She first ascertained the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Response… what triggers it– social scenarios, meeting people for the very first time– and after that dived headlong into my fractious youth (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?
Overall, the service is impressively slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty at times, however it was really a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got rapid reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unanticipated.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The reality you can modify messages before sending them implies you’re not likely to blurt out something revealing and unguarded in the heat of the moment. So profound minutes of realisation may be hard to come by if you can’t get a relaxed circulation going.
Who do I think it might it be good for?
Anybody with a low-end mental health problem who’s cool with getting counselled in a very internet-y, 2016-y way. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud imaginable and require serious attention (and potentially some meds), probably isn’t for you Betterhelp Response