When I was first approached…Betterhelp Pay Rates…. to potentially team up 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 picked to present and likewise you know my own views when when necessary or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they essentially said you understand we trust you as a medical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and discuss what you understand and among the important things that I actually wished to address is the reality that I’m not just here to state that online treatment is the answer for whatever you know I believe it can be exceptionally practical for many individuals I have actually seen it myself dealing with people from a couple of months as much as over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with someone is truly a it
almost enhances the the healing experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals face-to-face and I thoroughly take pleasure 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 have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just would not feel comfortable and which’s okay those two things can both hold true and I believe one of the things that I wish to begin to have people think about exists’s a location for both online and offline therapy it is really a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you but also what’s most proper for you with the help of a professional when I talk about particular counseling styles 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 dealing with and I think that a person of the issues that a great deal of people have is that online counseling is trying to change offline counseling and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had many conversations with the creator 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 supply psychological health access to the people who aren’t going to enter into the therapy office and I 100% assistance that objective and I think it’s important and we have an issue with access
to mental healthcare in this country and is one solution as our other online business I was mentioning earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is better for or offline therapy is better for and I’ve actually I’ve in fact spoken about this in other settings because it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I need to state that my opinion has actually been popular by business like in regards to hopefully how they how they deal with individuals that provide for care so I just wanted to spend a number of minutes speaking about my own is my own individual viewpoint about the things that are most proper for online versus offline treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a terrific place for individuals who are dealing with challenging life transitions for scenarios where they’re experiencing more tension than normal for scenarios where you understand they have a very specific issue with anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is really structured can can benefit them which treatment because it’s not as social as others is perfect for online therapy due to the fact that it involves a lot of homework it involves worksheets it involves discovering particular abilities and strategies so moderate milder disorders like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually received care at first somewhere else these are all things that can be resolved through online counseling you understand think of someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they reach out to a therapist from their home since they can’t leave their house and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are truly frightened of being trapped and trapped in a place where they might have an anxiety attack and so essentially they start to restrict their activities and restrict their activities until a lot of them can’t leave their house without actually feeling considerable distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can connect through their computer system and connect to a therapist that’s a fantastic first step is that going to cure them never since agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with needs that person to be able to go outdoors and to resume regular activities and often that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure obviously online counselors are going to have the ability to do that however might they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their home from that initial supportive method to therapy where they can actually have a much better life 100% and this is what the space that intends to fill with their services my indicate this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to plainly communicate that anything that I share with you is going to be fully from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more notably what I believe is as simply a human being on this earth trying to do the very best that I can therefore I I won’t inform you that something is appropriate that I do not think is appropriate I will not share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything since I don’t believe that therefore you can constantly anticipate to hear my sincere viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you found this video interesting and helpful if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to subscribe to our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a range of various mental health subjects and please reach out if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or deal with in an upcoming video