When I was first approached…Betterhelp/Zane And Heath…. to perhaps collaborate with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was actually important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what topics I selected to provide and also you understand my own views when when necessary or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they basically stated you understand 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 one of the things that I really wanted to address is the fact that I’m not simply here to state that online therapy is the answer for everything you understand I believe it can be extremely handy for many individuals I’ve seen it myself working with people from a few months as much as over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and likewise have video sessions with someone is truly a it
nearly improves the the healing experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals face-to-face and I thoroughly enjoy that and there are people that I see there that I wouldn’t 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 would not feel comfortable and which’s all right those 2 things can both be true and I believe among the important things that I wish to start to have individuals consider exists’s a location for both online and offline therapy it is actually a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you but likewise what’s most proper for you with the help of a professional when I talk about specific counseling designs or approaches as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the very best approach for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I believe that one of the concerns that a great deal of people have is that online counseling is attempting 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 actually mentioned that his audience isn’t to compete with brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or certified professionals out of business his mission is to provide psychological health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter the treatment office and I 100% assistance that mission and I think it is very important and we have a problem with gain access to
to psychological health care in this nation and is one option as our other online companies I was mentioning earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is better for or offline therapy is better for and I’ve really I’ve really discussed this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I need to say that my opinion has actually been popular by companies like in terms of ideally how they how they deal with individuals that provide for care so I simply wished to invest a couple of minutes talking about my own is my own personal opinion about the important things that are most suitable for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a fantastic location for individuals who are having problem with difficult life shifts for scenarios where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for situations where you understand they have an extremely clear-cut concern with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification 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 includes a great deal of homework it includes worksheets it involves learning specific abilities and strategies so moderate milder conditions like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has gotten care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be attended to through online therapy you know consider someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect to a therapist from their home due to the fact that they can’t leave their home and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are truly horrified of being trapped and trapped in a place where they may have a panic attack therefore basically they start to restrict their activities and limit their activities up until a number of them can’t leave their home without actually feeling considerable distress so if somebody like that is at home 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 successfully treated requirements that person to be able to go outside and to resume regular activities and in some cases that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure undoubtedly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that but could they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their home from that preliminary helpful method to counseling where they can really have a much better life 100% and this is what the space 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 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 attempting to do the best that I can and so I I won’t inform you that something is appropriate that I don’t think is appropriate I won’t share with you that online therapy is the cure-all for everything due to the fact that I do not believe that therefore you can always expect to hear my honest viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video useful 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 psychological health subjects and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or address in an approaching video