When I was first approached…Betterhelp Cost Insurance…. to possibly team up with them on a youtube series one of the things that was really essential to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I discussed what what subjects I picked to present and also you know my own views when when necessary or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they essentially stated you understand we trust you as a medical 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 truly wished to address is the truth that I’m not just here to state that online therapy is the answer for everything you understand I think it can be exceptionally useful for lots of people I’ve seen it myself working with individuals from a few months approximately over a year and I seen how being able to message and likewise have video sessions with somebody is truly a it
practically enriches the the therapeutic experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals face-to-face and I thoroughly enjoy that and there are people that I see there that I would not think about seeing online either they would not be appropriate we wouldn’t be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just wouldn’t feel comfortable and which’s all right those two things can both hold true and I think one of the things that I want to start to have individuals think about is there’s a place for both online and offline therapy it is really a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you but likewise what’s most appropriate for you with the help of an expert when I discuss particular therapy styles or techniques as being appropriate for you what I imply by that is that it would be the very best technique for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I think that a person of the issues that a great deal of people have is that online counseling is attempting to replace offline therapy and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I have actually had lots of conversations with the founder of where he has actually mentioned that his audience isn’t to compete with traditional practices or put psychologists or certified experts out of business his mission is to offer mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter the therapy workplace and I 100% support that objective and I believe it is necessary and we have an issue with access
to psychological healthcare in this country and is one option as our other online companies I was pointing out earlier that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is more appropriate for or offline treatment is better for and I’ve in fact I’ve in fact discussed this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I have to state that my opinion has actually been favored by companies 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 speaking about my own is my own personal opinion about the important things that are most proper for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a fantastic location for people who are struggling with challenging life transitions for situations where they’re experiencing more tension than typical for scenarios where you know they have a very precise problem 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 interpersonal as others is ideal for online therapy since it involves a great deal of homework it includes worksheets it involves learning specific abilities and methods so moderate milder disorders like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression adjustment disorders even PTSD as long as like the individual has gotten care at first in other places these are all things that can be resolved through online counseling you understand think about somebody who has a agoraphobia and maybe they connect to a counselor from their home due to the fact that they can’t leave their house and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are actually horrified of being trapped and caught in a location where they might have a panic attack and so essentially they begin to limit their activities and limit their activities until many of them can’t leave their house without truly feeling considerable distress so if someone like that is at home and they can reach out through their computer system and connect to a counselor that’s a great first step is that going to cure them absolutely not since agoraphobia to be effectively treated requirements that individual to be able to go outside and to resume normal activities and in some cases that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure certainly online counselors are going to be able to do that however could they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their home from that initial helpful approach to counseling 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 point to this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to plainly communicate that anything that I share with you is going to be fully from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more importantly what I think is as simply a human being on this earth trying to do the very best that I can therefore 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 everything since I don’t believe that therefore you can always anticipate to hear my sincere viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video valuable and fascinating if you did please like it listed 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 psychological health topics and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or resolve in an approaching video