When I was first approached…Betterhelp Take Insurance…. to perhaps work together with them on a youtube series one of the things that was truly crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what subjects I picked to provide and likewise you know my own views when when needed or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they basically said you know we trust you as a scientific expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and speak about what you understand and among the important things that I truly wanted to address is the truth that I’m not simply here to state that online therapy is the answer for everything you understand I believe it can be exceptionally handy for lots of people I’ve seen it myself dealing with individuals from a couple of 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
nearly improves the the healing experience in a way 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 would not think about seeing online either they would not 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 and that’s all right those 2 things can both hold true and I think among the important things that I wish to begin to have individuals think of exists’s a location for both offline and online therapy it is actually 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 discuss certain therapy designs or methods 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 handling and I think that a person of the concerns that a great deal of people have is that online therapy is trying to replace offline therapy and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I have actually 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 professionals out of business his mission is to provide mental health access to the people who aren’t going to enter into the treatment office and I 100% support that objective and I think it is necessary and we have an issue with gain access to
to mental health care in this country and is one solution as our other online business I was discussing earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is more appropriate for or offline therapy is better for and I’ve really 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 state that my opinion has actually been favored by business like in regards to hopefully how they how they deal with individuals that provide for care so I simply wanted to spend a couple of minutes talking about my own is my own personal opinion about the important things that are most suitable for online versus offline treatment so in my view I see online treatment as a terrific location for individuals who are fighting with hard life transitions for scenarios where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for scenarios where you know they have a really clear-cut 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 treatment since it’s not as interpersonal as others is perfect for online therapy since it includes a great deal of research it involves worksheets it involves discovering particular abilities and techniques so mild milder conditions like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression adjustment conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually received care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be resolved through online counseling you know consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and possibly they reach out to a therapist from their house due to the fact that they can’t leave their home and just simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are actually horrified of being trapped and trapped in a location where they may have an anxiety attack therefore essentially they begin to limit their activities and restrict their activities till many of them can’t leave their house without really feeling substantial distress so if somebody like that is at home and they can connect through their computer system and connect to a therapist that’s a terrific primary step is that going to treat them absolutely not since agoraphobia to be effectively treated requirements that individual to be able to go outside and to resume typical activities and often that includes a therapist going to their home to help them with that process clearly online therapists are going to be able to do that but could they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their house from that preliminary encouraging technique to therapy where they can in fact have a much better life 100% and this is what the space that aims to fill with their services my point to this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to plainly interact that anything that I share with you is going to be totally from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more notably what I believe is as just a human being on this earth attempting to do the very best that I can and so I I will not tell you that something is appropriate that I do not think is appropriate I will not show you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything because I do not believe that and so you can always expect to hear my honest opinion on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video helpful and intriguing if you did please like it listed 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 reach out if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or resolve in an upcoming video