When I was first approached…Betterhelp Membership…. to possibly collaborate with them on a youtube series among the important things that was actually essential to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I spoke about what what topics I picked to present and likewise you understand my own views when when necessary or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they essentially said you know we trust you as a medical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and talk about what you understand and among the things that I really wanted to address is the reality that I’m not just here to state that online treatment is the answer for everything you know I think it can be extremely practical for many individuals I’ve seen it myself dealing with individuals from a couple of months as much as over a year and I seen how being able to message and likewise have video sessions with somebody is really a it
almost enhances the the therapeutic experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person 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 wouldn’t be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply wouldn’t feel comfy and which’s all right those two things can both hold true and I believe among the important things that I want to begin to have individuals think of exists’s a location for both offline and online therapy it is actually a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you however also what’s most suitable for you with the help of a professional when I discuss specific counseling styles or methods as being appropriate for you what I imply by that is that it would be the very best approach for
the particular problem that you’re handling and I think that a person of the concerns that a lot of people have is that online therapy is attempting to replace offline counseling and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had many discussions with the founder of where he has actually pointed out that his audience isn’t to take on brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or certified experts out of business his objective is to supply psychological health access to the people who aren’t going to come into the treatment office and I 100% assistance that objective and I think it is necessary and we have an issue with gain access to
to psychological health care in this country and is one option as our other online business I was discussing previously that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is better for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve actually I’ve actually spoken about this in other settings since it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I need to state that my viewpoint has been favored by business like in terms of hopefully how they how they deal with the people that present for care so I simply wanted to invest a couple of minutes discussing my own is my own personal viewpoint 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 individuals who are fighting with difficult life transitions for scenarios where they’re experiencing more tension than typical for circumstances where you know they have an extremely specific problem with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is really structured can can benefit them which therapy due to the fact that it’s not as social as others is ideal for online therapy due to the fact that it involves a great deal of homework it includes worksheets it includes discovering particular skills and methods so mild milder disorders like mild stress and anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually gotten care initially somewhere else these are all things that can be resolved through online counseling you know think about someone who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they reach out to a therapist from their home because they can’t leave their house and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are really horrified of being caught and trapped in a location where they may have an anxiety attack therefore basically they start to limit their activities and restrict their activities up until much of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling considerable distress so if somebody like that is at home and they can reach out through their computer and connect to a therapist that’s a terrific first step is that going to cure them never because agoraphobia to be successfully treated requirements that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume regular activities and often that involves a therapist going to their house to help them with that process certainly online therapists are going to have the ability to do that however could they be the bridge that got that person who’s afraid to leave their house from that preliminary helpful method to counseling where they can in fact have a better life 100% and this is what the gap that aims to fill with their services my indicate this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to clearly interact that anything that I show you is going to be completely 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 best that I can and so I I won’t tell you that something is appropriate that I do not think is appropriate I won’t show you that online therapy is the cure-all for whatever since I don’t believe that and so you can constantly expect to hear my sincere viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you found this video fascinating and handy 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 a growing number of videos on a variety of various psychological health subjects and please connect if there’s something particular you would like us to deal with or cover in an upcoming video