When I was first approached…Better Help Vs Therapy…. to potentially work together with them on a youtube series one of the things that was truly important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I discussed what what topics I chose to provide and likewise you understand my own views when when needed or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they generally said you know we trust you as a scientific professional and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and discuss what you know and one of the things that I really wished to address is the reality that I’m not simply here to say that online therapy is the answer for whatever you know I think it can be incredibly helpful for lots of people I’ve seen it myself working with individuals from a couple of months up to over a year and I seen how being able to message and likewise have video sessions with someone is actually a it
practically improves the the therapeutic experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people 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 be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply would not feel comfy and which’s all right those 2 things can both hold true and I think one of the important things that I want to start to have individuals consider exists’s a location for both offline and online therapy it is actually a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you however also what’s most appropriate for you with the help of an expert when I talk about certain counseling designs or techniques as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the best technique for
the particular problem that you’re dealing with and I think that one of the issues that a great deal of people have is that online counseling is trying to change offline counseling and I can tell you 100% that that’s not true I’ve had numerous conversations with the creator of where he has actually discussed that his audience isn’t to compete with physical practices or put psychologists or licensed specialists out of business his mission is to provide mental health access to the people who aren’t going to come into the treatment workplace and I 100% support that mission and I believe it’s important and we have a problem with gain access to
to mental health care 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 therapy is better suited for or offline therapy is better suited for and I’ve really I’ve really discussed this in other settings because it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I need to state that my viewpoint has actually been popular by business like in terms of ideally how they how they work with individuals that present for care so I just wanted to invest a number of minutes talking about my own is my own personal opinion about the things that are most suitable for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a wonderful place for people who are battling with tough life transitions for circumstances where they’re experiencing more stress than typical for scenarios where you understand they have a really clear-cut concern with anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is very structured can can benefit them which therapy since it’s not as social as others is perfect for online counseling due to the fact that it includes a lot of research it includes worksheets it includes discovering particular skills and strategies so moderate milder conditions like mild anxiety mild depression adjustment disorders even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually received care at first somewhere else these are all things that can be addressed through online therapy you understand think of somebody who has a agoraphobia and maybe they reach out to a counselor from their home due to the fact that they can’t leave their home and simply just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are actually frightened of being caught and caught in a place where they might have an anxiety attack therefore basically they start to restrict their activities and restrict their activities until a lot of them can’t leave their home without actually 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 a fantastic primary step is that going to treat them never since agoraphobia to be effectively dealt with needs that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume normal activities and in some cases that involves a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure undoubtedly online therapists are going to have the ability to do that but could they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their home from that initial helpful technique to counseling where they can really have a much better life 100% and this is what the gap that aims to fill with their services my indicate this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to plainly communicate that anything that I share with you is going to be fully from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more significantly what I believe is as just a human being on this earth trying to do the very best that I can therefore I I won’t 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 think that and so you can constantly anticipate to hear my sincere opinion on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you found this video fascinating and handy 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 more and more videos on a variety of different mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or attend to in an approaching video