She first determined the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Psychology… what activates it– social circumstances, fulfilling people for the first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious youth (separated moms and dads, 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 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 actions to messages over the weekend, which was unexpected.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The reality you can edit messages prior to sending them means you’re unlikely to blurt out something vulnerable and revealing in the heat of the moment. So extensive moments of realisation may be difficult to come by if you can’t get an unwinded circulation going.
Who do I believe it might it be good for?
Anyone 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 imaginable and require severe attention (and potentially some meds), most likely isn’t for you Betterhelp Psychology