they’re experiencing more tension than normal for situations where you know they have an extremely specific problem with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is very structured can can benefit them which treatment due to the fact that it’s not as interpersonal as others is best for online therapy since it includes a lot of homework it involves worksheets it involves discovering particular skills and methods so mild milder conditions like mild stress and anxiety mild depression adjustment conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has received care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be addressed through online therapy you understand consider someone who has a agoraphobia and maybe they reach out to a therapist 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 frightened of being caught and trapped in a place where they may have a panic attack and so essentially they begin to limit their activities and restrict their activities till a lot of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling significant distress so if someone like that is at house and they can connect through their computer system and connect to a counselor that’s a fantastic first step is that going to cure them never due to the fact that agoraphobia to be successfully treated requirements that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume normal activities and sometimes that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that procedure obviously online therapists are going to have the ability to do that however might they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their house from that preliminary supportive method to therapy where they can in fact have a much better life 100% and this is what the space that aims to fill with their services my point to this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to plainly communicate that anything that I share with you is going to be fully 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 best that I can therefore I I will not tell you that something is appropriate that I don’t believe is appropriate I won’t show you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever because I don’t believe that and so you can constantly anticipate to hear my honest opinion on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you found this video practical and interesting if you did please like it listed 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 range of various mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something particular you would like us to deal with or cover in an approaching video