She first ascertained the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Better Help Gender Therapy… what triggers it– social situations, satisfying individuals for the very first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious childhood (divorced parents, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, but then that’s her job, isn’t it?
In general, the service is remarkably slick. The discussion can be a little stop-starty sometimes, but it was really a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got quick actions to messages over the weekend, which was unanticipated.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The reality you can modify messages before sending them means you’re not likely to blurt out something vulnerable and revealing in the heat of the minute. Extensive minutes of realisation might be difficult to come by if you can’t get an unwinded flow going.
Who do I think it might it benefit?
Anyone with a low-end mental health issue who’s cool with getting counselled in a very internet-y, 2016-y way. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud possible and need major attention (and potentially some medications), probably isn’t for you Better Help Gender Therapy