She first established the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp For Specialists… what triggers it– social circumstances, fulfilling people for the very first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious youth (separated parents, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was pretty nosey tbh, but then that’s her job, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is remarkably slick. The discussion can be a little stop-starty sometimes, but it was in fact a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got rapid responses to messages over the weekend, which was unanticipated.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The reality you can edit messages before sending them indicates you’re not likely to blurt out something revealing and unguarded in the heat of the minute. Profound moments of realisation may be hard to come by if you can’t get a relaxed flow going.
Who do I believe it might it be good for?
Anybody with a low-end mental health issue who’s cool with getting counselled in an extremely internet-y, 2016-y method. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud you can possibly imagine and require severe attention (and possibly some meds), most likely isn’t for you Betterhelp For Specialists