When I was first approached…Betterhelp Revenue…. to possibly collaborate with them on a youtube series one of the things that was really crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what topics I picked to provide and likewise you know my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they essentially said you understand we trust you as a medical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and discuss what you know and one of the important things that I truly wished to address is the truth that I’m not simply here to say that online treatment is the answer for everything you know I believe it can be incredibly handy for lots of people I have actually seen it myself working with individuals 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 actually a it
practically enriches the the therapeutic experience in a manner 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 would not be appropriate we wouldn’t have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply wouldn’t feel comfy and and that’s all right those 2 things can both hold true and I believe among the things that I wish to begin to have individuals think about exists’s a place for both online and offline therapy it is actually a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you but also what’s most appropriate for you with the help of a professional when I speak about particular counseling designs or methods as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the best approach for
the particular problem that you’re handling and I believe that a person of the concerns that a lot of people 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 lots of discussions with the founder of where he has mentioned that his audience isn’t to compete with physical practices or put psychologists or licensed specialists out of business his mission is to offer mental health access to the people who aren’t going to enter into the therapy office and I 100% assistance that objective and I believe it is very important and we have an issue with gain access to
to psychological health care in this nation and is one service as our other online companies I was discussing 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 actually spoken about this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel pretty enthusiastic about and I need to state that my viewpoint has actually been well-received by companies like in terms of ideally how they how they deal with the people that present for care so I simply wished to invest a number of minutes speaking about my own is my own personal opinion about the important things that are most appropriate for online versus offline treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a terrific place for people who are struggling with hard life transitions for circumstances where they’re experiencing more stress than regular for circumstances where you understand they have an extremely precise issue with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is very structured can can benefit them and that therapy due to the fact that it’s not as interpersonal as others is ideal for online counseling since it involves a great deal of homework it includes worksheets it includes learning specific abilities and methods so moderate milder conditions like moderate anxiety mild depression change conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has received care initially somewhere else these are all things that can be dealt with through online counseling you understand think about someone who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they reach out to a counselor from their home due to the fact that they can’t leave their house and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are truly frightened of being trapped and trapped in a location where they may have a panic attack therefore essentially they start to restrict their activities and limit their activities up until much of them can’t leave their house without really feeling significant 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 primary step is that going to cure them absolutely not because agoraphobia to be effectively treated needs that person to be able to go outside and to resume normal activities and often that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure obviously online counselors are going to have the ability to do that however could they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their house from that initial helpful approach to therapy where they can in fact 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 specific 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 notably what I think is as just a human being on this earth attempting to do the best that I can and so I I will not tell you that something is appropriate that I do not believe is appropriate I will not show you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything since I don’t think that therefore you can constantly anticipate to hear my honest viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you found this video fascinating and helpful 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 mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something particular you would like us to resolve or cover in an upcoming video