When I was first approached…Better Help Gym Ad…. to potentially team up with them on a youtube series among the things that was really crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I spoke about what what subjects I picked to provide and also you know my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they generally said you understand we trust you as a clinical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and talk about what you know and among the important things that I actually wished to address is the fact that I’m not simply here to say that online treatment is the answer for whatever you understand I believe it can be exceptionally valuable for lots of people I have actually seen it myself working with people from a few months approximately over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and likewise have video sessions with someone is truly a it
practically enriches the the healing experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people face-to-face and I completely enjoy that and there are people that I see there that I would not think about seeing online either they would not be appropriate we wouldn’t be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just would not feel comfortable and which’s all right those 2 things can both hold true and I believe among the things that I want to begin to have people think about exists’s a location for both offline and online treatment it is really a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you but likewise what’s most suitable for you with the help of an expert when I talk about certain counseling designs or approaches as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the very best technique for
the particular problem that you’re handling and I think that a person of the issues that a lot of people have is that online therapy is trying to replace offline counseling and I can tell you 100% that that’s not true I’ve had lots of discussions with the creator of where he has pointed out that his audience isn’t to compete with traditional practices or put psychologists or certified specialists out of business his mission is to supply psychological health access to individuals who aren’t going to come into the therapy office and I 100% assistance that mission and I think it is very important and we have an issue with gain access to
to mental health care in this country and is one solution as our other online companies I was pointing out previously that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is better for or offline therapy is better suited for and I’ve actually I’ve actually spoken about this in other settings since it is something I feel quite passionate about and I have to state that my viewpoint has actually been well-received by business like in terms of ideally how they how they deal with the people that provide for care so I just wished to invest a couple of minutes speaking about my own is my own individual opinion about the important things that are most appropriate for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a wonderful place for individuals who are struggling with hard life shifts for circumstances where they’re experiencing more stress than normal for circumstances where you understand they have an extremely precise problem with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is very structured can can benefit them and that therapy due to the fact that it’s not as interpersonal as others is perfect for online counseling because it includes a lot of research it includes worksheets it involves learning particular abilities and strategies so moderate milder disorders like mild anxiety mild depression change conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has actually gotten care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be attended to through online therapy you understand think about somebody who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect to a therapist from their house due to the fact that they can’t leave their house and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are truly frightened of being trapped and trapped in a place where they might have a panic attack therefore essentially they begin to restrict their activities and restrict their activities till much of them can’t leave their house without truly feeling substantial distress so if someone like that is at house and they can connect through their computer system and connect to a counselor that’s a fantastic initial step is that going to cure them never due to the fact that agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with needs that person to be able to go outside and to resume regular activities and in some cases that includes a therapist going to their home to help them with that process certainly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that however might they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their home from that initial helpful method to therapy where they can actually have a better life 100% and this is what the space that aims to fill with their services my point to this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to plainly interact that anything that I share with you is going to be fully from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more importantly what I think is as simply a human being on this earth attempting to do the very best that I can therefore 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 therapy is the cure-all for whatever since I do not believe that and so you can always anticipate to hear my honest viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video practical and fascinating 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 various mental health subjects and please reach out if there’s something particular you would like us to attend to or cover in an upcoming video