When I was first approached…Betterhelp Zoominfo…. to possibly team up with them on a youtube series one of the things that was truly crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what subjects I picked to present and also you know 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 scientific expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and discuss what you understand and one of the things that I really wished to address is the reality that I’m not just here to state that online treatment is the answer for whatever you know I think it can be incredibly handy for lots of people I have actually seen it myself working with individuals from a couple of months approximately over a year and I seen how being able to message and likewise have video sessions with someone is truly a it
nearly enhances the the restorative experience in such a way 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 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 just wouldn’t feel comfy and and that’s all right those two things can both hold true and I believe one of the things that I wish to begin to have individuals think about exists’s a location for both online and offline treatment it is truly a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you however also what’s most proper for you with the help of an expert when I speak about certain counseling styles or approaches as being appropriate for you what I mean by that is that it would be the best approach for
the particular problem that you’re handling and I believe that a person of the issues that a lot of people have is that online counseling is trying to replace offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had many discussions with the founder of where he has pointed out that his audience isn’t to compete with physical practices or put psychologists or certified experts out of business his objective is to offer mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to come into the treatment workplace and I 100% support that mission and I think it’s important and we have an issue with access
to mental health care in this country and is one option 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 therapy is more appropriate 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 need to state that my opinion has been favored by business like in regards to hopefully how they how they deal with individuals that provide for care so I simply wished to spend a number of minutes talking about my own is my own personal viewpoint about the things that are most appropriate for offline versus online therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a terrific place for individuals who are struggling with hard life shifts for situations where they’re experiencing more tension than typical for circumstances where you understand they have an extremely specific issue with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is very structured can can benefit them which therapy since it’s not as interpersonal as others is ideal for online therapy since it involves a great deal of research it includes worksheets it includes finding out specific abilities and techniques so moderate milder disorders like mild stress and anxiety mild depression adjustment disorders even PTSD as long as like the person has actually gotten care initially in other places these are all things that can be dealt with through online therapy you know think of someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect to a counselor from their house due to the fact that they can’t leave their house and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are really frightened of being trapped and caught in a location where they may have an anxiety attack therefore essentially they begin to limit their activities and limit their activities until many of them can’t leave their house without really feeling substantial distress so if someone like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer system and connect to a therapist that’s a great initial step is that going to treat them never due to the fact that agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with requirements that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume regular activities and often that involves a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure clearly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that however might they be the bridge that got that person who’s afraid to leave their home from that initial helpful method to therapy where they can actually have a much better life 100% and this is what the space that aims to fill with their services my point to this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to plainly interact that anything that I show you is going to be totally from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more notably what I believe is as just a human being on this earth trying to do the best that I can and so I I won’t tell you that something is appropriate that I don’t think is appropriate I will not share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything since I don’t think that therefore you can constantly anticipate 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 interesting and practical if you did please like it listed below and feel free to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a variety of various psychological health topics and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or resolve in an upcoming video