When I was first approached…Betterhelp Therapy Stock…. to possibly work together with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was really important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I spoke about what what subjects I selected 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 basically said you understand we trust you as a medical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and talk about what you know and among the things that I really wanted to address is the fact that I’m not just here to state that online therapy is the answer for whatever you know I believe it can be incredibly helpful for many individuals 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 likewise have video sessions with someone is really a it
practically enhances the the therapeutic experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals in person and I thoroughly enjoy that and there are individuals that I see there that I wouldn’t think about seeing online either they would not be appropriate we would not be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply wouldn’t feel comfortable and and that’s okay those 2 things can both be true and I believe one of the important things that I wish to begin to have individuals consider exists’s a location for both online and offline therapy it is really a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you however also what’s most proper for you with the help of an expert when I discuss certain therapy designs or approaches as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the very best technique for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I believe that a person of the issues that a great deal of people have is that online therapy is trying to change offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had many discussions with the creator of where he has discussed that his audience isn’t to take on physical practices or put psychologists or licensed experts out of business his mission is to provide psychological health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the therapy office and I 100% support that objective and I think it is necessary and we have a problem with access
to mental health care in this nation and is one solution as our other online business I was mentioning earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is better suited for or offline therapy is better suited for and I’ve in fact I’ve in fact discussed this in other settings because it is something I feel quite passionate about and I need to state that my opinion has actually been popular by business like in regards to ideally how they how they work with individuals that provide for care so I just wanted to spend a number of minutes speaking about my own is my own individual opinion about the things that are most proper for online versus offline treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a terrific place for people who are battling with difficult life shifts for scenarios where they’re experiencing more stress than regular for circumstances where you know they have an extremely precise problem with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is extremely structured can can benefit them which treatment since it’s not as interpersonal as others is best for online counseling because it involves a lot of homework it involves worksheets it includes learning specific abilities and techniques so moderate milder disorders like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression adjustment conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually gotten care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be addressed through online counseling you understand think about someone who has a agoraphobia and maybe they connect to a therapist from their home since they can’t leave their home and just simply to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are actually frightened of being trapped and trapped in a location where they may have an anxiety attack therefore basically they start to restrict their activities and limit their activities until a lot of them can’t leave their home without really feeling substantial distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can connect through their computer system and connect to a counselor that’s an excellent first step is that going to cure them never since agoraphobia to be successfully treated requirements that person to be able to go outdoors and to resume normal activities and in some cases that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that process clearly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that however could they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their home from that preliminary encouraging method to counseling where they can in fact have a better life 100% and this is what the space that intends to fill with their services my indicate 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 totally from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly what I think is as simply a human being on this earth trying to do the very 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 show you that online therapy is the cure-all for everything since I don’t believe that therefore you can constantly anticipate to hear my honest opinion on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video useful 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 a growing number of 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 address in an upcoming video