When I was first approached…Betterhelp John Delony…. to perhaps 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 spoke about what what topics I picked to present and also you understand my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they essentially said you know we trust you as a medical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and speak about what you understand and among the important things that I truly wanted to address is the fact that I’m not simply here to say that online treatment is the answer for whatever you understand I think it can be exceptionally practical for many individuals I’ve 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 enhances the the healing experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals face-to-face and I completely 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 would not have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply wouldn’t feel comfortable and and that’s fine those two things can both hold true and I think among the things that I want to start to have people think about exists’s a location for both online and offline therapy it is actually a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you however likewise what’s most suitable for you with the help of an expert when I talk about specific counseling styles or techniques as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the best approach for
the particular problem that you’re dealing with and I think that one of the issues that a great deal of individuals have is that online therapy is trying to change offline therapy and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had many discussions with the creator of where he has actually mentioned that his audience isn’t to take on traditional practices or put psychologists or licensed experts out of business his mission is to provide psychological health access to the people who aren’t going to enter the therapy workplace and I 100% support that objective and I believe it is very important and we have a problem with access
to mental 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 think that online treatment is more appropriate for or offline treatment is better suited for and I’ve really I’ve really discussed this in other settings because it is something I feel quite passionate about and I have to state that my opinion has been favored by companies like in regards to hopefully how they how they deal with individuals that present for care so I simply wanted to invest a number of minutes talking about my own is my own individual viewpoint about the important things that are most proper for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online treatment as a wonderful location for people who are dealing with hard life shifts for circumstances where they’re experiencing more tension than normal for scenarios where you understand they have an extremely well-defined problem with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is very structured can can benefit them and that therapy due to the fact that it’s not as social as others is best for online therapy since it involves a lot of research it involves worksheets it includes learning specific skills and techniques so mild milder disorders like mild anxiety mild depression adjustment conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has actually received care initially somewhere else these are all things that can be attended to through online counseling you know think of someone who has a agoraphobia and maybe they connect to a counselor from their house due to the fact that they can’t leave their house and simply just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are truly horrified of being caught and caught in a place where they might have a panic attack and so basically they begin to limit their activities and limit their activities till many of them can’t leave their home without actually feeling substantial distress so if someone like that is at home and they can reach out through their computer and connect to a counselor that’s a fantastic first step is that going to cure them never due to the fact that agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with needs that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume normal activities and often that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that process clearly online therapists are going to be able to do that however could they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their house from that initial encouraging method to counseling where they can actually have a 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 communicate that anything that I show you is going to be fully from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly what I believe is as just a human being on this earth attempting to do the best that I can and so I I won’t inform you that something is appropriate that I do not believe is appropriate I won’t share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever because I do not think that therefore you can always anticipate to hear my sincere opinion on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video intriguing and useful 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 increasingly more videos on a range of different psychological health topics and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or resolve in an approaching video