That was one of the main concerns. Betterhelp, Dr. Lawanda N. Evans…that was truly essential to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I spoke about what what subjects I chose to present and likewise you understand my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a better help they basically said you know we trust you as a scientific expert and we’re gon na trust you to go out there and speak about what you know and among the things that I actually wanted to address is the fact that I’m not simply here to say that online therapy is the answer for everything you understand I believe it can be extremely useful for many individuals I have actually seen it myself dealing with individuals from a few months approximately over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and likewise have video sessions with somebody is really a it nearly improves the the healing experience in 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 wouldn’t be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply wouldn’t feel comfortable and and that’s all right those two things can both be true and I think one of the important things that I wish to start to have individuals think of exists’s a location for both offline and online treatment it is truly a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you but also what’s most suitable for you with the help of a professional when I discuss specific therapy styles or techniques as being appropriate for you what I suggest 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 issues that a lot of people have is that online counseling is trying to change offline counseling and I can tell you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had lots of conversations with the founder of better help where he has actually pointed out that his audience isn’t to compete with traditional practices or put psychologists or certified professionals out of business his objective is to supply psychological health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the treatment office and I 100% support that mission and I believe it is very important and we have an issue with access to psychological health care in this nation and
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better hope is one solution as our other online companies I was pointing out previously that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is better suited for or offline therapy is better suited for and I’ve in fact I’ve actually spoken about this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel pretty passionate about and I have to say that my viewpoint has been favored by companies like better help in regards to ideally how they how they deal with the people that present for care so I simply wanted to invest a number of minutes talking about my own is my own individual opinion about the things that are most appropriate for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online treatment as a wonderful place for individuals who are battling with difficult life transitions for situations where they’re experiencing more stress than normal for circumstances where you know they have a very clear-cut concern with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive behavioral therapy which is really structured can can benefit them which therapy due to the fact that it’s not as social as others is ideal for online counseling due to the fact that it includes a great deal of homework it includes worksheets it involves finding out particular abilities and methods so moderate milder conditions like mild stress and anxiety mild depression change disorders 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 counseling you understand think of someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect to a therapist from their home because they can’t leave their house and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are truly 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 till many of them can’t leave their house without truly feeling considerable distress so if somebody like that is at home and they can connect through their computer and link to a counselor that’s a great first step is that going to cure them absolutely not because agoraphobia to be effectively treated requirements that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume normal activities and often that involves a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure certainly online counselors are going to be able to do that but could they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their home from that preliminary helpful method to counseling where they can really have a better life 100% and this is what the space that better help intends to fill with their services my point to this to this particular video and bringing these things
up is that I I wish to clearly communicate that anything that I show you is going to be fully from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more importantly what I believe is as simply a human being on this earth trying to do the best that I can therefore I I won’t inform you that something is appropriate that I do not believe is appropriate I won’t share with 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 anticipate to hear my honest opinion on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you found this video interesting and handy if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing a growing number of videos on a range of different psychological health subjects and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to resolve or cover in an upcoming video