She first determined the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Dba Betterhelp… what triggers it– social circumstances, meeting people for the first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious childhood (separated moms and dads, strained familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, but then that’s her task, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is impressively slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty sometimes, but it was really a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got speedy reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unexpected.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can modify messages prior to sending them means you’re unlikely to blurt out something vulnerable and revealing in the heat of the minute. Extensive minutes of realisation might be difficult to come by if you can’t get an unwinded flow going.
Who do I believe it might it benefit?
Anybody with a low-end psychological health concern who’s cool with getting counselled in a very internet-y, 2016-y way. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud possible and need serious attention (and perhaps some meds), probably isn’t for you Dba Betterhelp