When I was first approached…Betterhelp Internship…. to potentially collaborate with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was actually crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what subjects I picked to present and also you understand my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they essentially stated you understand we trust you as a clinical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and discuss what you know and one of the things that I truly wished to address is the fact that I’m not just here to say that online treatment is the answer for whatever you know I believe it can be exceptionally useful for many individuals I have actually seen it myself working with people from a few months up to over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with somebody is really a it
nearly enriches the the healing experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people face-to-face and I thoroughly enjoy that and there are individuals that I see there that I would not consider 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 simply wouldn’t feel comfy and and that’s all right those 2 things can both hold true and I believe among the important things that I wish to start to have individuals think about exists’s a location for both offline and online treatment it is actually a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you however also what’s most proper for you with the help of an expert when I speak about certain counseling designs or techniques as being appropriate for you what I mean by that is that it would be the best approach for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I believe that a person of the issues that a great deal of people have is that online counseling is trying to replace offline therapy and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had many discussions with the founder of where he has pointed out that his audience isn’t to compete with brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or certified specialists out of business his mission is to offer mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the therapy office and I 100% support that objective and I believe it’s important and we have an issue with gain access to
to mental health care in this nation and is one service as our other online business I was discussing earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is better for or offline treatment is better for and I’ve actually I’ve really discussed this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I need to say that my viewpoint has actually been favored by companies like in regards to ideally how they how they work with individuals that present for care so I just wished to spend a couple of minutes discussing my own is my own individual viewpoint about the important things that are most suitable for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a fantastic location for people who are having problem with challenging life shifts for situations where they’re experiencing more stress than normal for circumstances where you know they have an extremely well-defined problem with stress and anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is really structured can can benefit them and that treatment since it’s not as interpersonal as others is best for online counseling due to the fact that it includes a lot of homework it involves worksheets it involves discovering specific abilities and techniques so mild milder disorders like mild stress and anxiety mild depression change conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has actually gotten care at first in other places these are all things that can be attended to through online therapy you know consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and maybe they connect to a counselor from their home because they can’t leave their home and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are actually frightened of being trapped and caught in a place where they may have a panic attack and so essentially they begin to restrict their activities and limit their activities up until much of them can’t leave their house without really feeling considerable 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 an excellent initial step is that going to treat them never since agoraphobia to be successfully treated requirements that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume regular 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 however might they be the bridge that got that person who’s afraid to leave their house from that preliminary encouraging method to therapy where they can actually have a better life 100% and this is what the gap 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 communicate that anything that I show you is going to be totally from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly what I believe is as just a human being on this earth attempting to do the very best that I can therefore I I won’t inform you that something is appropriate that I do not think is appropriate I won’t share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever because I do not think that and so you can constantly anticipate to hear my honest opinion on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video interesting and handy 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 range of various mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or resolve in an approaching video