When I was first approached…Betterhelp Weekly Cost…. to possibly work together 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 discussed what what subjects I selected to provide and also you understand my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they basically stated 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 important things that I really wanted to address is the fact that I’m not simply here to state that online treatment is the answer for everything you know I think it can be incredibly handy for lots of people I have actually seen it myself working with people from a few months up to over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with somebody is actually a it
nearly enriches the the healing experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I completely 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 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 two things can both be true and I believe one of the things that I want to start to have people think about is there’s a place for both offline and online therapy it is really a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you however likewise what’s most appropriate for you with the help of a professional when I discuss particular counseling styles or techniques as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the very best method for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I believe that one of the issues that a great deal of people have is that online counseling is attempting to change offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I have actually had numerous discussions with the creator of where he has actually mentioned that his audience isn’t to take on brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or certified experts out of business his mission is to provide psychological health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the therapy workplace and I 100% support that objective and I believe it is necessary and we have an issue with gain access to
to psychological healthcare in this nation and is one option 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 treatment is better suited for and I’ve really I’ve really discussed this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel pretty enthusiastic about and I need to say that my opinion has been favored by companies like in terms of ideally how they how they work with individuals that provide for care so I just wanted to spend a couple of minutes speaking about my own is my own personal opinion about the important things that are most suitable for offline versus online therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a wonderful location for people who are fighting with hard life shifts for scenarios where they’re experiencing more stress than regular for situations where you understand they have a really clear-cut problem with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is really structured can can benefit them and that treatment because it’s not as social as others is perfect for online therapy due to the fact that it involves a lot of homework it includes worksheets it includes learning specific abilities and methods so mild milder disorders like mild anxiety mild depression modification disorders even PTSD as long as like the person has received care initially somewhere else these are all things that can be dealt with through online therapy you understand consider someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect to a therapist from their house due to the fact that they can’t leave their home and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are truly terrified of being caught and trapped in a location where they might have an anxiety attack and so basically they start to limit their activities and limit their activities until many of them can’t leave their house without really feeling considerable distress so if someone like that is at home and they can connect through their computer system and link to a counselor that’s an excellent first step is that going to treat them never since agoraphobia to be successfully treated requirements that individual to be able to go outside and to resume regular activities and often that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that procedure certainly online therapists are going to be able to do that but could they be the bridge that got that person who’s afraid to leave their home from that initial encouraging method to counseling where they can actually have a much better life 100% and this is what the gap that aims to fill with their services my indicate this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to clearly communicate that anything that I share with you is going to be completely 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 therefore I I will not inform you that something is appropriate that I don’t believe is appropriate I will not share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever since I don’t believe that therefore you can always anticipate to hear my truthful opinion on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you found this video fascinating and practical if you did please like it listed below and feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a variety of various mental health subjects and please reach out if there’s something particular you would like us to resolve or cover in an approaching video