She first determined the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Public… what activates it– social circumstances, satisfying people for the first time– and after that dived headlong into my fractious childhood (separated parents, strained familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, however then that’s her job, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is impressively slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty sometimes, but it was in fact a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got fast responses to messages over the weekend, which was unforeseen.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The truth you can edit messages prior to sending them implies you’re not likely to blurt out something vulnerable and revealing in the heat of the moment. So profound minutes of realisation may be tough to come by if you can’t get an unwinded flow going.
Who do I believe 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 imaginable and need severe attention (and possibly some meds), probably isn’t for you Betterhelp Public