When I was first approached…Betterhelp Promo…. to perhaps work together with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was truly essential to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what topics I picked to provide and likewise you know my own views when when essential or appropriate to share them and I was approved 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 know and one of the things that I actually wanted to address is the fact that I’m not just here to say that online treatment is the answer for everything you know I think it can be extremely valuable for lots of people I have actually seen it myself dealing with people from a few months approximately over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with somebody is actually a it
almost enhances the the healing experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I completely enjoy that and there are individuals that I see there that I would not think about seeing online either they would not be appropriate we would not be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply would not feel comfy and and that’s alright those two things can both be true and I believe one of the important things that I wish to begin to have individuals think of exists’s a place for both online and offline treatment it is truly a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you but likewise what’s most suitable for you with the help of a professional when I discuss certain therapy designs or approaches as being appropriate for you what I mean by that is that it would be the very best technique for
the particular problem that you’re dealing with and I believe that a person of the issues that a lot of people have is that online counseling is trying to change offline therapy and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had numerous discussions with the creator of where he has pointed out that his audience isn’t to compete with physical practices or put psychologists or licensed specialists out of business his mission is to offer psychological health access to the people who aren’t going to enter the therapy office and I 100% support that mission and I think it is necessary and we have an issue with access
to mental health care in this nation and is one option as our other online companies I was discussing previously that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is better for or offline therapy is better suited 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 passionate about and I have to state 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 wanted to invest a number of minutes discussing my own is my own individual opinion about the important things that are most appropriate for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a wonderful place for people who are dealing with hard life transitions for scenarios where they’re experiencing more tension than typical for situations where you know they have a really well-defined problem with stress and anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is very structured can can benefit them and that therapy due to the fact that it’s not as interpersonal as others is perfect for online therapy due to the fact that it includes a lot of research it includes worksheets it includes discovering specific skills and strategies so mild milder disorders like mild anxiety mild depression adjustment disorders even PTSD as long as like the person has actually gotten care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be dealt with through online counseling you understand think of somebody who has a agoraphobia and maybe they connect to a therapist from their house due to the fact that they can’t leave their house and just simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are really horrified of being caught and trapped in a location where they may have an anxiety attack and so essentially they start to restrict their activities and restrict their activities up until much of them can’t leave their home without actually feeling significant distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can connect through their computer and connect to a therapist that’s a terrific initial step is that going to treat them absolutely not because agoraphobia to be effectively treated requirements that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume typical activities and often that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that process obviously online therapists are going to be able to do that but could they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their home from that initial supportive technique to counseling where they can in fact have a better life 100% and this is what the space that intends to fill with their services my point to this to this particular 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 totally from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly what I believe is as just a human being on this earth attempting to do the best that I can therefore I I will not inform you that something is appropriate that I do not think is appropriate I won’t share with you that online therapy is the cure-all for whatever since I don’t think that and so you can constantly expect to hear my honest viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video intriguing and handy if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to subscribe to our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a variety of various mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or address in an approaching video