When I was first approached…Betterhelp Worksheets…. to potentially team up with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was truly essential to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I spoke about what what topics I picked to provide and also you understand my own views when when essential or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they basically stated you understand we trust you as a scientific professional and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and talk about what you know and among the important things that I actually wished to address is the truth that I’m not just here to say that online therapy is the answer for whatever you understand I think it can be incredibly helpful for lots of people I’ve seen it myself dealing with individuals from a few months approximately over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with somebody is truly a it
nearly improves the the healing experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I thoroughly 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 wouldn’t be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just wouldn’t feel comfy and which’s okay those two things can both be true and I believe among the important things that I wish to start to have people think about is there’s a location for both offline and online treatment it is truly a matter of you know deciding what’s right for you however likewise what’s most proper for you with the help of a professional when I talk about specific counseling designs or methods 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 concerns that a lot of people have is that online counseling is trying to replace offline counseling and I can inform you 100% that that’s not true I have actually had many discussions with the creator of where he has actually discussed that his audience isn’t to take on brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or certified experts out of business his objective is to provide psychological health access to the people who aren’t going to enter the therapy workplace and I 100% support that mission and I believe it’s important and we have a problem with access
to mental healthcare in this country and is one option as our other online business I was pointing out 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 really discussed this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite passionate about and I need to say that my viewpoint has been well-received by companies like in terms of ideally how they how they work with individuals that present for care so I simply wished to spend a couple of minutes discussing my own is my own personal opinion about the things that are most proper for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a terrific location for people who are fighting with challenging life transitions for circumstances where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for circumstances where you know they have a really well-defined problem with anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is extremely structured can can benefit them which treatment because it’s not as social as others is best for online counseling due to the fact that it involves a great deal of research it includes worksheets it involves learning specific skills and techniques so mild milder disorders like moderate anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has gotten care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be addressed through online counseling you understand think of somebody who has a agoraphobia and maybe they connect to a therapist from their house because they can’t leave their house and simply just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are actually frightened of being caught and trapped in a place where they might have a panic attack therefore basically they begin to restrict their activities and restrict their activities up until a number of them can’t leave their home without really feeling substantial distress so if somebody like that is at home and they can reach out through their computer system and connect to a therapist that’s a terrific primary step is that going to treat them absolutely not because agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with requirements that individual to be able to go outside and to resume regular activities and often that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that process undoubtedly online counselors are going to be able to do that but could they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their home from that preliminary encouraging approach to therapy where they can really have a better life 100% and this is what the gap that intends to fill with their services my point to this to this specific 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 completely from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more significantly what I think is as just 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 believe is appropriate I won’t show you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything since I don’t believe that and so you can always anticipate to hear my truthful viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video intriguing and useful 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 psychological health topics and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to attend to or cover in an approaching video