When I was first approached…Betterhelp Youtube Ad…. to possibly team up with them on a youtube series among the important things that was truly 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 likewise you understand my own views when when essential or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they generally stated you know we trust you as a medical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and speak about what you know and among the important things that I truly wanted to address is the truth that I’m not simply here to say that online treatment is the answer for everything you know I think it can be extremely helpful for many people I have actually seen it myself dealing with individuals 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 actually a it
almost improves the the restorative experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals face-to-face and I completely take pleasure in that and there are individuals that I see there that I wouldn’t 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 simply wouldn’t feel comfy and which’s fine those two things can both be true and I believe one of the things that I want to begin to have individuals think of exists’s a location for both offline and online therapy it is actually a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you however also what’s most suitable for you with the help of a professional when I speak about particular counseling designs or approaches as being appropriate for you what I mean by that is that it would be the best technique for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I believe that a person of the concerns that a lot of individuals have is that online counseling is attempting to change offline counseling and I can inform you 100% that that’s not true I’ve had many conversations with the creator of where he has actually pointed out 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 supply psychological health access to the people who aren’t going to come into the therapy office and I 100% support that mission and I think it’s important and we have a problem with gain access to
to psychological healthcare in this country and is one service as our other online companies I was mentioning earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is more appropriate for or offline therapy is more appropriate for and I’ve in fact I’ve actually discussed this in other settings since it is something I feel quite passionate about and I have to state that my opinion has been well-received by companies like in regards to hopefully how they how they work with the people that present for care so I just wanted to spend a number of minutes discussing my own is my own personal viewpoint about the important things that are most appropriate for offline versus online therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a fantastic location for people who are battling with challenging life transitions for circumstances where they’re experiencing more tension than normal for scenarios where you know they have a really clear-cut issue with stress and 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 ideal for online counseling because it includes a lot of research it involves worksheets it involves discovering particular abilities and techniques so mild milder conditions like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression adjustment disorders even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually received care initially somewhere else these are all things that can be attended to through online therapy you know think about someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they reach out to a counselor from their house due to the fact that they can’t leave their home and just simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are really horrified of being trapped and caught in a place where they may have a panic attack therefore essentially they begin to limit their activities and limit their activities till a number of them can’t leave their home without really feeling considerable distress so if someone like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer and link to a therapist that’s a fantastic primary step is that going to treat them absolutely not since agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with needs that person to be able to go outdoors and to resume regular 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 be able to do that but might they be the bridge that got that person who’s afraid to leave their home from that initial encouraging technique to counseling where they can in fact have a much 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 interact that anything that I show you is going to be completely from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more notably what I think is as simply a human being on this earth trying to do the best that I can and so I I will not inform you that something is appropriate that I do not believe is appropriate I won’t share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything because I don’t think that and so you can always expect to hear my honest opinion on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video handy and interesting if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a variety of various mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to attend to or cover in an upcoming video