When I was first approached…Betterhelp Quit Therapy…. to potentially team up with them on a youtube series among 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 chose to present and also you understand my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they generally stated you understand we trust you as a clinical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and talk about what you understand and one of the important things that I really wished to address is the truth that I’m not simply here to say that online treatment is the answer for whatever you understand I think it can be extremely helpful for many people I have actually seen it myself dealing with people from a couple of months up to over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with somebody is truly a it
practically enhances the the restorative experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals 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 would not be appropriate we would not have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply would not feel comfortable and and that’s all right those two things can both hold true and I think one of the things that I wish to start to have people consider is there’s a place for both online and offline therapy it is really a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you but also what’s most proper for you with the help of an expert when I talk about specific counseling styles or methods as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the best method for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I believe that a person of the concerns that a great deal of people have is that online therapy is attempting to change offline counseling and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had many conversations with the creator of where he has pointed out that his audience isn’t to compete with physical practices or put psychologists or licensed professionals out of business his mission is to supply psychological health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the therapy workplace and I 100% assistance that mission and I believe it is essential and we have an issue with access
to psychological health care in this country and is one solution as our other online companies I was pointing out earlier that there are things that I personally think that online therapy is more appropriate for or offline treatment is better for and I’ve in fact I’ve really discussed this in other settings since it is something I feel pretty enthusiastic about and I need to state that my opinion has been popular by companies like in terms of hopefully how they how they deal with individuals that present for care so I simply wished to spend a couple of minutes speaking about my own is my own personal viewpoint about the things that are most proper for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a wonderful location for people who are struggling with tough life transitions for situations where they’re experiencing more tension than typical for scenarios where you understand they have a very clear-cut issue with anxiety or social stress and 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 since it includes a great deal of homework it includes worksheets it includes finding out specific skills 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 elsewhere these are all things that can be resolved through online counseling you know consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect to a counselor from their home since they can’t leave their home and just simply to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are really horrified of being trapped and caught in a location where they might have a panic attack therefore basically they begin to restrict their activities and restrict their activities until much of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling significant distress so if someone like that is at house and they can connect through their computer and link to a therapist that’s a fantastic initial step is that going to treat them absolutely not because agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with requirements that individual to be able to go outside and to resume normal activities and in some cases that involves a therapist going to their house to help them with that process undoubtedly online therapists are going to have the ability to do that but might they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their house from that preliminary encouraging method to counseling where they can really 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 completely from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more notably what I think is as just a human being on this earth trying to do the very best that I can therefore 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 whatever due to the fact that I don’t believe that therefore you can constantly expect to hear my sincere viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video intriguing and useful if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a variety of different psychological health subjects and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to deal with or cover in an upcoming video