When I was first approached…Betterhelp Jobs…. to possibly work together with them on a youtube series among the things that was truly crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I discussed what what topics I selected to provide and likewise 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 clinical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and speak about what you understand and among the important things that I really wanted to address is the truth that I’m not simply here to state that online treatment is the answer for whatever you understand I believe it can be incredibly helpful for many individuals I’ve seen it myself dealing with individuals from a couple of months as much as over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with someone is really a it
practically enriches the the therapeutic experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I completely enjoy that and there are people that I see there that I wouldn’t think about seeing online either they would not be appropriate we would not be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just wouldn’t feel comfortable and and that’s okay those 2 things can both hold true and I believe among the important things that I want to begin to have individuals consider is there’s a place for both online and offline treatment it is truly a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you however also what’s most appropriate for you with the help of an expert when I talk about specific therapy designs or techniques as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the best technique for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I think that a person of the concerns that a great deal of individuals have is that online therapy is attempting to change offline therapy and I can inform you 100% that that’s not true I have actually had numerous discussions with the founder of where he has discussed that his audience isn’t to take on brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or certified specialists out of business his mission is to supply mental health access to the people who aren’t going to enter into the treatment office and I 100% support that mission and I believe it’s important and we have an issue with access
to mental health care in this nation and is one option as our other online business I was mentioning previously that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is more appropriate for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve in fact I’ve actually discussed this in other settings since it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I have to state that my viewpoint has been popular by business like in terms of ideally how they how they deal with the people that present for care so I just wanted to invest a number of minutes talking about my own is my own personal viewpoint about the things that are most proper for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online treatment as a fantastic place for people who are fighting with challenging life shifts for circumstances where they’re experiencing more stress than normal for scenarios where you know they have an extremely specific problem with anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is extremely structured can can benefit them and that therapy due to the fact that it’s not as social as others is best for online therapy because it includes a great deal of homework it includes worksheets it includes discovering particular skills and techniques so moderate milder disorders like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression adjustment disorders even PTSD as long as like the person has gotten care at first in other places these are all things that can be attended to through online counseling you understand think about somebody who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect 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 caught in a location where they may have a panic attack therefore basically they start to restrict their activities and limit their activities up until many of them can’t leave their home without actually feeling significant distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can connect through their computer system and connect to a counselor that’s a great primary step is that going to treat them absolutely not due to the fact that agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with needs that individual 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 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 preliminary encouraging technique to counseling where they can really have a much better life 100% and this is what the gap that aims to fill with their services my point to this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to clearly interact that anything that I show you is going to be completely from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly what I think is as just a human being on this earth trying to do the best that I can therefore I I won’t inform you that something is appropriate that I do not believe is appropriate I will not share with you that online therapy is the cure-all for everything because I don’t believe that and so you can always anticipate to hear my sincere viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video helpful and intriguing if you did please like it listed below and feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a range of different mental health topics and please reach out if there’s something particular you would like us to deal with or cover in an upcoming video