She first ascertained the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Better Help Witney… what triggers it– social situations, meeting individuals for the very 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, but then that’s her task, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is impressively slick. The discussion can be a little stop-starty sometimes, however it was in fact a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got rapid reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unanticipated.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can modify messages before sending them indicates you’re not likely to blurt out something vulnerable and revealing in the heat of the minute. Profound moments of realisation might be hard to come by if you can’t get an unwinded circulation going.
Who do I think it might it be good for?
Anyone with a low-end mental health problem who’s cool with getting counselled in a really internet-y, 2016-y method. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud imaginable and need severe attention (and potentially some meds), most likely isn’t for you Better Help Witney