When I was first approached…Is Betterhelp Effective…. to perhaps team up 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 discussed what what subjects I selected to provide and likewise you understand my own views when when necessary or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they essentially stated you know we trust you as a medical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and speak about what you understand and one of the important things that I actually wanted to address is the reality that I’m not simply here to say that online treatment is the answer for whatever you understand I believe it can be exceptionally useful for many people I’ve seen it myself working with individuals from a couple of months up to over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with someone is truly a it
almost enhances the the therapeutic experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals face-to-face and I thoroughly delight in that and there are individuals that I see there that I would not consider seeing online either they wouldn’t be appropriate we wouldn’t be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just would not feel comfortable and which’s fine those two things can both be true and I think one of the things that I want to begin to have people think about is there’s a place for both offline and online therapy it is truly a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you however also what’s most proper for you with the help of a professional when I discuss particular counseling designs or approaches as being appropriate for you what I mean by that is that it would be the very best method for
the particular problem that you’re handling and I believe that one of the concerns that a lot of individuals have is that online counseling is trying to change offline therapy and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had lots of conversations with the creator 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 mission is to supply psychological health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter the treatment office and I 100% support that mission and I think it’s important and we have an issue with access
to psychological health care in this nation and is one option as our other online companies I was pointing out earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is better for or offline treatment is better for and I’ve in fact I’ve actually discussed this in other settings since it is something I feel pretty enthusiastic about and I have to state that my opinion has actually been favored by companies like in regards to hopefully how they how they deal with the people that present for care so I just wished to invest a couple of minutes talking about my own is my own individual opinion about the important things that are most proper for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a wonderful place for people who are dealing with hard life shifts for scenarios where they’re experiencing more stress than regular for scenarios where you understand they have a very specific problem with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is really structured can can benefit them which treatment since it’s not as social as others is best for online counseling due to the fact that it involves a great deal of homework it involves worksheets it includes finding out specific abilities and techniques so mild milder disorders like moderate anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has actually received care at first in other places these are all things that can be addressed through online counseling you know think of somebody who has a agoraphobia and maybe they reach out to a therapist from their home since they can’t leave their house and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are actually terrified of being trapped and trapped in a place where they might have a panic attack therefore essentially they begin to restrict their activities and limit their activities until many of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling considerable distress so if someone like that is at house and they can connect through their computer and link to a counselor that’s a terrific first step is that going to cure them never because agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with needs that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume normal activities and in some cases that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that procedure certainly online therapists are going to be able to do that however could they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their house from that preliminary supportive technique to counseling where they can really have a 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 an expert psychologist and more importantly what I think is as simply a human being on this earth trying to do the best that I can therefore I I won’t tell 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 whatever since I do not believe that therefore you can constantly expect to hear my honest viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you found this video handy and intriguing if you did please like it below and feel free to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a range of various psychological health topics and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to resolve or cover in an approaching video