When I was first approached…Betterhelp Office Ladies…. to perhaps work together with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was truly crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what subjects I selected to provide and also you understand my own views when when necessary or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they basically said you understand we trust you as a medical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and discuss what you know and among the important things that I really wished to address is the truth that I’m not just here to say that online therapy is the answer for everything you understand I believe it can be extremely practical for many individuals I have actually seen it myself dealing with individuals from a couple of months as much as over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and likewise have video sessions with somebody is actually a it
almost 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 completely enjoy that and there are people that I see there that I would not consider seeing online either they would not be appropriate we would not be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just would not feel comfy and which’s all right those 2 things can both hold true and I believe among the important things that I wish to begin to have people think about is there’s a place for both online and offline therapy it is actually a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you but also what’s most appropriate for you with the help of an expert when I talk about particular counseling designs or techniques as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the best approach for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I think that one of the issues that a lot of individuals have is that online counseling is trying to change offline counseling and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had lots of conversations with the founder of where he has mentioned that his audience isn’t to compete with brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or licensed professionals out of business his mission is to supply mental 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 necessary and we have a problem with access
to mental healthcare in this country and is one solution as our other online business I was pointing out previously that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is better for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve in fact I’ve in fact spoken about this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel pretty enthusiastic about and I have to say that my viewpoint has been popular by companies like in terms of hopefully how they how they work with individuals that present for care so I just wanted to spend a couple of minutes discussing my own is my own individual viewpoint about the important things that are most suitable for online versus offline treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a wonderful place for people who are struggling with difficult life shifts for circumstances where they’re experiencing more tension than typical for situations where you understand they have a really specific issue with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is extremely structured can can benefit them which therapy due to the fact that it’s not as interpersonal as others is perfect for online therapy due to the fact that it involves a great deal of research it involves worksheets it involves finding out specific abilities and techniques so mild milder conditions like mild anxiety mild depression adjustment conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has received care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be attended to through online therapy you understand think about somebody who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they connect to a counselor from their house since they can’t leave their home and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are actually terrified of being caught and caught in a location where they may have an anxiety attack therefore essentially they start to limit their activities and restrict their activities up until many of them can’t leave their house without really feeling considerable distress so if someone like that is at home and they can reach out through their computer and link to a counselor that’s an excellent primary step is that going to cure them absolutely not since agoraphobia to be successfully treated needs that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume typical activities and sometimes that includes a therapist going to their home to help them with that procedure obviously online therapists are going to have the ability to do that but could they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their house from that initial encouraging technique to counseling where they can really have a better life 100% and this is what the space that aims 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 show you is going to be fully from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more importantly what I believe is as simply a human being on this earth attempting 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 share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything because I do not think that and so you can always expect to hear my honest opinion on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you found this video handy 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 increasingly more videos on a variety of various psychological health subjects and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to resolve or cover in an approaching video