When I was first approached…Betterhelp Therapy Review…. to potentially team up with them on a youtube series one of the things that was truly important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I discussed what what topics I selected to provide and also you know my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they essentially stated you understand we trust you as a clinical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and speak about what you know and among the things that I truly wanted to address is the truth that I’m not just here to say that online treatment is the answer for everything you know I think it can be extremely useful for many people I’ve seen it myself dealing with individuals from a couple of months approximately over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with someone is truly a it
almost improves the the therapeutic experience in 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 would not be appropriate we would not 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 okay those 2 things can both be true and I think among the important things that I wish to begin to have individuals think about exists’s a place for both offline and online therapy it is really a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you but likewise what’s most appropriate for you with the help of a professional when I talk about particular therapy designs or techniques as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the best technique for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I believe that a person of the issues that a great deal of people have is that online counseling is attempting to replace offline counseling and I can inform 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 brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or licensed professionals out of business his mission is to provide mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to come into the treatment office and I 100% assistance that objective and I think it is essential and we have an issue with gain access to
to psychological health care in this country and is one service as our other online companies I was pointing out earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is better suited for or offline treatment is better suited for and I’ve actually I’ve actually discussed this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel pretty enthusiastic about and I have to state that my viewpoint has actually been favored by companies like in terms of hopefully how they how they deal with individuals that present for care so I just wanted to invest a couple of minutes speaking about my own is my own personal viewpoint about the important things that are most proper for online versus offline treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a wonderful location for individuals who are fighting with difficult life transitions for circumstances where they’re experiencing more stress than normal for circumstances where you know they have a really well-defined concern with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is extremely structured can can benefit them and that treatment because it’s not as interpersonal as others is ideal for online counseling because it includes a great deal of homework it includes worksheets it includes learning particular skills and methods so mild milder conditions like moderate anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has actually received care initially in other places these are all things that can be addressed through online counseling you understand think about somebody who has a agoraphobia and maybe they reach out to a counselor from their house because they can’t leave their home and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are really frightened of being caught and caught in a place where they might have a panic attack and so basically they start to limit their activities and limit their activities till much of them can’t leave their home without really feeling substantial distress so if someone like that is at home and they can connect through their computer and link to a therapist that’s a terrific first step is that going to cure them absolutely not because agoraphobia to be successfully treated needs that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume typical activities and sometimes that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that procedure clearly online counselors are going to be able to do that however might they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their home from that initial supportive technique to counseling where they can really have a 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 wish to clearly interact that anything that I show you is going to be fully from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more significantly what I believe is as simply a human being on this earth attempting to do the best that I can therefore 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 therapy is the cure-all for everything due to the fact that I do not think that and so you can constantly 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 intriguing and practical if you did please like it listed below and feel free to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing a growing number of videos on a variety of different psychological health subjects and please reach out if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or resolve in an upcoming video