When I was first approached…Betterhelp With Insurance…. to potentially team up 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 chose 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 generally said you understand we trust you as a clinical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and discuss what you know and one of the important things that I actually wanted to address is the reality that I’m not just here to state that online therapy is the answer for everything you know I think it can be incredibly useful for many individuals I have actually seen it myself dealing with individuals from a couple of months up to over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with someone is really a it
almost enhances the the healing experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals in person and I thoroughly delight in that and there are individuals that I see there that I wouldn’t consider 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 just would not feel comfortable and and that’s all right those 2 things can both hold true and I believe among the things that I want to start to have people consider is there’s a place for both offline and online therapy it is actually a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you however likewise what’s most proper for you with the help of a professional when I speak about certain counseling designs or techniques as being appropriate for you what I imply by that is that it would be the best technique for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I think that a person of the issues that a great deal of individuals have is that online counseling is attempting to change offline counseling and I can inform you 100% that that’s not true I have actually had numerous conversations with the founder of where he has actually mentioned that his audience isn’t to take on physical practices or put psychologists or certified experts out of business his objective is to offer mental health access to the people who aren’t going to enter the therapy workplace and I 100% assistance that objective and I think it is necessary and we have a problem with gain access to
to mental health care in this nation and is one service as our other online business I was mentioning earlier that there are things that I personally think that online therapy is better for or offline therapy is more appropriate for and I’ve in fact I’ve really discussed this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel pretty passionate about and I need to say that my opinion has been well-received by companies like in terms of ideally how they how they deal with individuals that provide for care so I just wanted to invest a number of minutes discussing my own is my own personal opinion about the important things that are most proper for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a wonderful location for people who are having problem with challenging life shifts for situations where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for circumstances where you know they have an extremely well-defined issue with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is very structured can can benefit them and that therapy due to the fact that it’s not as social as others is best for online therapy due to the fact that it includes a great deal of homework it involves worksheets it includes learning specific skills and techniques so mild milder conditions like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression change disorders even PTSD as long as like the individual has gotten care at first somewhere else these are all things that can be resolved through online counseling you understand think about somebody who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect to a therapist from their house due to the fact that they can’t leave their house and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are truly horrified of being trapped and trapped in a place where they may have a panic attack therefore essentially they start to restrict their activities and limit their activities until a number of them can’t leave their house without really feeling significant distress so if someone like that is at home and they can reach out through their computer and connect to a therapist that’s a fantastic primary step is that going to cure them absolutely not because agoraphobia to be effectively treated requirements that person to be able to go outdoors and to resume normal activities and sometimes that involves a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure undoubtedly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that however might they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their house from that initial helpful method to therapy where they can actually have a better life 100% and this is what the gap that aims to fill with their services my point to 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 fully from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more significantly what I believe is as simply a human being on this earth trying to do the best that I can and so I I will not inform you that something is appropriate that I don’t think is appropriate I will not share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever because I do not think that therefore you can always anticipate to hear my truthful opinion on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video fascinating and valuable if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a variety of various mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or deal with in an upcoming video