When I was first approached…Betterhelp Justin Bieber…. to perhaps collaborate with them on a youtube series among the important things that was truly crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what topics I selected to provide and also you understand my own views when when essential or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they essentially said you understand we trust you as a scientific expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and speak about what you understand and among the important things that I truly wished to address is the truth that I’m not simply here to say that online therapy is the answer for whatever you know I think it can be extremely practical for many people 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 likewise have video sessions with someone is truly a it
nearly improves the the restorative experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people face-to-face 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 be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply would not feel comfortable and which’s fine those 2 things can both hold true and I think one of the things that I want to begin to have people think of is there’s a location for both offline and online treatment it is actually a matter of you know deciding what’s right for you but likewise what’s most appropriate for you with the help of an expert when I talk about particular therapy styles or methods as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the best approach for
the particular problem that you’re dealing with and I think that one of the concerns that a lot of individuals have is that online counseling is attempting to replace offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had numerous discussions with the founder of where he has discussed that his audience isn’t to take on physical practices or put psychologists or licensed professionals out of business his objective is to provide mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the therapy office and I 100% support that objective and I think it’s important and we have an issue with gain access to
to psychological healthcare in this country and is one service as our other online companies I was mentioning previously that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is more appropriate for or offline treatment is better for and I’ve in fact I’ve actually spoken about this in other settings since it is something I feel quite passionate about and I have to say that my opinion has actually been popular by companies like in terms of hopefully how they how they work with individuals that provide for care so I simply wished to spend a couple of minutes talking 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 treatment as a fantastic place for individuals who are fighting with challenging life shifts for scenarios where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for situations where you understand they have an extremely precise issue with stress and anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is really structured can can benefit them which treatment since it’s not as social as others is perfect for online therapy since it includes a lot of homework it involves worksheets it involves learning specific abilities and strategies so moderate milder disorders like mild stress and anxiety mild depression modification disorders even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually gotten care at first somewhere else these are all things that can be addressed through online counseling you know think of somebody who has a agoraphobia and maybe they reach out to a counselor from their house because they can’t leave their home and simply just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are truly frightened of being caught and trapped in a place where they may have a panic attack and so basically they start to restrict their activities and restrict their activities till many of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling considerable distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer and link to a counselor that’s an excellent initial step is that going to treat them never due to the fact that agoraphobia to be successfully treated needs that individual to be able to go outside and to resume regular activities and sometimes that includes a therapist going to their home to help them with that process clearly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that but could they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their home from that initial encouraging technique to therapy where they can really have a much 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 want to plainly 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 just a human being on this earth attempting to do the best that I can and so I I will not inform you that something is appropriate that I don’t believe is appropriate I will not show you that online therapy is the cure-all for everything since I don’t think that and so you can always expect to hear my honest opinion on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you found this video helpful and interesting if you did please like it listed below and do not hesitate to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a variety of different psychological health subjects and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to deal with or cover in an approaching video