She initially ascertained the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Charisma… what activates it– social scenarios, meeting individuals for the very first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious youth (divorced parents, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, but then that’s her task, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is remarkably slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty at times, but it was really a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got quick reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unforeseen.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can modify messages before sending them means you’re unlikely to blurt out something unguarded and revealing in the heat of the minute. So extensive 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 benefit?
Anyone 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 you can possibly imagine and require severe attention (and possibly some medications), most likely isn’t for you Betterhelp Charisma