Up next in 10
In this episode, we're discussing therapy. We explain what it is, how it's evolved over time, and discuss how the world is taking advantage of how to use it. #therapy #telehealth #mentalhealth
Show More Show Less View Video Transcript
0:00
I'm Karen Glasser here and I am here
0:03
with my co-host and Son Rob Glasser
0:06
welcome to minding your mental health
0:08
how are you rob today
0:10
uh not too bad how about you I'm doing
0:13
great I love these shows because we talk
0:15
about the topics that shape mental
0:17
health today we're teaching the
0:18
importance of inclusion and we share why
0:21
we should be kind because we should be
0:22
kind right so whether you're here live
0:24
or on replay let us know where you are
0:27
tuning in from and if you are here live
0:29
and you have something to say to us make
0:31
sure you put it in the comments and
0:32
we'll put it up on the screen so Rob the
0:36
topic today is it sounds kind of basic
0:38
right but it's not we're going to Deep
0:39
dive a little bit so the topic today is
0:41
what is therapy so Rob what is therapy
0:46
well it's actually very simple we don't
0:48
have to get that you know okay uh the
0:50
objective for Psychotherapy according to
0:52
the American Psychological Association
0:54
the APA is basically the relationship
0:57
between the individual and the uh
1:01
professional whether it's psychologist a
1:03
therapist whatever you want to call it
1:05
their job is to make you feel supportive
1:08
calm and you know willing to share in a
1:13
environment that works for you and them
1:16
now we'll talk about how today you can
1:19
do it from your phone so you're really
1:21
in a good environment because you're
1:23
doing it from right when people there's
1:26
another but Rob there's another thing
1:27
when they talk about Psychotherapy they
1:29
also call it talk therapy that's
1:31
actually another word that's used jargon
1:33
it's talk therapy so all you're doing is
1:35
you're talking right and I'm going to
1:37
flip it to you for a second kind of put
1:39
you on the spot for a minute not too
1:40
badly so because I was thinking about
1:42
this before there's the difference
1:44
between when you familiar old talk and
1:46
when you talk with somebody and I have
1:48
my answer to the question but I was
1:50
going to see what you thought
1:52
um when do you think or when do you
1:54
decide that there's something somebody
1:56
better to talk to outside the family
1:58
versus what you share inside now I
2:01
already know my answer I was wondering
2:03
if you had a quick one because that's
2:05
really what it is because like you said
2:07
you're talking so what's the difference
2:08
between when you decide to do it just
2:10
family to family well yeah so
2:12
Psychotherapy is talk therapy but
2:14
there's also Psychiatry right that that
2:16
is in addition to the talk therapy
2:18
they'll throw on the layer of the
2:20
medication because they can prescribe so
2:22
to answer your question when is the
2:24
right time I think it's it's different
2:26
for every individual I think that
2:29
sometimes unloading yourself on a family
2:32
member
2:33
and telling them how you feel it they're
2:36
not psychiatrists they're not therapists
2:38
they're not you know cycle and Analysis
2:41
you know they don't do any of that stuff
2:42
they're there because they love you so I
2:45
think
2:45
um when you when you yourself get to
2:47
that point where you realize all you're
2:50
doing is talking about what's going on
2:52
inside that's the time I think that you
2:54
need to go
2:55
find somebody to talk to and that in
2:57
fact is what I did you know when I
2:59
decided after the fact that you know
3:00
what it's talking to my friends is not
3:03
helping talking to my family is not
3:05
helping I think I need to get some
3:07
professional help and that's what it is
3:08
it's professional help so that's my
3:10
answer Rob what do you think so yeah so
3:13
and I'm this one didn't take me very
3:15
long to actually think because when I do
3:17
my sessions my therapist actually likes
3:19
to hear that I have you know people like
3:22
you Chris to talk to as well so her
3:24
viewpoint of it is while it's good to
3:27
have and I like having my regular with
3:29
her because it's a nice outside point of
3:31
view I can throw back ideas I can use
3:34
her thoughts and processes you know or
3:36
not use them depending but she likes the
3:39
fact that I actually use who I have to
3:42
to speak to so while she's the one in
3:45
the professional seat she actually does
3:48
like when me and others and she's so
3:50
many others as well for patients will
3:53
um will use the resource they have so
3:56
she always compliments me on you know oh
3:58
it's great to hear that you're talking
3:59
to your mom you're talking to your wife
4:01
so that's kind of what the question came
4:04
up as because yeah it was funny to hear
4:06
somebody in that seat to stay good for
4:08
you for doing that I think it kind of
4:09
also Blends into how it changes well
4:12
beforehand and I've talked to plenty of
4:15
few before that I just thought were
4:17
horribly clinical and just two whatever
4:19
and it you know they feel felt very
4:21
different 10 years ago than it did you
4:24
know today so I just yeah so that
4:27
question was came to mind because it is
4:28
interesting to see how a lot of
4:30
professionals today even though their
4:31
job is to help they like when you can
4:34
actually open up two
4:37
your family your friends your people
4:39
that are there because it's kind of the
4:41
sign of growth it's kind of the sign of
4:43
the right right ability to to do so
4:47
that's just kind of where it was but
4:49
yeah I mean if you I think I gave you
4:50
the website the I mean yeah everyone has
4:54
a bunch of different articles about what
4:55
it is at the top and where I pulled my
4:57
little blurb from is what you know the
4:59
definition was but they have some
5:01
articles on it if you want to figure out
5:03
what's which one's good for you where
5:04
you want to do whatever
5:06
um but stuff like that websites like
5:08
that are good because it's the very
5:09
Basics it's nothing too uh weird it's
5:12
not too complicated just kind of like oh
5:14
you want to find something type in your
5:16
city let's you know get you started I'm
5:19
curious what our audience thinks that
5:21
you know again whether you're here live
5:22
or on replay
5:23
um for those of you who are watching and
5:25
you yourself are are in therapy or
5:28
you're thinking about going into therapy
5:30
and you've been talking to family and
5:31
friends I'm curious how is that working
5:34
for you let us know put it in the
5:35
comments you know just let us no yeah
5:37
I'm gonna go to therapy or I'm in
5:39
therapy curious to hear what's going on
5:41
out there so
5:42
how has it changed Rob because it has
5:44
it's changed yes so you really had one
5:47
choice and I guess now you have two
5:49
because the First Choice is still around
5:51
theoretically uh way back when uh you
5:55
had to do in person you drove to the
5:57
office you drove to whatever you did it
5:58
not really my cup of tea for various
6:01
reasons but really it was kind of a pain
6:03
in the butt to have to you know drive
6:04
down there usually nobody was ever near
6:06
you so it was like a 45 minute drive
6:08
from wherever you were because
6:10
apparently nobody lived in your city who
6:13
knew
6:15
um not to say that any of them were were
6:17
bad
6:18
um not to say any of them were good but
6:20
it was kind of one of those you know you
6:22
had to go to do it now today uh known as
6:25
Telehealth or television
6:30
um you can do it from any uh device
6:33
almost uh on the computer even you're on
6:35
your phone uh I guess your iPad
6:37
theoretically
6:39
um and that one is great for many people
6:41
for various reasons not necess
6:42
necessarily if you don't like going
6:44
somewhere but just it's really easy to
6:46
do you you know my the one I have it
6:49
tells you okay you know your thing
6:50
starts in 10 minutes I'm like okay I'm
6:52
gonna go get my little phone stand get
6:55
myself you know um whatever and yeah
6:57
that's the one that we use yeah that's
6:59
the one I used to and um and you just go
7:02
and do it so it works in multiple ways
7:04
as to
7:06
um it's easy to do you're right there
7:08
you don't have to go anywhere you can do
7:09
it in your pajamas do any underwear do
7:11
whatever you want you you're good to go
7:13
I you know teach their own whatever
7:16
yeah that that's true hey I wear pants
7:19
and a shirt so thank god
7:22
um
7:23
so that's the difference of words come
7:25
from before anyhow you still do it today
7:27
A lot of times if you don't have the
7:28
ability to do it on or it's not in your
7:30
uh plane or whatever you can still go
7:33
into your your regular scheduled person
7:35
and and do that the rate and Rob the
7:38
reason why I think it's so prevalent now
7:40
especially now is because of the
7:42
pandemic and people could not get out
7:44
and so
7:45
um up until then there's something
7:47
called HIPAA laws which really was
7:50
stopping the ability for doctors to do
7:53
stuff like this because how did you
7:55
protect the you know the security and
7:57
the safety of your patients or the
7:58
privacy of your business because
8:00
everyone's always worried about it
8:02
so so we've come far we have come far
8:05
and we now have the ability obviously to
8:08
do therapy online we put Better Health
8:11
up but there's a lot of other companies
8:13
out there happy or living does it
8:15
um all you have to do is I think it's uh
8:17
whatever his name is Michael Phelps
8:19
promotes that one right all you got to
8:21
do is look look just Google Google on
8:24
you know on Google go do a Google search
8:26
tell a Psychiatry or teletherapy or
8:30
Telehealth and you will actually get all
8:32
of these things it's not for everyone a
8:34
lot I know there are some people I'm
8:36
with you Rob I don't want to drive
8:37
anywhere I want the immediacy I want to
8:39
be able to sit down at my computer and
8:41
let the therapist say you know you can
8:42
come into the room right now literally
8:44
and it's like a zoom kind of environment
8:46
I don't want to go and I've done that
8:48
before I've gone other places and I sit
8:50
there and then it's like okay I think I
8:52
want to go home now you know it's it's
8:54
that kind of thing
8:55
so I agree with you if you're sitting in
8:57
the dentist office you're like okay
8:59
office right right with with other
9:02
people that are sitting there with you
9:06
yeah I'm good I'm out of here I'll see
9:09
you later uh and another thing too is
9:11
that usually it's a simple you know if
9:13
it's billing it's a simple Billing
9:14
System online you you get charged your
9:17
your monthly your annual and you're done
9:18
you don't have to worry about oh when's
9:20
the thing due I think on mine I just
9:22
have it you know come right out it just
9:23
takes out of my my account
9:26
um so there's many things too yeah
9:27
you're right I mean especially with the
9:29
time of right now of not if you
9:31
physically can't leave for whatever
9:32
reason but generally I think the ease of
9:35
use anything that's easy hello Kathy
9:39
um anything that is easy
9:42
um is going to be more popular I think
9:45
generally
9:47
um anything that is not easy or
9:49
uncomfortable is not going to be popular
9:52
imagine that
9:54
um no but I mean it's you know it's this
9:56
this topic is very simple it's a very
9:58
short Suite to the point no frills it's
10:02
just a matter of how you use it and I
10:03
think that's our next uh here
10:07
how do you use it and this really and I
10:10
you know I kind of went back and forth
10:11
with you on it this really is I think
10:13
you already started out this is how you
10:15
how you do it yourself how does it work
10:18
differently
10:20
because I was looking you know I was
10:21
thinking about it of how you know from
10:23
the science point of view it's all
10:25
similarly done it's somebody in a
10:27
position who has somewhat of an ability
10:30
to say okay what what are your concerns
10:33
what are your things what can I do to
10:35
help so really all of it's similar how
10:38
it is it's really how you go forth and
10:40
for me and I tell my therapist this it's
10:44
having the regular schedule it's having
10:46
the regular session with her it's
10:48
telling you know it's thanking her for
10:50
for the the tips and tricks it's not so
10:54
magic as people once thought it might
10:56
have been it's really if you're not
10:58
going to use it don't use it if you are
11:02
going to use it
11:04
right you know yeah and there's
11:06
something called cognitive behavioral
11:08
therapy CBT so that is actually an
11:11
offshoot of what we used to think of
11:13
just general talk therapy and you would
11:15
go and you would talk and are you like
11:17
Dusty what are you doing over there no
11:20
little thing just a little bit all right
11:22
okay
11:24
um but cognitive behavioral therapy
11:25
actually
11:26
um that's the kind of therapy I like to
11:28
do why because it literally gives you
11:31
tests it tells you well why don't you
11:33
try this
11:35
um traditional talk therapy will sit
11:36
there and they listen to you and you
11:38
talk right and you talk well it's funny
11:40
you said the CBT because I do that too
11:42
but I use it differently than how you do
11:44
it I don't do it via the thing it's more
11:46
of the uh thought process and the
11:48
creativity that your mind comes out so
11:51
while while you use it your way and
11:52
that's I think it's my point what I just
11:54
said there is that you can do the same
11:56
thing it's how you go about it but I
11:58
really would stress out and I think
12:00
you'd agree since you probably paying
12:03
for this only really do it if you're
12:06
gonna do it right otherwise you're kind
12:08
of wasting their your time their time
12:10
your money you know it's
12:12
yeah and I I think one of the reasons
12:14
that we both like better health both of
12:16
us had been searching and what better
12:19
help allows you to do is you can and
12:21
again we're not paid we're not getting
12:22
paid to you know shout out better help
12:25
we just both happen to use Better Health
12:28
one of the things that really struck me
12:30
as being interesting is that you can
12:33
pick a therapist yeah and if you don't
12:35
like the therapist no harm no family no
12:38
other one another one right so they're
12:41
making it easy for you to find the
12:43
person that you resonate with which I
12:46
really like and again I want I want to
12:48
reiterate we are truly not yeah as Kathy
12:52
says Different Things Different Strokes
12:53
are Different Different Strokes for
12:55
different folks exactly pick the thing
12:58
that works for you and I think our
13:00
purpose of doing this particular show
13:02
today was as to say there are lots of
13:04
options out there there are totally lots
13:06
of options out there especially now with
13:08
the tele Psychiatry Telehealth
13:11
telemedicine whatever you want to call
13:13
it specifically in the therapy Arena I I
13:16
think it's great any I think that's kind
13:19
of that's it with our thoughts I want to
13:22
make sure people understand that they
13:23
can also as we always say if you are
13:27
right now being triggered or if you need
13:29
some help dial 988 if they're not going
13:32
to do therapy with you what they're
13:34
going to do is they're going to send you
13:35
to where you need to go via the phone
13:37
they will say oh you're in California
13:38
that they will literally reroute you
13:41
there if you're in New Hampshire they'll
13:42
reroute you there don't call them
13:44
thinking you're going to get therapy
13:45
you're not but they will they will route
13:47
you to where you need to be if you're
13:49
more looking for some information check
13:51
out
13:52
nami.org all sorts of information as
13:55
well as the National Institute of Mental
13:57
Health which is a governmental body
13:59
check that out as well Rob we need to
14:03
share our book we you and I put together
14:05
a book and get that off the screen
14:07
it's called
14:09
finding your passion let's get rid of
14:11
this Frame right now finding your
14:13
passion it's it's free it's an e-book
14:15
and basically it gives you five steps on
14:18
how to find your passion maybe get your
14:21
head in the right space so that you can
14:22
maybe do something that you actually
14:24
love and maybe even I don't know
14:27
get paid for it that would be nice
14:31
that would be great any thoughts any
14:33
last thoughts we want to share with our
14:35
audience out there about therapy
14:37
and
14:39
I'd say look at it from just a helpful
14:43
perspective
14:44
um
14:45
like we say over and over you know again
14:47
if it works it works if it doesn't cool
14:50
um but you know oh okay actually I would
14:53
say go in
14:55
open-minded to hear them out first
14:57
that's probably the biggest thing you
15:00
don't have to agree and like you know on
15:02
better help if you don't work with them
15:03
you can pick somebody else that's fine
15:05
but at least give them five minutes to
15:09
speak their peace as to what they think
15:12
not everything's right not everything
15:14
makes sense I mean I will tell mine once
15:16
in a while that you know like I'll have
15:19
to ask her to reiterate or I'll be like
15:20
wait a minute you know I don't get it it
15:22
doesn't mean I don't like what she does
15:24
because obviously I've been with her for
15:25
now over a year or two already
15:28
um but you know give them a few minutes
15:30
of your time they
15:32
they know what they're talking about you
15:34
know I don't mean to say air quotes but
15:36
they know you know they they're in the
15:38
position they should know what they're
15:39
talking about so I would say give them a
15:42
few minutes and then if you use
15:43
something like better help
15:45
and you just don't you don't click pick
15:47
somebody else if you're not using better
15:48
help using something else I'm sure
15:49
there's probably ways to work there
15:51
where you can pick somebody if you don't
15:53
like who right you know you get as well
15:55
so
15:56
see if it works and
15:59
um
16:00
Rob better help is also also offering
16:03
group therapy now which comes with your
16:05
plan so if you don't want to actually
16:07
talk about the therapist go hook up with
16:10
a group the point is Rob just said pick
16:13
the thing that works for you
16:14
and come to it with an open mind because
16:17
when you do that you're going to
16:19
actually maybe get some help which would
16:22
be great right that's the advantage we
16:25
want to thank you for tuning in with us
16:27
today we know that you have a choice as
16:29
to where you spend your time we want to
16:31
thank you for spending time with us we
16:32
are eternally grateful we'll see you on
16:35
Thursday because we are doing a second
16:37
part show
16:39
on altered Universe Live and it's all
16:41
about what Rob the business of animals
16:44
animals and you might wonder why does
16:47
that have to do anything with mental
16:50
health or what is therapy because well I
16:53
think you're gonna have to tune in
16:54
because there is a correlation so please
16:56
join us on Thursday we will tell you why
16:58
we're doing a business of animals as a
17:00
second part for what is therapy there
17:02
really is a reason go out give somebody
17:05
an awesome day and we will see you next
17:08
time on the next mining your mental
17:10
health goodbye everyone
17:15
foreign
#Mental Health
#Counseling Services
#Self-Help & Motivational