When I was first approached…Betterhelp Quiz…. to perhaps work together 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 spoke about what what subjects I chose to provide and also you understand my own views when when needed or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they generally said you understand we trust you as a scientific professional and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and discuss what you understand and one of the important things that I really wished to address is the fact that I’m not just here to say that online treatment is the answer for whatever you know I believe it can be incredibly practical for lots of people I’ve seen it myself working with people 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 somebody is truly a it
practically enhances the the healing experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I thoroughly delight in that and there are people that I see there that I would not consider seeing online either they wouldn’t be appropriate we wouldn’t have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just wouldn’t feel comfortable and which’s fine those two things can both hold true and I think one of the important things that I want to start to have people think of is there’s a place for both offline and online therapy it is really a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you but also what’s most suitable for you with the help of an expert when I talk about particular counseling designs or techniques as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the very best approach for
the particular problem that you’re dealing with and I think that one of the issues that a lot of individuals have is that online counseling is attempting to replace offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not true I’ve had lots of conversations with the creator of where he has actually discussed that his audience isn’t to compete with traditional practices or put psychologists or certified specialists out of business his objective is to offer mental health access to the people who aren’t going to enter into the therapy office and I 100% support that mission and I believe it is essential and we have a problem with gain access to
to psychological healthcare in this country and is one service as our other online business I was mentioning previously that there are things that I personally think that online therapy is better for or offline therapy is more appropriate for and I’ve in fact I’ve really discussed this in other settings because it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I have to state that my viewpoint has actually been favored by business like in regards to hopefully how they how they work with individuals that provide for care so I just wanted to invest a number of minutes discussing my own is my own individual viewpoint about the important things that are most suitable for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a fantastic place for people who are fighting with hard life transitions for circumstances where they’re experiencing more stress than normal for circumstances where you know they have a very clear-cut concern with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is extremely structured can can benefit them and that therapy since it’s not as social as others is ideal for online counseling since it includes a lot of research it includes worksheets it involves finding out particular abilities and techniques so mild milder conditions like moderate anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has gotten care at first in other places these are all things that can be resolved through online counseling you know consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they connect to a counselor from their home because they can’t leave their home and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are truly horrified of being trapped and trapped in a place where they may 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 really feeling considerable distress so if someone like that is at house and they can connect through their computer and connect to a therapist that’s an excellent primary step is that going to cure them never since agoraphobia to be effectively treated needs that person to be able to go outside and to resume regular activities and sometimes that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that procedure clearly online therapists are going to have the ability to do that but might they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their home from that preliminary helpful approach to therapy where they can actually have a better life 100% and this is what the space that aims to fill with their services my point to this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to plainly interact that anything that I share with you is going to be totally from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly 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 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 since I do not believe that therefore you can constantly expect to hear my honest opinion on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you found this video useful and fascinating if you did please like it below and feel free to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a variety of different psychological health topics and please connect if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or attend to in an approaching video