She first determined the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Matt Cto Betterhelp… what activates it– social situations, meeting individuals for the first time– and after that dived headlong into my fractious childhood (separated parents, stretched 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, but it was in fact a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got quick responses to messages over the weekend, which was unanticipated.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can modify messages before sending them suggests you’re unlikely to blurt out something vulnerable and revealing in the heat of the minute. Extensive moments of realisation may be hard to come by if you can’t get a relaxed circulation going.
Who do I think it might it benefit?
Anyone with a low-end psychological health issue who’s cool with getting counselled in an extremely internet-y, 2016-y way. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud you can possibly imagine and require severe attention (and potentially some meds), probably isn’t for you Matt Cto Betterhelp