When I was first approached…Betterhelp Drama…. to perhaps collaborate with them on a youtube series one of the important 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 picked to provide and likewise you understand my own views when when needed or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they generally stated you know 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 among the important things that I really wished to address is the reality that I’m not just here to state that online therapy is the answer for everything you understand I think it can be incredibly useful for many people I have actually seen it myself dealing with individuals from a couple of months up to over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and likewise have video sessions with someone is really a it
almost 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 take pleasure in that and there are people that I see there that I would not 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 wouldn’t feel comfy and and that’s all right those 2 things can both be true and I believe one of the important things that I wish to begin to have people consider exists’s a place for both offline and online treatment it is actually a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you however also what’s most proper for you with the help of an expert when I discuss certain therapy styles or techniques as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the very best technique for
the particular problem that you’re dealing with and I think that one of the concerns that a lot of individuals have is that online counseling is attempting to change offline counseling and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had many conversations with the creator of where he has actually mentioned 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 workplace and I 100% assistance that objective and I think it is very important 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 believe that online therapy is more appropriate for or offline therapy is more appropriate for and I’ve actually I’ve actually spoken about this in other settings since it is something I feel pretty enthusiastic about and I have to say that my opinion has actually been well-received by business like in regards to ideally how they how they work with the people that provide for care so I just wished to invest a number of minutes speaking about my own is my own individual viewpoint about the important things that are most proper for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a fantastic location for individuals who are battling with challenging life shifts for scenarios where they’re experiencing more tension than normal for scenarios where you understand they have a very well-defined concern with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is very structured can can benefit them which treatment because it’s not as interpersonal as others is ideal for online therapy due to the fact that it involves a lot of homework it involves worksheets it includes discovering particular skills and methods so moderate milder conditions like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually gotten care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be resolved through online therapy you know consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and maybe they reach out to a counselor from their house since they can’t leave their home and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are truly frightened of being trapped and caught in a place where they may have a panic attack therefore essentially they start to restrict their activities and limit their activities until much of them can’t leave their home without actually feeling significant distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can connect through their computer system and connect to a therapist that’s a fantastic primary step is that going to cure them absolutely not due to the fact that agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with requirements that individual to be able to go outside and to resume typical activities and often 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 however could they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their house from that preliminary helpful technique to counseling where they can actually 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 wish to plainly interact that anything that I show you is going to be fully from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more notably 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 inform you that something is appropriate that I don’t believe is appropriate I won’t share with you that online therapy is the cure-all for everything due to the fact that I don’t think that and so you can constantly expect to hear my truthful viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video intriguing and practical if you did please like it listed below and feel free to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a range of various psychological health subjects and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or address in an upcoming video