She initially ascertained the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Brilliant Idiots… what triggers it– social scenarios, fulfilling people for the first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious youth (divorced parents, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, however then that’s her task, isn’t it?
In general, the service is impressively slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty sometimes, but it was really a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got speedy reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unanticipated.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The truth you can modify messages before sending them means you’re not likely to blurt out something revealing and unguarded in the heat of the moment. Profound minutes of realisation may be difficult to come by if you can’t get an unwinded flow going.
Who do I think it might it be good for?
Anybody with a low-end psychological health concern who’s cool with getting counselled in a very internet-y, 2016-y way. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud imaginable and require major attention (and possibly some medications), probably isn’t for you Betterhelp Brilliant Idiots