She first determined the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Therapy Session… what activates it– social circumstances, satisfying people for the very first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious youth (divorced moms and dads, strained familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was pretty nosey tbh, however then that’s her job, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is remarkably slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty sometimes, however it was in fact a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got fast responses to messages over the weekend, which was unexpected.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can edit messages before sending them implies you’re unlikely to blurt out something vulnerable and revealing in the heat of the minute. So 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 method. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud you can possibly imagine and require severe attention (and possibly some meds), probably isn’t for you Betterhelp Therapy Session