When I was first approached…Betterhelp Kenya…. to perhaps collaborate with them on a youtube series among the things that was truly important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what topics I chose to present and also you know my own views when when essential or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they basically said you know we trust you as a scientific professional and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and speak about what you understand and one of the important things that I truly wanted to address is the truth that I’m not simply here to state that online therapy is the answer for everything you understand I believe it can be extremely useful for many individuals I have actually seen it myself working with individuals from a couple of months approximately over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with somebody is truly a it
nearly enhances the the healing experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see people face-to-face and I thoroughly take pleasure in that and there are people that I see there that I wouldn’t consider seeing online either they would not be appropriate we wouldn’t be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just would not feel comfy and which’s alright those 2 things can both hold true and I believe among the important things that I want to start to have individuals consider is there’s a place for both offline and online treatment it is truly a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you but likewise what’s most appropriate for you with the help of an expert when I speak about specific therapy styles or approaches as being appropriate for you what I imply by that is that it would be the very best technique for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I believe that one of the issues that a lot of people have is that online therapy is trying to change offline counseling and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had many conversations with the founder of where he has discussed that his audience isn’t to compete with brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or certified specialists 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% assistance that mission and I think it’s important and we have a problem with gain access to
to mental health care in this nation and is one service as our other online companies I was discussing earlier that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is better for or offline therapy is better suited for and I’ve actually I’ve in fact discussed this in other settings because it is something I feel quite passionate about and I have to state that my opinion has been popular by business like in regards to ideally how they how they work with the people that provide for care so I just wanted to spend a number of minutes talking about my own is my own individual opinion about the important things that are most proper for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a fantastic location for individuals who are dealing with challenging life shifts for scenarios where they’re experiencing more stress than normal for scenarios where you understand they have a really precise concern 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 therapy since it’s not as interpersonal as others is ideal for online therapy due to the fact that it includes a great deal of research it involves worksheets it involves learning specific abilities and strategies so mild milder disorders like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression change disorders even PTSD as long as like the individual has received care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be attended to through online counseling you understand think about someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they reach out to a counselor from their home due to the fact that they can’t leave their home and just simply to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are truly frightened of being caught and caught in a place where they might have an anxiety attack and so essentially they start to limit their activities and restrict their activities till a lot of them can’t leave their house without truly feeling significant distress so if someone like that is at home and they can connect through their computer and link to a counselor that’s a fantastic initial step is that going to treat them absolutely not since agoraphobia to be effectively treated needs that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume regular activities and sometimes that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure clearly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that however could they be the bridge that got that person who’s afraid to leave their home from that preliminary helpful method to therapy where they can in fact have a better life 100% and this is what the gap that aims to fill with their services my indicate this to this specific 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 completely from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more notably 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 do not believe is appropriate I won’t share with you that online therapy is the cure-all for whatever since I do not believe that and so you can always anticipate to hear my honest viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you found this video fascinating and valuable if you did please like it below and feel free to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a range of different mental health subjects and please reach out if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or address in an approaching video