When I was first approached…Better Help Average Cost…. to potentially collaborate with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was actually crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what topics I picked to provide and likewise you understand my own views when when necessary or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they generally said you know we trust you as a clinical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and speak about what you understand and one of the important things that I really wanted to address is the fact that I’m not just here to say that online treatment is the answer for whatever you understand I believe it can be exceptionally handy for lots of people I have actually seen it myself working with individuals from a couple of months as much as over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with someone is actually a it
nearly enhances 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 delight 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 have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just wouldn’t feel comfortable and which’s okay those 2 things can both be true and I think one of the things that I want to start to have individuals think about exists’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 a professional when I talk about specific counseling styles or methods 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 handling and I believe that one of the concerns that a lot of individuals have is that online therapy is attempting to change offline counseling and I can inform you 100% that that’s not true I’ve had lots of discussions with the creator of where he has actually discussed that his audience isn’t to take on physical practices or put psychologists or certified specialists out of business his mission is to offer psychological health access to individuals who aren’t going to come into the treatment office and I 100% assistance that mission and I believe it is essential and we have a problem with gain access to
to psychological health care in this country and is one service as our other online business I was mentioning earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is better for or offline therapy is better suited for and I’ve in fact I’ve actually spoken about this in other settings because it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I have to say that my opinion has actually been popular by business like in regards to hopefully how they how they work with the people that present for care so I simply wanted to spend a couple of minutes speaking about my own is my own personal viewpoint about the important things that are most appropriate for offline versus online therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a terrific place for individuals who are struggling with tough life transitions for circumstances where they’re experiencing more stress than normal for situations where you understand they have a very precise concern with stress and anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is really structured can can benefit them and that treatment since it’s not as interpersonal as others is ideal for online counseling due to the fact that it involves a lot of homework it involves worksheets it involves discovering specific skills and techniques so moderate milder disorders like mild stress and anxiety mild depression change conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has received care initially in other places these are all things that can be dealt with through online therapy you understand consider someone who has a agoraphobia and maybe they reach out to a therapist from their house since they can’t leave their house and just simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are actually frightened of being caught and caught in a location where they may have an anxiety attack therefore basically they start to limit their activities and restrict their activities till much of them can’t leave their home without really feeling considerable distress so if somebody like that is at home and they can reach out through their computer system and connect to a counselor that’s a terrific first step is that going to treat them absolutely not due to the fact that agoraphobia to be effectively dealt with needs that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume regular activities and in some cases that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that procedure undoubtedly online therapists are going to have the ability to do that but might they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their home from that initial encouraging approach to therapy where they can really have a better life 100% and this is what the space that intends to fill with their services my point to this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to plainly communicate that anything that I show you is going to be fully from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more importantly what I think 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 don’t think is appropriate I will not show you that online therapy is the cure-all for whatever since I don’t believe that therefore you can constantly expect to hear my truthful viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you found this video useful and intriguing if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a variety of various mental health topics and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to attend to or cover in an approaching video