She first established the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Better Help Office… what triggers it– social scenarios, fulfilling individuals for the very first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious childhood (separated parents, 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 remarkably slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty sometimes, but it was in fact a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got quick responses to messages over the weekend, which was unforeseen.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can modify messages before sending them indicates you’re unlikely to blurt out something unguarded and revealing in the heat of the minute. Extensive moments of realisation might be tough to come by if you can’t get an unwinded flow going.
Who do I believe it might it benefit?
Anybody with a low-end psychological health problem who’s cool with getting counselled in a really internet-y, 2016-y way. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud imaginable and require major attention (and potentially some meds), most likely isn’t for you Better Help Office