When I was first approached…Betterhelp Weightlifting Commercial…. to perhaps team up with them on a youtube series among the important things that was really important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what subjects I picked to present and also you know my own views when when essential or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they basically said you understand we trust you as a scientific professional and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and speak about what you know 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 know I think it can be extremely practical for lots of people I have actually seen it myself working with individuals from a couple of months approximately over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and likewise have video sessions with somebody is really a it
practically enriches the the healing experience in a manner 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 consider seeing online either they would not be appropriate we wouldn’t have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply would not feel comfortable and and that’s fine those two things can both be true and I think among the important things that I wish to start to have people consider is there’s a location for both offline and online therapy it is actually a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you but also what’s most appropriate for you with the help of a professional when I talk about certain therapy styles or techniques as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the very best technique for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I think that one of the concerns that a great deal of individuals have is that online counseling is trying to change offline counseling and I can inform you 100% that that’s not true I have actually had many discussions with the creator of where he has discussed that his audience isn’t to compete with physical practices or put psychologists or certified professionals out of business his objective is to provide mental health access to the people who aren’t going to enter into the therapy workplace and I 100% assistance that objective and I think it’s important and we have an issue with access
to psychological health care in this nation and is one solution as our other online companies I was discussing earlier that there are things that I personally think that online therapy is more appropriate for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve actually I’ve in fact spoken about this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel pretty enthusiastic about and I have to say that my opinion has actually been favored by companies like in regards to ideally how they how they deal with the people that provide for care so I simply wished to spend a couple of minutes discussing 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 fantastic location for people who are fighting with challenging life shifts for circumstances where they’re experiencing more stress than typical for situations where you know they have an extremely clear-cut problem with anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is very structured can can benefit them which therapy because it’s not as interpersonal as others is best for online therapy since it includes a lot of research it involves worksheets it involves finding out specific skills and techniques so moderate milder disorders like mild anxiety mild depression adjustment disorders even PTSD as long as like the person has received care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be attended to through online therapy you know think about someone who has a agoraphobia and maybe they reach out to a therapist from their house due to the fact that they can’t leave their home and simply just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are truly horrified of being trapped and trapped in a place where they might have a panic attack and so basically they begin to limit their activities and restrict their activities up until many of them can’t leave their house without actually feeling substantial distress so if someone like that is at home and they can connect through their computer system and link to a therapist that’s a terrific primary step is that going to treat them absolutely not since agoraphobia to be effectively treated needs that person to be able to go outdoors and to resume regular activities and often that involves a therapist going to their house to help them with that process certainly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that but might they be the bridge that got that person who’s afraid to leave their home from that initial helpful method to counseling where they can actually have a better life 100% and this is what the gap that intends 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 communicate that anything that I share with you is going to be completely from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more significantly what I believe 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 think is appropriate I won’t share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything since I don’t believe that and so you can always anticipate to hear my honest opinion on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you found this video practical and fascinating if you did please like it below and feel free to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a range of different psychological health topics and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to resolve or cover in an approaching video