When I was first approached…Betterhelp Commercial…. to possibly collaborate with them on a youtube series among the important things that was truly essential to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what subjects I selected to present and likewise you know my own views when when needed or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they essentially said you know we trust you as a scientific expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and discuss what you know and among the important things that I actually wished to address is the reality that I’m not just here to state that online therapy is the answer for everything you know I think it can be incredibly useful for lots of people I have actually seen it myself working with individuals from a few months as much as over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with somebody is really a it
almost enriches the the restorative experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I thoroughly delight in that and there are people that I see there that I wouldn’t consider seeing online either they would not be appropriate we wouldn’t have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just wouldn’t feel comfortable and which’s okay those two things can both hold true and I believe among the things that I want to begin to have people think about exists’s a place for both offline and online therapy it is really a matter of you know deciding what’s right for you however also what’s most suitable for you with the help of an expert when I talk about certain therapy designs or methods as being appropriate for you what I imply by that is that it would be the best technique for
the particular problem that you’re dealing with and I think that one of the concerns that a lot of individuals have is that online counseling is trying to change offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had many conversations with the founder of where he has mentioned that his audience isn’t to compete with brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or certified specialists out of business his mission is to provide mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the treatment workplace and I 100% support that mission and I believe it is necessary and we have a problem with access
to mental healthcare in this country and is one option as our other online business I was pointing out previously that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is better for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve really I’ve really discussed this in other settings since it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I have to say that my opinion has actually been popular by business like in terms of ideally how they how they work with the people that provide for care so I simply wanted to spend a couple of minutes speaking about my own is my own individual opinion about the important things that are most proper for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a terrific place for individuals who are having problem with difficult life transitions for situations where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for circumstances where you know they have a really specific issue with anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is extremely structured can can benefit them and that treatment since it’s not as social as others is best for online counseling because it involves a lot of research it involves worksheets it involves learning particular skills and techniques so moderate milder disorders like mild stress and anxiety mild depression change conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually gotten care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be dealt with through online counseling you know consider someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect to a therapist from their house since they can’t leave their house and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are actually terrified of being trapped and caught in a location where they might have an anxiety attack and so essentially they begin to restrict their activities and limit their activities up until a lot of them can’t leave their house without really feeling substantial distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer and link to a counselor that’s a great initial step is that going to treat them never since agoraphobia to be effectively treated needs that individual to be able to go outside and to resume normal activities and in some cases that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure certainly online therapists are going to have the ability to do that but might they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their house from that initial helpful approach to therapy where they can really have a 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 share with you is going to be totally from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more notably what I believe is as just a human being on this earth trying to do the very best that I can therefore I I will not 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 whatever because I do not think that and so you can constantly anticipate 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 valuable and interesting if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to sign up 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 connect if there’s something particular you would like us to deal with or cover in an upcoming video