She initially ascertained the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Online Student At Large Counseling… what activates it– social scenarios, fulfilling people for the very first time– and after that dived headlong into my fractious youth (divorced moms and dads, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, but then that’s her job, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is impressively slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty at times, however it was really a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got rapid reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unexpected.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can modify messages before sending them implies you’re unlikely to blurt out something revealing and vulnerable in the heat of the moment. Extensive moments of realisation may be hard to come by if you can’t get a relaxed flow going.
Who do I think it might it benefit?
Anybody with a low-end mental health problem who’s cool with getting counselled in a very internet-y, 2016-y method. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud imaginable and require severe attention (and possibly some medications), probably isn’t for you Online Student At Large Counseling