When I was first approached…Better Help Kritik…. to perhaps collaborate with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was actually important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I spoke about what what subjects I selected to provide and likewise you understand my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they generally stated 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 understand and one of the important things that I actually wanted to address is the fact that I’m not just here to state that online treatment is the answer for everything you understand I think it can be extremely useful for many people I have actually seen it myself working with individuals from a couple of months as much as over a year and I seen how being able to message and likewise have video sessions with someone is truly a it
practically improves the the restorative experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals in person and I completely enjoy that and there are individuals that I see there that I wouldn’t consider seeing online either they would not be appropriate we wouldn’t have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just would not feel comfy and which’s all right those two things can both be true and I think among the things that I wish to begin to have individuals think about is there’s a place for both online and offline treatment it is actually a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you but also what’s most suitable for you with the help of an expert when I discuss particular therapy designs or methods as being appropriate for you what I mean by that is that it would be the best technique for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I think that one of the concerns that a lot of people have is that online counseling is attempting to replace offline counseling and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had many discussions with the creator of where he has pointed out that his audience isn’t to take on physical practices or put psychologists or certified professionals out of business his objective is to provide psychological health access to individuals 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 psychological healthcare in this country and is one service as our other online business I was pointing out previously that there are things that I personally think that online therapy is better suited for or offline therapy is better suited for and I’ve actually I’ve actually discussed this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite passionate about and I need to state that my opinion has actually been popular by companies like in regards to hopefully how they how they work with the people that provide for care so I simply wanted to spend a number of minutes talking about my own is my own personal opinion about the important things that are most suitable for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a fantastic place for people who are battling with hard life shifts for circumstances where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for scenarios where you understand they have a really specific concern with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is really structured can can benefit them and that treatment because it’s not as interpersonal as others is perfect for online counseling because it involves a lot of research it involves worksheets it involves learning specific abilities and methods so mild milder disorders like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression change conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has actually received care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be attended to through online counseling you understand consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and possibly they reach out to a therapist from their house due to the fact that they can’t leave their house and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are really frightened of being caught and trapped in a place where they might have an anxiety attack and so essentially they start to restrict their activities and restrict their activities 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 reach out through their computer system and connect to a counselor that’s a fantastic initial step is that going to treat them absolutely not since agoraphobia to be effectively treated needs that individual to be able to go outside and to resume normal activities and often that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure certainly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that but might they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their house from that preliminary supportive method to therapy where they can actually have a much better life 100% and this is what the space that aims to fill with their services my indicate this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to clearly interact that anything that I share with you is going to be completely from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly what I think is as simply a human being on this earth trying to do the very best that I can therefore I I won’t tell you that something is appropriate that I do not 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 constantly anticipate to hear my honest viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you found this video intriguing and useful if you did please like it below and feel free to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a variety of various mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or attend to in an approaching video