When I was first approached…Betterhelp Germany…. to potentially work together with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was really essential 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 approved that by a they essentially said you understand we trust you as a medical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and speak about what you know and one of the 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 whatever you know I believe it can be extremely valuable for many people I have actually seen it myself dealing with people from a few months as much as over a year and I seen how being able to message and likewise have video sessions with somebody is truly a it
almost enhances the the therapeutic experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals in person and I thoroughly delight in that and there are people that I see there that I would not 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 comfortable and which’s alright those 2 things can both be true and I believe among the important things that I wish to start to have people consider is there’s a place for both offline and online therapy it is actually a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you however also what’s most suitable for you with the help of an expert when I discuss particular counseling styles or approaches as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the best approach for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I believe that one of the issues 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 real I have actually had lots of discussions with the creator of where he has pointed out that his audience isn’t to take on brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or licensed professionals out of business his objective is to supply mental health access to the people who aren’t going to enter into the treatment workplace and I 100% support that mission and I think it is very important and we have a problem with gain access to
to mental healthcare in this country and is one solution as our other online business I was mentioning earlier that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is better suited for or offline therapy is better for and I’ve in fact I’ve in fact spoken about this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel pretty passionate about and I have to say that my opinion has been well-received by companies like in terms of ideally how they how they work with individuals that provide for care so I simply wanted to spend a couple of minutes talking about my own is my own individual opinion about the important things that are most suitable for offline versus online therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a terrific place for individuals who are struggling with tough life shifts for circumstances where they’re experiencing more stress than regular for scenarios where you understand they have an extremely well-defined issue with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is very structured can can benefit them which therapy due to the fact that it’s not as social as others is perfect for online therapy since it includes a lot of homework it includes worksheets it includes learning specific abilities and strategies so moderate milder disorders like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually gotten care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be dealt with through online therapy you understand think of someone who has a agoraphobia and maybe they reach out to a therapist from their home due to the fact that they can’t leave their home and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are actually horrified of being trapped and caught in a place where they might have a panic attack therefore essentially they start to restrict their activities and limit their activities till a number of them can’t leave their house without actually feeling considerable distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer system and link to a counselor that’s an excellent primary step is that going to cure them never because agoraphobia to be effectively dealt with requirements that person to be able to go outside and to resume normal activities and sometimes that includes a therapist going to their home to help them with that process obviously online counselors are going to be able to do that but might they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their house from that initial encouraging method to counseling where they can in fact have a much better life 100% and this is what the space that aims to fill with their services my point to this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to clearly interact that anything that I share with you is going to be fully from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more notably what I believe is as just a human being on this earth trying to do the best that I can and so I I will not inform you that something is appropriate that I don’t think is appropriate I will not show you that online therapy is the cure-all for everything since I do not believe that therefore 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 below and do not hesitate to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a variety of different mental health subjects and please reach out if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or deal with in an approaching video