When I was first approached…Betterhelp Esa Letter…. to potentially collaborate with them on a youtube series one of the 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 chose to provide and also you understand my own views when when necessary or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they generally said you know we trust you as a scientific expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and talk about what you know and one of the things that I actually wished to address is the truth that I’m not just here to say that online treatment is the answer for everything you know I think it can be extremely helpful for lots of 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 also have video sessions with someone is truly a it
almost improves the the healing experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I completely delight in that and there are people that I see there that I would not think about 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 just wouldn’t feel comfortable and which’s all right those 2 things can both be true and I believe one of the things that I want to begin to have people think of is there’s a location for both offline and online treatment it is actually a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you however likewise what’s most proper for you with the help of a professional when I speak about particular counseling styles or approaches as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the best technique for
the particular problem that you’re handling and I believe that a person of the issues that a lot of individuals have is that online therapy is trying to replace offline counseling and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had lots of conversations with the creator of where he has actually discussed that his audience isn’t to take on traditional practices or put psychologists or certified specialists out of business his objective is to provide mental health access to the people who aren’t going to enter into the treatment office and I 100% support that objective and I think it is essential and we have an issue with access
to mental health care in this country and is one option as our other online companies I was mentioning previously that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is better suited for or offline therapy is better for and I’ve actually I’ve actually discussed this in other settings because it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I need to say that my viewpoint has been favored by business like in regards to ideally how they how they work with the people that provide for care so I simply wished to spend a number of minutes speaking about my own is my own individual opinion about the important things that are most appropriate for offline versus online therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a fantastic place for people who are dealing with tough life shifts for situations where they’re experiencing more tension than typical for scenarios where you understand they have a very clear-cut problem with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is really structured can can benefit them which therapy because it’s not as interpersonal as others is perfect for online therapy since it involves a lot of research it involves worksheets it includes learning specific abilities and strategies so mild milder conditions like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression change disorders even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually gotten care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be dealt with through online therapy you know consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they reach out to a therapist from their home because they can’t leave their home and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are truly terrified of being caught and trapped in a place where they may have a panic attack therefore basically they begin to limit their activities and limit their activities up until a number of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling significant distress so if someone like that is at house and they can connect through their computer and connect to a counselor that’s a terrific initial step is that going to cure them never due to the fact that agoraphobia to be effectively treated requirements that person to be able to go outside and to resume regular activities and often that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that process undoubtedly online therapists are going to be able to do that but might they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their house from that preliminary supportive method to counseling where they can in fact 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 specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to clearly interact 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 trying to do the very best that I can and so I I will not inform you that something is appropriate that I don’t think is appropriate I won’t share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever due to the fact that I don’t believe that and so you can always anticipate to hear my truthful viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video interesting and helpful if you did please like it 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 mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or resolve in an upcoming video