She first determined the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Deaf… what triggers it– social circumstances, satisfying people for the first time– and after that dived headlong into my fractious youth (separated parents, strained familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite 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 at times, but it was in fact a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got speedy responses to messages over the weekend, which was unexpected.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can modify messages prior to sending them indicates you’re unlikely to blurt out something revealing and vulnerable in the heat of the moment. Profound minutes of realisation might be tough to come by if you can’t get a relaxed flow going.
Who do I believe it might it benefit?
Anyone with a low-end psychological health concern who’s cool with getting counselled in a very internet-y, 2016-y method. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud you can possibly imagine and require severe attention (and potentially some medications), most likely isn’t for you Betterhelp Deaf