She first determined the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Oren Frank Betterhelp Founder… what activates it– social scenarios, fulfilling people for the very 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, however then that’s her job, isn’t it?
In general, the service is remarkably slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty sometimes, 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 truth you can edit messages before sending them suggests you’re not likely 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 think it might it be good for?
Anybody with a low-end psychological health problem who’s cool with getting counselled in a very internet-y, 2016-y way. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud you can possibly imagine and need major attention (and potentially some meds), most likely isn’t for you Oren Frank Betterhelp Founder