She first ascertained the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Video Chat… what activates it– social scenarios, meeting individuals for the first time– and after that dived headlong into my fractious childhood (divorced parents, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was pretty nosey tbh, but then that’s her task, isn’t it?
In general, the service is impressively slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty sometimes, however it was really a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got fast reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unforeseen.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can modify messages before sending them suggests you’re unlikely to blurt out something unguarded and revealing in the heat of the minute. Profound minutes of realisation might be hard to come by if you can’t get an unwinded circulation going.
Who do I believe it might it be good for?
Anybody with a low-end mental health issue who’s cool with getting counselled in a very internet-y, 2016-y method. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud you can possibly imagine and need serious attention (and possibly some meds), probably isn’t for you Betterhelp Video Chat