When I was first approached…Better Help Insurance Cigna…. to potentially collaborate with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was actually important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about 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 given that by a they generally stated you understand we trust you as a scientific expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and talk about what you know and among the important things that I truly wished to address is the fact that I’m not simply here to state that online treatment is the answer for whatever you understand I think it can be exceptionally practical for lots of people I’ve seen it myself dealing with people from a couple of months approximately over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and likewise have video sessions with somebody is actually a it
nearly improves the the therapeutic experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I thoroughly take pleasure in that and there are people that I see there that I would not think about seeing online either they wouldn’t be appropriate we wouldn’t be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply would not feel comfortable and and that’s okay those two things can both hold true and I believe one of 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 really a matter of you know 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 therapy styles or techniques as being appropriate for you what I mean by that is that it would be the very best method for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I believe that one 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 true I have actually had lots of discussions with the founder of where he has mentioned that his audience isn’t to compete with brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or licensed professionals out of business his mission is to offer psychological health access to the people who aren’t going to enter the treatment workplace and I 100% support that mission and I believe it is very important 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 mentioning earlier that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is more appropriate for or offline treatment is better suited for and I’ve really I’ve actually spoken about this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel pretty enthusiastic about and I have to state that my viewpoint has actually been favored by business like in terms of hopefully how they how they work with individuals that present for care so I just wanted to spend a number of minutes speaking about my own is my own personal opinion about the things that are most suitable for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a terrific location for people who are battling with difficult life shifts for situations where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for situations where you understand they have an extremely specific 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 since it’s not as social as others is perfect for online therapy since it involves a lot of homework it includes worksheets it includes learning particular abilities and methods so mild milder conditions like mild stress and anxiety mild depression change conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has received care initially somewhere else these are all things that can be dealt with through online therapy you understand think of someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they reach out to a therapist from their house because they can’t leave their house and just simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are truly 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 until a number of them can’t leave their home without really feeling considerable distress so if someone like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer system and connect to a therapist that’s an excellent initial step is that going to cure them absolutely not since agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with needs that person to be able to go outside and to resume normal activities and in some cases that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that process obviously online therapists are going to be able to do that however could they be the bridge that got that person who’s afraid to leave their home from that initial supportive method to counseling where they can in fact have a better life 100% and this is what the gap that intends to fill with their services my indicate this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to clearly communicate that anything that I show you is going to be completely from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more significantly what I think is as simply 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 show you that online therapy is the cure-all for whatever due to the fact that I do not think that and so you can constantly expect 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 practical and interesting if you did please like it below and feel free to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a range of various mental health topics and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to deal with or cover in an approaching video