When I was first approached…Betterhelp Support…. to possibly work together with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was actually 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 needed or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they generally stated you know we trust you as a medical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and discuss what you know and among the important things that I truly wanted to address is the reality that I’m not simply here to state that online therapy is the answer for whatever you understand I believe it can be exceptionally handy for lots of people I’ve seen it myself dealing with individuals from a few months up to over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with somebody is really a it
practically enriches the the healing experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I completely take pleasure in 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 have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just wouldn’t feel comfortable and which’s okay those 2 things can both hold true and I think one of the important things that I want to begin to have individuals think about exists’s a place for both offline and online treatment it is truly a matter of you know deciding what’s right for you however likewise what’s most appropriate for you with the help of a professional when I discuss certain therapy styles or methods as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the best method for
the particular problem that you’re dealing with and I think that a person of the concerns that a lot of individuals have is that online counseling is trying to replace offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I have actually had lots of conversations with the founder of where he has actually mentioned that his audience isn’t to compete with physical practices or put psychologists or certified specialists out of business his objective is to provide mental health access to the people who aren’t going to enter the therapy office and I 100% support that mission and I believe it is necessary and we have a problem with gain access to
to psychological healthcare in this nation and is one solution as our other online business I was discussing earlier that there are things that I personally think that online therapy is more appropriate for or offline therapy is better suited 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 been well-received by companies like in regards to hopefully how they how they work with the people that present 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 proper for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a fantastic place for people who are struggling with hard life transitions for circumstances where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for scenarios where you know they have an extremely well-defined concern with stress and anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is really structured can can benefit them and that therapy since it’s not as social as others is best for online therapy because it involves a great deal of research it involves worksheets it includes finding out particular skills and methods so mild milder disorders like moderate anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually gotten care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be dealt with through online counseling you know think about somebody who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they connect to a counselor from their home because they can’t leave their house and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are actually terrified of being trapped and caught in a location where they might have an anxiety attack therefore essentially they start to restrict their activities and restrict their activities till many of them can’t leave their house without truly feeling significant distress so if someone like that is at house and they can connect through their computer system and connect to a therapist that’s a great initial step is that going to cure them absolutely not due to the fact that agoraphobia to be successfully treated requirements that individual to be able to go outside and to resume regular activities and often that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure undoubtedly online counselors are going to be able to do that however might they be the bridge that got that person who’s afraid to leave their home from that preliminary helpful approach to counseling where they can actually have a much better life 100% and this is what the gap that aims to fill with their services my indicate this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to clearly communicate that anything that I share with you is going to be completely from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more notably what I believe is as simply a human being on this earth attempting to do the very best that I can and so I I won’t inform you that something is appropriate that I do not believe is appropriate I won’t share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever due to the fact that I do not believe that and so you can constantly anticipate to hear my truthful viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video handy and interesting if you did please like it below and feel free to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing a growing number of videos on a range of various mental health topics and please connect if there’s something particular you would like us to deal with or cover in an approaching video