She initially determined the scale of my anxiety…in terms of “Carecredit” “Betterhelp”… what triggers it– social circumstances, satisfying people for the very first time– and after that dived headlong into my fractious youth (separated moms and dads, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was pretty 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 sometimes, however it was actually a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got rapid reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unexpected.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The reality you can edit messages before sending them means you’re unlikely to blurt out something vulnerable and revealing in the heat of the minute. So profound minutes of realisation may be difficult to come by if you can’t get an unwinded circulation going.
Who do I believe it might it be good for?
Anyone with a low-end mental health issue 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 medications), probably isn’t for you “Carecredit” “Betterhelp”