She first established the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Rating Bbb… what triggers it– social scenarios, meeting people for the very first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious childhood (divorced moms and dads, strained familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, but then that’s her job, isn’t it?
In general, the service is impressively slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty at times, but it was actually a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got quick responses to messages over the weekend, which was unexpected.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can modify messages before sending them indicates you’re not likely to blurt out something vulnerable and revealing in the heat of the moment. Extensive moments of realisation may be tough to come by if you can’t get an unwinded circulation going.
Who do I think it might it benefit?
Anybody with a low-end mental health problem 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 require major attention (and possibly some meds), probably isn’t for you Betterhelp Rating Bbb