When I was first approached…Cost For Betterhelp…. to possibly 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 spoke about what what subjects I chose to provide and also you know my own views when when essential or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they basically said you understand we trust you as a scientific professional and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and talk about what you know and one of the things that I truly wanted to address is the truth that I’m not simply here to state that online treatment is the answer for everything you know I think it can be extremely practical for lots of people I’ve seen it myself dealing with individuals from a few months as much as over a year and I seen how being able to message and likewise have video sessions with someone is actually a it
almost improves the the restorative experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals face-to-face and I thoroughly delight in that and there are individuals that I see there that I would not consider seeing online either they wouldn’t 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 alright those 2 things can both hold true and I think among the things that I want to start to have people think of is there’s a location for both online and offline treatment it is truly 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 talk about specific therapy designs or techniques as being appropriate for you what I mean by that is that it would be the very best technique for
the particular problem that you’re dealing with and I believe that one of the concerns that a great deal of people have is that online therapy is trying to change offline counseling and I can tell you 100% that that’s not true I’ve had lots of discussions with the founder of where he has mentioned that his audience isn’t to compete with traditional practices or put psychologists or certified specialists out of business his mission is to supply mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to come into the treatment office and I 100% support that mission and I think it is essential and we have an issue with gain access to
to psychological healthcare in this nation and is one option as our other online companies I was pointing out previously that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is better for or offline therapy is better for and I’ve really I’ve really spoken about this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I need to say that my opinion has actually been popular by companies like in terms of hopefully how they how they deal with the people that provide for care so I simply wished to spend a couple of minutes talking about my own is my own individual opinion about the important things that are most suitable for online versus offline treatment so in my view I see online treatment as a fantastic location for individuals who are fighting with difficult life transitions for circumstances where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for situations where you understand they have an extremely clear-cut concern with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is very structured can can benefit them and that treatment because it’s not as interpersonal as others is best for online therapy because it includes a great deal of research it involves worksheets it includes learning specific skills and techniques so mild milder disorders like moderate anxiety mild depression change disorders even PTSD as long as like the individual has gotten care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be addressed through online counseling you know consider someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect to a therapist from their home because they can’t leave their home and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are truly terrified of being trapped and caught in a location where they might have an anxiety attack and so basically they begin to limit their activities and limit their activities up until a number of them can’t leave their house without actually feeling considerable distress so if somebody like that is at home and they can connect through their computer and connect to a therapist that’s a great initial step is that going to treat them absolutely not since agoraphobia to be effectively dealt with needs that person to be able to go outside and to resume typical activities and in some cases that includes a therapist going to their home to help them with that process certainly online counselors are going to be able to do that but might they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their home from that preliminary supportive technique to therapy where they can in fact have a much better life 100% and this is what the space that intends to fill with their services my indicate this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to plainly interact that anything that I share with you is going to be completely from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more notably what I believe is as simply a human being on this earth trying to do the best that I can and so I I won’t inform you that something is appropriate that I do not think is appropriate I won’t show you that online therapy is the cure-all for whatever since I don’t think that therefore you can constantly anticipate to hear my truthful viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you found this video intriguing and handy if you did please like it listed below and feel free to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a range of various psychological health subjects and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to attend to or cover in an upcoming video