When I was first approached…Betterhelp No Show…. to perhaps work together with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was really important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what subjects I picked to provide and likewise you know my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they essentially said you understand we trust you as a clinical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and speak about what you understand and among the important things that I really wanted to address is the truth that I’m not simply here to say that online therapy is the answer for everything you understand I think it can be extremely useful for lots of people I have actually seen it myself dealing with people from a few months up to over a year and I seen how being able to message and likewise have video sessions with somebody is truly a it
practically improves the the restorative experience in a way 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 wouldn’t think about 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 simply would not feel comfortable and and that’s fine those 2 things can both be true and I think among the important things that I want to begin to have people think about exists’s a place for both online and offline therapy it is actually a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you however also what’s most proper for you with the help of an expert when I talk about specific therapy designs or methods as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the best approach for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I believe 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 creator of where he has pointed out that his audience isn’t to compete with brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or licensed specialists out of business his objective is to offer mental health access to the people who aren’t going to enter into the therapy office and I 100% assistance that mission and I believe it’s important and we have an issue with gain access to
to mental healthcare in this nation and is one solution as our other online business I was mentioning earlier that there are things that I personally think that online therapy is better for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve really I’ve really spoken about this in other settings since it is something I feel quite passionate about and I have to state that my opinion has been popular by business like in terms of hopefully how they how they work with the people that provide for care so I simply wanted to spend a number of minutes talking about my own is my own personal viewpoint about the important 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 battling with difficult life shifts for situations where they’re experiencing more stress than normal for situations where you understand they have a really specific concern with stress and anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
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behavior modification which is very structured can can benefit them and that therapy due to the fact that it’s not as social as others is perfect for online therapy since it includes a lot of homework it involves worksheets it includes learning particular skills and techniques so moderate milder conditions like mild anxiety mild depression adjustment disorders even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually received care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be resolved through online therapy you know consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and maybe they reach out to a therapist from their home due to the fact that they can’t leave their home and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are really horrified of being caught and trapped in a location where they might have a panic attack and so basically they begin to restrict their activities and limit their activities till many of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling substantial distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer system and link to a therapist that’s a fantastic first step is that going to cure them absolutely not since agoraphobia to be successfully treated needs that person to be able to go outside and to resume typical activities and sometimes that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure certainly online counselors are going to be able to do that however could they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their house from that initial supportive method to therapy 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 show you is going to be completely from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more importantly what I think is as simply a human being on this earth attempting to do the best that I can and so I I will not inform you that something is appropriate that I do not think is appropriate I won’t show you that online therapy is the cure-all for whatever since I don’t think that and so you can always anticipate to hear my truthful viewpoint 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 feel free to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a variety of various mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or attend to in an upcoming video
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