When I was first approached…Online Therapy Cheaper Than Betterhelp…. to potentially collaborate with them on a youtube series among the important things that was truly crucial 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 necessary 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 truly wanted to address is the reality that I’m not simply here to say that online treatment is the answer for everything you understand I think it can be incredibly useful for many individuals I’ve seen it myself dealing with people from a few months approximately over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with someone is truly 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 in person and I thoroughly take pleasure in that and there are individuals that I see there that I would not 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 alright those two things can both hold true and I believe one of the important things that I wish to begin to have people think about is there’s a location for both online and offline therapy it is truly a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you but also what’s most appropriate for you with the help of an expert when I discuss particular therapy styles or methods 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 handling and I believe that one of the concerns that a lot of people have is that online therapy is trying to change offline counseling and I can inform 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 brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or licensed professionals out of business his mission is to offer mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the treatment workplace and I 100% assistance that objective and I believe it’s important and we have an issue with gain access to
to psychological health care in this country and is one option as our other online companies I was pointing out previously that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is better for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve actually I’ve in fact spoken about this in other settings because it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I have to state that my opinion has actually been popular by companies like in terms of ideally 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 things that are most appropriate for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a terrific location for people who are dealing with challenging life shifts for situations where they’re experiencing more tension than normal for situations where you understand they have a really well-defined concern with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is extremely structured can can benefit them which treatment due to the fact that it’s not as interpersonal as others is ideal for online counseling because it includes a lot of research it includes worksheets it includes finding out specific skills and strategies so mild milder conditions like mild stress and anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has gotten care at first somewhere else these are all things that can be dealt with through online therapy you know think about someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they reach out to a counselor from their house because they can’t leave their home and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are truly terrified of being caught and caught in a location where they may have a panic attack and so essentially they start to limit their activities and restrict their activities till many of them can’t leave their house without truly feeling considerable distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can connect through their computer system and link to a counselor that’s a terrific primary step is that going to cure them absolutely not since agoraphobia to be effectively treated needs that individual 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 procedure clearly online therapists are going to be able to do that but might they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their house from that initial helpful technique to counseling where they can in fact have a much better life 100% and this is what the space that aims to fill with their services my indicate this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to clearly interact that anything that I show you is going to be completely from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly what I think is as just a human being on this earth attempting to do the best that I can and so I I will not tell you that something is appropriate that I don’t believe is appropriate I will not show you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever because I do not think that and so 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 found this video interesting and handy if you did please like it below and feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing a growing number of videos on a variety of different mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or attend to in an upcoming video