When I was first approached…Better Help Insurance Bcbs…. to possibly collaborate with them on a youtube series one of the things that was really important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I spoke about what what topics I chose to present and likewise you understand my own views when when needed or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they generally stated you understand we trust you as a medical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and discuss what you understand and among the things that I really wished to address is the truth that I’m not simply here to state that online treatment is the answer for whatever you know I believe it can be exceptionally helpful for lots of people I have actually seen it myself working with individuals from a few months up to over a year and I seen how being able to message and likewise have video sessions with someone is truly a it
nearly enriches the the healing experience in 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 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 comfortable and which’s fine those 2 things can both be true and I think among the things that I wish to start to have people think of is there’s a place for both offline and online treatment it is truly a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you however also what’s most appropriate for you with the help of an expert when I discuss particular therapy designs or techniques as being appropriate for you what I imply by that is that it would be the best method for
the particular problem that you’re handling and I think that a person of the concerns that a great deal of individuals have is that online counseling is trying to change offline therapy and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had lots of discussions with the creator of where he has actually discussed that his audience isn’t to take on traditional practices or put psychologists or licensed experts 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 objective and I think it is essential and we have a problem with access
to psychological health care in this country and is one solution as our other online companies I was discussing earlier that there are things that I personally think that online therapy is more appropriate for or offline therapy is better for and I’ve in fact I’ve in fact discussed this in other settings because it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I need to state that my viewpoint has been popular by business like in terms of ideally how they how they work with the people that present for care so I simply wished to invest a couple of minutes talking about my own is my own personal viewpoint about the important things that are most appropriate for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a wonderful place for people who are fighting with hard life transitions for situations where they’re experiencing more stress than regular for scenarios where you understand they have a really well-defined concern with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is extremely structured can can benefit them which treatment because it’s not as interpersonal as others is ideal for online counseling since it includes a great deal of homework it involves worksheets it involves finding out specific abilities and methods so mild milder disorders like moderate anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has actually gotten care initially somewhere else these are all things that can be resolved through online therapy you know consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they reach out to a counselor from their home since they can’t leave their house and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are really terrified of being trapped and caught in a place where they may have a panic attack therefore essentially they begin to limit their activities and restrict their activities until much of them can’t leave their home without really feeling substantial distress so if somebody like that is at house and they can connect through their computer system and connect to a therapist that’s a terrific first step is that going to treat them never because agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with requirements that person to be able to go outside and to resume typical activities and often that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that process certainly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that however could they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their home from that initial encouraging technique to counseling where they can actually 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 want to clearly interact that anything that I share with you is going to be completely 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 very best that I can therefore I I will not inform you that something is appropriate that I do not believe is appropriate I won’t share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything because I do not think that and so you can constantly anticipate to hear my truthful opinion 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 feel free 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 reach out if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or address in an upcoming video