When I was first approached…Better Help Data Mining…. to possibly collaborate with them on a youtube series among the important things that was truly crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I discussed what what subjects I selected to provide and also you understand my own views when when essential or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they basically stated you know we trust you as a clinical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and discuss what you understand and one of the important things that I truly wished to address is the fact that I’m not simply here to state that online therapy is the answer for everything you know I believe it can be extremely valuable for lots of people I’ve seen it myself working with people from a couple of months as much as over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and likewise have video sessions with someone is actually a it
almost enriches the the healing experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals in person and I completely delight in that and there are people that I see there that I would not consider seeing online either they wouldn’t be appropriate we would not be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply wouldn’t feel comfortable and which’s okay those two things can both be true and I think one of the things that I wish to begin to have individuals consider is there’s a location for both offline and online therapy it is truly a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you however likewise what’s most proper for you with the help of an expert when I discuss specific therapy designs or methods as being appropriate for you what I mean by that is that it would be the best method for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I think that a person of the issues that a lot of people have is that online counseling is trying to change offline therapy and I can tell 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 physical practices or put psychologists or licensed specialists out of business his objective is to offer mental health access to the people who aren’t going to enter into the therapy office and I 100% support that mission and I believe it is essential and we have an issue with gain access to
to mental healthcare in this nation and is one solution as our other online companies I was mentioning earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is more appropriate for or offline therapy is more appropriate for and I’ve in fact I’ve really discussed this in other settings since it is something I feel quite passionate about and I need to state that my viewpoint has actually been favored by companies like in regards to ideally how they how they deal with the people that provide for care so I just wanted 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 treatment so in my view I see online treatment as a wonderful location for individuals who are dealing with challenging life transitions for situations where they’re experiencing more tension than normal for situations where you know they have a really well-defined issue with anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is extremely structured can can benefit them and that treatment due to the fact that it’s not as interpersonal as others is ideal for online therapy since it includes a great deal of homework it involves worksheets it includes finding out particular abilities and techniques so mild milder disorders like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually gotten care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be dealt with through online therapy you know think of somebody who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they connect to a therapist from their house since they can’t leave their house and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are actually horrified of being caught and caught in a location where they might have an anxiety attack therefore basically they start to restrict their activities and limit their activities until a number of them can’t leave their home without really feeling considerable distress so if someone like that is at home and they can connect through their computer system and connect to a counselor that’s an excellent primary step is that going to cure them absolutely not because agoraphobia to be successfully treated requirements that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume typical activities and often that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that process undoubtedly online therapists are going to be able to do that however might they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their home from that initial helpful method to counseling where they can in fact have a much better life 100% and this is what the gap 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 plainly communicate that anything that I show you is going to be fully from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more importantly what I believe is as just a human being on this earth trying to do the best that I can and so I I won’t tell you that something is appropriate that I don’t believe is appropriate I won’t share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever because I don’t think that and so you can constantly expect to hear my truthful viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you found this video useful and intriguing if you did please like it listed below and do not hesitate to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing a growing number of videos on a variety of different psychological health topics and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to resolve or cover in an approaching video