She first established the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Better Help Grief Counseling… what triggers it– social circumstances, fulfilling people for the first time– and after that dived headlong into my fractious childhood (divorced parents, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was pretty nosey tbh, however then that’s her task, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is remarkably slick. The discussion can be a little stop-starty sometimes, but it was actually a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got rapid reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unexpected.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can edit messages prior to sending them means you’re unlikely to blurt out something revealing and unguarded in the heat of the minute. Profound moments of realisation might be difficult to come by if you can’t get a relaxed circulation going.
Who do I believe it might it be good for?
Anybody with a low-end mental health concern who’s cool with getting counselled in an extremely internet-y, 2016-y way. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud possible and require serious attention (and perhaps some medications), most likely isn’t for you Better Help Grief Counseling