When I was first approached…Betterhelp Webinars…. to perhaps team up with them on a youtube series among 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 also you know my own views when when needed or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they basically said you know we trust you as a clinical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and speak about what you understand and among the important things that I actually wanted to address is the truth that I’m not just here to say that online treatment is the answer for whatever you know I think it can be extremely practical for many individuals I have actually seen it myself working with individuals from a few months approximately over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and likewise have video sessions with someone is actually a it
practically improves the the healing experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see people face-to-face and I thoroughly delight in that and there are people that I see there that I wouldn’t consider seeing online either they wouldn’t be appropriate we would not have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply wouldn’t feel comfortable and and that’s all right those two things can both be true and I believe among the things that I want to begin to have individuals think of exists’s a location for both offline and online treatment it is truly a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you however likewise what’s most suitable for you with the help of a professional when I discuss particular therapy styles or approaches as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the very best method for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I believe that a person of the issues that a great deal of individuals have is that online therapy is trying to change offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not true I have actually had numerous conversations with the founder of where he has actually mentioned that his audience isn’t to take on brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or licensed professionals out of business his mission is to provide mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the therapy workplace and I 100% support that objective and I think it’s important and we have a problem with gain access to
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 think that online treatment is more appropriate for or offline therapy is better suited for and I’ve in fact I’ve in fact spoken about this in other settings since it is something I feel pretty passionate about and I have to say that my viewpoint has been well-received by business like in terms of hopefully how they how they deal with the people that provide for care so I just wished to invest a number of minutes discussing my own is my own individual viewpoint about the things that are most suitable for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a wonderful place for people who are dealing with difficult life shifts for scenarios where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for circumstances where you know they have an extremely precise issue with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is very structured can can benefit them and that treatment since it’s not as social as others is ideal for online therapy because it includes a great deal of research it involves worksheets it includes discovering specific abilities and strategies so moderate milder disorders like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression adjustment conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has received care at first in other places these are all things that can be addressed through online counseling you understand think about someone who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they reach out to a therapist from their home because they can’t leave their house and simply just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are truly terrified of being trapped and caught in a place where they might have a panic attack and so essentially they begin to restrict their activities and restrict their activities till a number of them can’t leave their house without truly feeling significant distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can connect through their computer system and connect to a therapist that’s an excellent first step is that going to cure them never due to the fact that agoraphobia to be effectively treated needs that individual to be able to go outside and to resume normal activities and in some cases that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that procedure clearly online therapists are going to have the ability to do that however might they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their home from that preliminary encouraging method to therapy where they can really have a much better life 100% and this is what the gap that intends to fill with their services my point to this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to plainly interact that anything that I show you is going to be completely from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more notably what I believe is as just a human being on this earth attempting to do the best that I can therefore I I won’t inform you that something is appropriate that I don’t believe is appropriate I won’t show you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything since I don’t believe that therefore you can constantly expect to hear my sincere opinion on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you found this video valuable and intriguing if you did please like it listed below and do not hesitate to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a variety of different psychological health subjects and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or attend to in an approaching video