When I was first approached…Betterhelp Therapy Online…. to potentially collaborate with them on a youtube series among the things that was truly essential to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I spoke about what what subjects 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 basically said you know we trust you as a medical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and talk about what you understand and one of the things that I truly wished to address is the reality that I’m not simply here to say that online therapy is the answer for everything you understand I think it can be incredibly practical for many people I have actually seen it myself dealing with people from a few months as much as over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with someone is really a it
almost enhances the the healing experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I thoroughly take pleasure in that and there are individuals that I see there that I wouldn’t consider 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 comfy and which’s all right those 2 things can both hold true and I believe one of the things that I want to begin to have people think about exists’s a location for both online and offline treatment it is actually a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you but likewise what’s most proper for you with the help of an expert when I discuss particular counseling styles or approaches as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the best technique for
the particular issue that you’re handling 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 tell you 100% that that’s not true I have actually had many discussions with the founder of where he has discussed that his audience isn’t to take on brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or certified experts out of business his objective is to provide psychological health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter the treatment office and I 100% assistance that objective and I think it is very important and we have a problem with access
to mental healthcare in this nation and is one service as our other online business I was pointing out earlier that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is better for or offline treatment is better suited for and I’ve actually I’ve actually spoken about this in other settings since it is something I feel pretty passionate about and I have to state that my opinion has actually been well-received by companies like in terms of hopefully how they how they work with the people that provide for care so I just wanted to invest a couple of minutes talking about my own is my own individual opinion about the things that are most proper for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a fantastic place for people who are dealing with hard life transitions for scenarios where they’re experiencing more stress than typical for scenarios where you know they have a really specific concern with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is really structured can can benefit them which therapy because it’s not as interpersonal as others is perfect for online therapy due to the fact that it involves a lot of research it involves worksheets it involves learning particular abilities and strategies so mild milder conditions like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression change conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has gotten care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be addressed through online therapy you understand consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and maybe they connect to a counselor from their house since they can’t leave their home and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are actually horrified of being caught and trapped in a place where they may have an anxiety attack therefore basically they start to restrict their activities and limit their activities up until many of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling significant distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can connect through their computer and link to a therapist that’s an excellent first step is that going to cure them never since agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with needs that person to be able to go outside and to resume regular activities and often that includes a therapist going to their home to help them with that procedure clearly online therapists are going to have the ability to do that however could they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their house from that preliminary supportive approach to therapy where they can in fact have a much better life 100% and this is what the gap that intends to fill with their services my point to this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish 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 importantly what I think is as just a human being on this earth attempting to do the very best that I can therefore I I will not inform you that something is appropriate that I do not believe is appropriate I won’t show you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything because I don’t think that therefore you can always expect to hear my honest opinion on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video valuable and fascinating if you did please like it below and feel free to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a variety of different psychological health subjects and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or resolve in an approaching video