When I was first approached…Betterhelp Regain…. to possibly team up with them on a youtube series among the important things that was actually essential to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I discussed what what topics I selected to present and likewise you know my own views when when essential or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they generally said you know we trust you as a medical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and speak about what you know and among the things that I really wanted to address is the reality that I’m not simply here to state that online treatment is the answer for whatever you understand I think it can be incredibly helpful for many people I have actually seen it myself working with people 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 enriches the the therapeutic experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals 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 wouldn’t be appropriate we would not be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just wouldn’t feel comfy and which’s alright those two things can both be true and I think one of the things that I wish to begin to have people think about is there’s a location for both offline and online therapy it is actually a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you but also what’s most appropriate for you with the help of an expert when I talk about specific therapy designs or techniques as being appropriate for you what I imply by that is that it would be the very best technique for
the particular problem that you’re handling and I think that a person of the issues that a lot of individuals have is that online counseling is attempting to replace offline counseling and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I have actually had many discussions with the founder of where he has pointed out that his audience isn’t to take on physical practices or put psychologists or certified professionals 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 mission and I think it is essential and we have a problem with access
to mental health care in this country and is one solution as our other online business I was pointing out earlier that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is better suited for or offline therapy is better for and I’ve in fact I’ve actually discussed this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite passionate about and I need to say that my opinion has actually been popular by business like in terms of hopefully how they how they deal with the people that provide for care so I simply wished to spend a couple of minutes talking about my own is my own individual opinion about the things that are most suitable for online versus offline treatment so in my view I see online treatment as a wonderful place for individuals who are dealing with difficult life transitions for scenarios where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for situations where you understand they have a very well-defined problem with stress and anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is extremely structured can can benefit them and that therapy because it’s not as interpersonal as others is best for online therapy because it involves a great deal of homework it involves worksheets it involves discovering particular abilities and strategies so moderate milder disorders like mild stress and anxiety mild depression adjustment conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually gotten care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be attended to through online therapy you understand think about someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect to a counselor from their house because they can’t leave their house and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are actually terrified of being trapped and caught in a location where they might have a panic attack and so basically they begin to restrict their activities and restrict their activities till a number of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling significant distress so if someone like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer and link to a therapist that’s an excellent primary step is that going to treat them never since agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with requirements that individual to be able to go outside and to resume normal activities and in some cases that involves a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure clearly 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 house from that initial encouraging technique to counseling where they can really have a much better life 100% and this is what the space that aims to fill with their services my indicate this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to plainly interact that anything that I show you is going to be fully from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more importantly 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 share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything due to the fact that I don’t think that therefore you can constantly anticipate to hear my truthful opinion on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video helpful and intriguing if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to sign up 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 specific you would like us to cover or attend to in an upcoming video