When I was first approached…Betterhelp Job Reviews…. to possibly collaborate with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was truly crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I discussed 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 given that by a they basically said you know we trust you as a medical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and discuss what you know and among the things that I actually wished to address is the reality that I’m not just here to say that online therapy is the answer for whatever you understand I think it can be exceptionally useful for many people I’ve seen it myself dealing with people from a few months up to over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and likewise have video sessions with someone is actually a it
practically enhances the the healing 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 individuals that I see there that I would not think about seeing online either they wouldn’t be appropriate we wouldn’t have the ability 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 wish to begin to have individuals think of exists’s a location for both online and offline therapy it is actually a matter of you know deciding what’s right for you however also what’s most appropriate for you with the help of a professional when I speak about particular therapy designs or approaches as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the best approach for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I think that one of the issues that a great deal of individuals have is that online counseling is attempting to change offline counseling and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had lots of conversations with the founder of where he has actually pointed out that his audience isn’t to take on physical practices or put psychologists or certified specialists out of business his mission is to provide mental 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 is necessary and we have a problem with gain access to
to psychological healthcare in this nation and is one option as our other online business I was discussing earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is better for or offline therapy is better suited for and I’ve really I’ve in fact spoken about this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I have to state that my viewpoint has actually been well-received by companies like in terms of hopefully how they how they deal with the people that present for care so I just wanted to invest a couple of minutes discussing my own is my own individual opinion about the things that are most proper for online versus offline treatment so in my view I see online treatment as a wonderful place for individuals who are having problem with hard life shifts for circumstances where they’re experiencing more stress than normal for situations where you understand they have a really well-defined problem with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is really structured can can benefit them and that therapy since it’s not as social as others is ideal for online therapy due to the fact that it includes a great deal of research it includes worksheets it involves discovering particular abilities and techniques so moderate milder conditions like mild anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually received care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be attended to through online counseling you know think about somebody who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect to a counselor from their home since they can’t leave their home and simply just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are actually frightened of being trapped and trapped in a place where they might have an anxiety attack and so basically they begin to restrict their activities and limit their activities up until a number of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling substantial distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can connect through their computer and link to a therapist that’s a fantastic initial step is that going to cure them absolutely not due to the fact that agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with requirements that person to be able to go outside and to resume regular activities and sometimes that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that process undoubtedly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that but might they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their home from that preliminary helpful technique to therapy where they can really have a better life 100% and this is what the gap 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 fully from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly what I believe is as just a human being on this earth trying to do the very best that I can and so 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 whatever because I do not believe that and so you can constantly expect to hear my honest opinion on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you found this video useful and fascinating if you did please like it below and feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a range of different mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or address in an approaching video