When I was first approached…Betterhelp Cost Assistance…. to perhaps collaborate with them on a youtube series among the things that was really important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what topics I selected to present and likewise you know my own views when when necessary or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they basically stated you know we trust you as a scientific expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and discuss what you know and among the things that I really wished to address is the truth that I’m not just here to say that online treatment is the answer for everything you understand I think it can be exceptionally valuable for lots of people I have actually seen it myself dealing with people from a few months as much as over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with someone is truly a it
nearly enriches the the restorative experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I thoroughly enjoy that and there are individuals that I see there that I wouldn’t think about seeing online either they wouldn’t be appropriate we wouldn’t be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply would not feel comfortable and which’s all right those two things can both be true and I think one of the important things that I wish to begin to have individuals think of exists’s a place for both offline and online treatment it is really a matter of you know deciding what’s right for you but likewise what’s most appropriate for you with the help of an expert when I speak about specific counseling designs or techniques as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the very best method for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I believe that a person of the concerns that a great deal of people have is that online therapy is trying to replace offline therapy and I can inform you 100% that that’s not true I’ve had lots of conversations with the creator of where he has actually discussed that his audience isn’t to compete with brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or licensed specialists out of business his mission is to provide mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter the therapy workplace and I 100% assistance that mission and I think it is very important and we have a problem with access
to mental health care in this nation and is one solution as our other online business I was pointing out earlier that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is better suited for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve really I’ve actually spoken about this in other settings because it is something I feel quite passionate about and I have to state that my opinion has actually been popular by business like in regards to ideally how they how they deal with the people that provide for care so I just wanted to invest a couple of minutes discussing my own is my own individual viewpoint about the things that are most proper for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a fantastic location for people who are battling with difficult life transitions for circumstances where they’re experiencing more tension than typical for scenarios where you know they have a really clear-cut issue with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is really structured can can benefit them and that therapy since it’s not as social as others is best for online counseling because it involves a great deal of research it includes worksheets it includes finding out particular skills and strategies so mild milder conditions like mild stress and anxiety mild depression change conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has actually gotten care at first in other places these are all things that can be attended to through online counseling you know think about somebody who has a agoraphobia and maybe they connect to a therapist from their home because they can’t leave their house and simply just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are truly frightened of being caught and trapped in a place where they may have an anxiety attack therefore essentially they begin to restrict their activities and restrict their activities till many of them can’t leave their home without actually feeling substantial distress so if someone like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer and link to a therapist that’s a terrific primary step is that going to treat them never due to the fact that agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with needs that individual to be able to go outside and to resume normal activities and often that includes a therapist going to their home to help them with that process clearly online therapists are going to be able to do that however might they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their home from that preliminary supportive method to counseling where they can in fact have a much 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 want to clearly interact that anything that I show you is going to be fully from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more importantly what I believe is as just a human being on this earth trying to do the very best that I can and so I I will not tell you that something is appropriate that I don’t think is appropriate I will not show you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything because I don’t think that and so you can constantly anticipate to hear my honest opinion on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video interesting and helpful if you did please like it listed 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 range of various psychological health topics and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or attend to in an approaching video