When I was first approached…Betterhelp Low Income…. to possibly team up with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was really crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I discussed what what topics I picked to present and likewise you know my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they generally stated you understand we trust you as a scientific expert and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and talk about what you know and one of the things that I truly wanted to address is the truth that I’m not simply here to say that online treatment is the answer for everything you understand I believe it can be incredibly practical for lots of people I’ve seen it myself working with individuals from a couple of months approximately over a year and I seen how being able to message and likewise have video sessions with somebody is actually a it
almost enriches the the therapeutic experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I thoroughly take pleasure in that and there are individuals that I see there that I would not consider 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 just wouldn’t feel comfortable and which’s fine those two things can both hold true and I think among the things that I wish to start to have people think about is there’s a place 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 certain therapy designs or techniques as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the very best method for
the particular problem that you’re handling and I believe that a person of the concerns that a great deal of individuals have is that online therapy is attempting to replace offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not true I have actually had numerous conversations with the founder of where he has discussed that his audience isn’t to compete with traditional practices or put psychologists or certified experts out of business his objective is to provide psychological health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the therapy office and I 100% assistance that mission and I believe it is necessary and we have a problem with access
to mental health care in this country and is one service as our other online companies I was pointing out previously that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is better for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve in fact I’ve actually spoken about this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I need to say that my viewpoint has actually been favored by business like in regards to ideally how they how they work with the people that present for care so I simply wished to spend a couple of minutes speaking 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 terrific place for individuals who are dealing with hard life transitions for circumstances where they’re experiencing more stress than typical for scenarios where you understand they have an extremely well-defined problem with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is really structured can can benefit them and that treatment due to the fact that it’s not as interpersonal as others is perfect for online therapy because it involves a great deal of homework it includes worksheets it includes discovering particular abilities and strategies so mild milder disorders like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression change conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually gotten care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be dealt with through online counseling you know think of somebody who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect 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 actually terrified of being caught and trapped in a location where they might have an anxiety attack and so basically they begin to limit their activities and limit their activities until a number of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling substantial distress so if someone like that is at home and they can reach out through their computer system and link to a therapist that’s a terrific first step is that going to cure them never because agoraphobia to be effectively treated requirements that individual to be able to go outside and to resume regular activities and sometimes that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that process clearly online counselors are going to be able to do that but could they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their home from that initial encouraging method to therapy where they can actually have a much better life 100% and this is what the space that aims to fill with their services my indicate this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to clearly interact that anything that I show you is going to be totally from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more importantly what I believe is as simply a human being on this earth attempting to do the best that I can therefore I I won’t tell you that something is appropriate that I do not believe is appropriate I will not show you that online therapy is the cure-all for everything because I don’t believe that therefore you can always anticipate to hear my honest viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video valuable and fascinating if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing a growing number of videos on a variety of various mental health topics and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or deal with in an upcoming video