When I was first approached…Betterhelp Insurance Coverage Canada…. to possibly team up 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 subjects I picked to provide and also you know my own views when when essential or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they generally said you know we trust you as a scientific expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and discuss what you know and one of the things that I really wished to address is the reality that I’m not just here to state that online therapy is the answer for everything you know I think it can be incredibly useful for lots of people I’ve seen it myself working with people from a couple of months as much as over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with someone is actually a it
almost enhances the the restorative 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 individuals that I see there that I wouldn’t consider 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 just wouldn’t feel comfortable and which’s okay those two things can both hold true and I think among the important things that I wish to begin to have people think about is there’s a place for both offline and online treatment it is truly a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you but likewise what’s most suitable for you with the help of a professional when I talk about particular therapy designs or methods 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 handling and I think that a person of the concerns that a great deal of people have is that online counseling is trying to replace offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not true I have actually had many conversations with the founder of where he has mentioned that his audience isn’t to compete with physical practices or put psychologists or certified specialists out of business his objective is to provide mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to come into the treatment office and I 100% assistance that mission and I believe it’s important and we have an issue with access
to psychological healthcare in this country and is one option as our other online business I was pointing out previously that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is more appropriate for or offline treatment is better for and I’ve actually I’ve actually discussed this in other settings because it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I need to say that my opinion has been popular by business like in terms of hopefully how they how they deal with individuals that present for care so I just wanted to spend a number of minutes talking about my own is my own individual opinion about the things that are most proper for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a terrific place for people who are struggling with tough life transitions for scenarios where they’re experiencing more tension than typical for circumstances where you know they have an extremely specific issue with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is extremely structured can can benefit them which therapy due to the fact that it’s not as social as others is best for online counseling due to the fact that it involves a lot of research it involves worksheets it involves discovering specific abilities and methods so moderate milder disorders like mild anxiety mild depression adjustment disorders even PTSD as long as like the person has actually received care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be addressed through online therapy you understand think about somebody who has a agoraphobia and possibly they reach out to a therapist from their home because they can’t leave their home and simply just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are actually terrified of being caught and trapped in a location where they may have an anxiety attack therefore essentially they start to restrict their activities and limit their activities till a lot of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling substantial distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can connect through their computer and connect to a counselor that’s a fantastic first step is that going to cure them never since agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with requirements that person to be able to go outside and to resume normal activities and sometimes that includes a therapist going to their home to help them with that procedure clearly online counselors are going to be able to do that however could they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their home from that initial helpful technique to counseling where they can actually have a better life 100% and this is what the gap that aims to fill with their services my indicate this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to clearly interact that anything that I share with you is going to be totally from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more importantly what I think is as simply a human being on this earth attempting 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 show you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever because I do not believe that and so you can constantly anticipate to hear my sincere opinion on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video fascinating and helpful if you did please like it listed below and do not hesitate to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a variety of different psychological health topics and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or resolve in an upcoming video