When I was first approached…Betterhelp Vs Traditional Therapy…. to perhaps work together with them on a youtube series among the important things that was really essential 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 know my own views when when essential or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they essentially stated you understand we trust you as a scientific expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and discuss what you understand and among the important things that I truly wanted to address is the truth that I’m not just here to say that online therapy is the answer for everything you know I believe it can be extremely valuable for many people I have actually seen it myself dealing with individuals from a couple of months as much as over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with somebody is truly a it
practically enriches the the healing experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals in person and I completely delight in that and there are individuals that I see there that I wouldn’t think about 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 would not feel comfortable and and that’s alright those two things can both hold true and I believe one of the things that I want to begin to have individuals think of exists’s a place for both online and offline therapy it is really a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you but also what’s most proper for you with the help of an expert when I speak about certain therapy styles or approaches as being appropriate for you what I mean by that is that it would be the very best approach for
the particular problem that you’re handling and I think that a person of the issues that a great deal of people have is that online counseling is attempting to replace offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I have actually had lots of discussions with the creator of where he has discussed that his audience isn’t to compete with traditional practices or put psychologists or licensed experts out of business his objective is to provide mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the therapy office and I 100% assistance that mission and I believe it is necessary and we have an issue with access
to mental health care in this country and is one option as our other online business I was pointing out previously that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is better suited for or offline therapy is more appropriate for and I’ve really I’ve really spoken about this in other settings since it is something I feel pretty enthusiastic about and I have to state that my viewpoint has actually been popular by business like in regards to hopefully how they how they deal with the people that provide for care so I just wished to spend a number of minutes talking about my own is my own individual viewpoint about the things that are most suitable for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a terrific place for individuals who are having problem with challenging life shifts for circumstances where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for scenarios where you understand they have a very clear-cut issue with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is extremely structured can can benefit them which therapy since it’s not as social as others is ideal for online counseling because it includes a great deal of homework it includes worksheets it involves discovering particular abilities and techniques so mild milder conditions like moderate anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has received care initially somewhere else these are all things that can be attended to through online therapy you understand consider someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they reach out to a counselor from their home due to the fact that they can’t leave their house and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are truly frightened of being caught and caught in a location where they might have an anxiety attack and so basically they start to limit their activities and restrict their activities till a lot of them can’t leave their home without really feeling considerable distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer system and link to a counselor that’s a terrific primary step is that going to cure them never due to the fact that agoraphobia to be effectively dealt with needs that person to be able to go outside and to resume regular activities and sometimes that includes a therapist going to their home to help them with that procedure obviously online therapists are going to be able to do that but might they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their home from that initial encouraging approach to counseling where they can actually have a better life 100% and this is what the gap that intends to fill with their services my indicate this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to plainly communicate that anything that I share with you is going to be completely from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more importantly what I believe is as just a human being on this earth trying to do the very best that I can and so I I will not tell you that something is appropriate that I do not think is appropriate I will not show you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever due to the fact that I don’t believe that and so you can constantly anticipate to hear my sincere opinion on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you found this video handy and fascinating if you did please like it listed below and do not hesitate to subscribe to our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing a growing number of videos on a range of different mental health topics and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to address or cover in an approaching video