When I was first approached…Betterhelp Therapy…. to perhaps work together with them on a youtube series among the things that was truly important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I spoke about what what topics I picked to provide and likewise you know my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they essentially said you know we trust you as a scientific professional and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and speak about what you understand and one of the things that I really wanted to address is the fact that I’m not just here to say that online therapy is the answer for whatever you know I think it can be exceptionally handy 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 being able to message and likewise have video sessions with somebody is actually a it
nearly enhances the the healing experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals in person and I completely 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 would not be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just wouldn’t feel comfy and and that’s all right those 2 things can both hold true and I think among the things that I wish to start to have individuals think of is there’s a place for both offline and online treatment it is really a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you but likewise what’s most suitable for you with the help of a professional when I talk about particular therapy styles or approaches as being appropriate for you what I mean by that is that it would be the very best method for
the particular problem that you’re dealing with and I believe that one of the issues that a lot of people have is that online therapy is attempting to change offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not true I’ve had numerous discussions with the founder of where he has actually mentioned that his audience isn’t to compete with physical practices or put psychologists or certified experts out of business his objective is to offer psychological health access to the people who aren’t going to enter the treatment office and I 100% assistance that mission and I believe it is very important and we have an issue with access
to mental health care in this country and is one solution as our other online business I was mentioning previously that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is better for or offline therapy is better for and I’ve in fact I’ve actually discussed this in other settings because it is something I feel pretty enthusiastic about and I have to say that my viewpoint has been well-received by business like in regards to hopefully how they how they work with individuals that present for care so I simply wished to spend a number of minutes speaking about my own is my own personal opinion about the important things that are most suitable for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a wonderful place for people who are battling with hard life transitions for situations where they’re experiencing more tension than typical for circumstances where you understand they have a very clear-cut issue with stress and anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is really structured can can benefit them and that treatment because it’s not as interpersonal as others is best for online therapy since it involves a great deal of homework it involves worksheets it involves learning particular skills and methods so mild milder conditions like mild anxiety mild depression modification disorders even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually gotten care initially in other places these are all things that can be attended to through online therapy you know consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and maybe they connect to a therapist from their home because they can’t leave their house and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are actually horrified of being caught and trapped in a place where they may have a panic attack therefore essentially they begin to limit their activities and restrict their activities till a lot of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling considerable distress so if someone like that is at house and they can connect through their computer and link to a therapist that’s a terrific initial step is that going to treat them never since agoraphobia to be effectively dealt with needs that person to be able to go outside and to resume typical activities and in some cases that includes a therapist going to their home to help them with that process certainly online therapists are going to have the ability to do that but might they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their house from that initial supportive approach to therapy where they can in fact have a much 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 communicate that anything that I share with you is going to be fully from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly what I think is as simply a human being on this earth attempting to do the best that I can and so I I won’t tell you that something is appropriate that I don’t believe is appropriate I won’t share with you that online therapy is the cure-all for whatever because I do not believe that and so you can always anticipate to hear my honest viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you found this video valuable and fascinating if you did please like it listed below and feel free to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing a growing number of videos on a range of different psychological health topics and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to address or cover in an upcoming video