When I was first approached…Betterhelp/Kassandra…. to perhaps work together 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 essential or appropriate to share them and I was approved 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 speak about what you understand and among the important things that I truly wanted to address is the truth that I’m not simply here to state that online therapy is the answer for everything you know I believe it can be extremely practical for many people I have actually seen it myself dealing with people from a couple of months up to over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with someone is actually a it
nearly enriches the the therapeutic experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people face-to-face and I completely take pleasure in that and there are individuals that I see there that I wouldn’t think about seeing online either they wouldn’t be appropriate we would not be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply would not feel comfortable and and that’s okay those two things can both be true and I think one of the things that I wish to begin to have individuals think about is there’s a place for both offline and online therapy it is really a matter of you know deciding what’s right for you however likewise what’s most suitable for you with the help of an expert when I discuss particular counseling designs or methods as being appropriate for you what I imply by that is that it would be the very best technique for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I think that one of the concerns that a great deal of individuals have is that online therapy is trying to replace offline therapy and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had numerous discussions with the founder of where he has actually mentioned that his audience isn’t to take on traditional practices or put psychologists or certified professionals out of business his objective is to supply psychological health access to the people who aren’t going to come into the treatment office and I 100% assistance that objective and I believe it is very important and we have a problem with gain access to
to psychological health care in this country and is one solution as our other online companies I was mentioning previously that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is better for or offline treatment is better suited for and I’ve in fact I’ve actually discussed this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel pretty enthusiastic about and I need to state that my opinion has been well-received by business like in regards to ideally how they how they work with the people that provide for care so I just wanted to invest a number of minutes discussing my own is my own individual opinion about the important things that are most suitable for online versus offline treatment so in my view I see online treatment as a wonderful location for individuals who are battling with hard life shifts for situations where they’re experiencing more stress than typical for situations where you know they have a really clear-cut issue with anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is extremely structured can can benefit them which treatment due to the fact that it’s not as interpersonal as others is best for online therapy since it involves a great deal of research it involves worksheets it includes finding out particular skills and methods so moderate milder conditions like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has gotten care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be addressed through online counseling you know consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they reach out to a therapist from their house due to the fact that they can’t leave their home and simply just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are truly frightened of being trapped and caught in a place where they may have an anxiety attack and so basically they start to limit their activities and restrict their activities until many of them can’t leave their house without truly feeling substantial distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can connect through their computer system and link to a counselor that’s a terrific initial step is that going to cure them absolutely not since agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with needs that individual to be able to go outside and to resume typical activities and in some cases that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that process obviously online therapists are going to be able to do that however might they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their home from that preliminary helpful approach to therapy where they can actually have a better life 100% and this is what the gap that intends to fill with their services my indicate this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to plainly communicate that anything that I show you is going to be fully from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more notably what I believe is as simply 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 won’t show you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything due to the fact that I don’t think that and so you can constantly expect to hear my truthful viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you found this video interesting and handy 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 a growing number of videos on a range of various mental health subjects and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to attend to or cover in an approaching video