When I was first approached…Betterhelp Location…. to possibly collaborate with them on a youtube series among the things that was actually essential 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 required or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they basically said you know we trust you as a medical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and talk about what you understand and one of the important things that I really wanted to address is the fact that I’m not simply here to say that online therapy is the answer for everything you know I believe it can be incredibly handy for many individuals I’ve seen it myself working with individuals from a couple of months up to over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with someone is really a it
almost improves the the restorative experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals in person and I completely take pleasure in that and there are individuals that I see there that I wouldn’t think about seeing online either they wouldn’t be appropriate we wouldn’t have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply would not feel comfy and and that’s all right those two things can both hold true and I think one of the important things that I want to start to have individuals think of is there’s a location for both offline and online therapy it is really a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you but likewise what’s most suitable for you with the help of an expert when I talk about particular therapy styles or techniques as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the very best approach for
the particular problem that you’re dealing with and I think that a person of the issues that a great deal of people have is that online therapy is trying to replace offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not true I’ve had numerous discussions with the creator of where he has discussed that his audience isn’t to compete with physical practices or put psychologists or licensed experts out of business his mission is to supply psychological health access to the people who aren’t going to come into the therapy office and I 100% support that objective and I believe it is necessary and we have a problem with gain access to
to psychological healthcare in this nation and is one service as our other online business I was pointing out previously that there are things that I personally think that online therapy is more appropriate for or offline therapy is more appropriate for and I’ve in fact I’ve in fact discussed this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I need to state that my viewpoint has been favored by companies like in regards to ideally how they how they work with individuals that present for care so I just wanted to invest a couple of minutes discussing my own is my own individual viewpoint about the important things that are most suitable for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a wonderful location for individuals who are battling with challenging life transitions for scenarios where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for circumstances where you understand they have a really clear-cut problem with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is extremely structured can can benefit them and that therapy due to the fact that it’s not as interpersonal as others is ideal for online counseling since it includes a lot of research it includes worksheets it involves finding out specific skills and techniques so mild milder conditions like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression change disorders even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually received care initially in other places these are all things that can be dealt with through online therapy you understand consider someone who has a agoraphobia and maybe they connect to a counselor from their home due to the fact that they can’t leave their home and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are really horrified of being trapped and trapped in a location where they might have a panic attack and so essentially they start to restrict their activities and limit their activities up until much of them can’t leave their house 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 an excellent primary step is that going to treat them absolutely not because agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with needs that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume typical activities and sometimes that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that process obviously online counselors are going to be able to do that but might they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their home from that initial encouraging method to therapy where they can in fact have a much 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 show you is going to be totally from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly what I believe is as just a human being on this earth trying to do the best that I can and so I I won’t tell you that something is appropriate that I do not think is appropriate I will not show you that online therapy is the cure-all for whatever since I don’t believe that therefore you can constantly expect to hear my truthful viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you found this video practical and intriguing if you did please like it below and feel free to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and 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 upcoming video