When I was first approached…Betterhelp With Insurance…. to possibly work together with them on a youtube series one of 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 topics I picked to provide and likewise you know my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they essentially said you know we trust you as a scientific expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and speak about what you know and among the things that I really wanted to address is the fact that I’m not simply here to say that online treatment is the answer for everything you understand I think it can be incredibly practical for lots of people I’ve seen it myself working with people from a couple of months approximately over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with someone is actually a it
nearly enhances the the restorative experience in a manner 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 individuals that I see there that I wouldn’t 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 just would not feel comfortable and which’s all right those 2 things can both be true and I believe one of the important things that I wish to start to have people think of is there’s a place for both online and offline therapy it is actually a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you however also what’s most suitable for you with the help of a professional when I discuss certain therapy styles or methods as being appropriate for you what I imply by that is that it would be the very best method for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I think that one of the issues that a great deal of individuals have is that online therapy is attempting to change offline therapy and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had lots of conversations with the founder of where he has actually mentioned that his audience isn’t to compete with traditional practices or put psychologists or licensed professionals out of business his objective is to offer mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the therapy workplace and I 100% assistance that mission and I believe it’s important and we have an issue with gain access to
to mental health care in this nation and is one service as our other online companies I was pointing out earlier that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is better for or offline therapy is better suited for and I’ve actually I’ve actually discussed this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite passionate about and I have to state that my opinion has been favored by business like in regards to hopefully how they how they deal with individuals that provide for care so I just wished to invest a number of minutes talking about my own is my own individual opinion about the things that are most suitable for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online treatment as a wonderful location for people who are dealing with difficult life shifts for situations where they’re experiencing more stress than regular for scenarios where you know they have a very precise problem with anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is really structured can can benefit them and that treatment since it’s not as social as others is best for online counseling due to the fact that it involves a lot of research it includes worksheets it involves learning particular abilities and strategies so moderate milder conditions like moderate anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has gotten care initially in other places these are all things that can be addressed through online therapy you know 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 simply just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are really frightened of being caught and caught in a location where they might have an anxiety attack and so essentially they start to limit their activities and restrict their activities up until many of them can’t leave their home without actually feeling substantial distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer and connect to a counselor that’s an excellent first step is that going to treat them absolutely not because agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with needs that individual to be able to go outside and to resume typical activities and often that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that process undoubtedly online therapists are going to be able to do that however might they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their home from that initial supportive technique to therapy where they can actually have a much 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 completely from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more importantly what I believe is as just a human being on this earth trying to do the best that I can and so I I won’t tell you that something is appropriate that I do not believe is appropriate I won’t share with you that online therapy is the cure-all for everything because I do not believe that therefore you can constantly expect to hear my truthful viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video handy and intriguing if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing a growing number of videos on a variety of various mental health topics and please connect if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or address in an approaching video