She first ascertained the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Qut Betterhelp… what activates it– social scenarios, satisfying people for the very first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious youth (divorced moms and dads, stretched 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 actually a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got fast reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unanticipated.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The truth you can modify messages prior to sending them means you’re unlikely to blurt out something revealing and unguarded in the heat of the moment. Extensive moments of realisation may be hard to come by if you can’t get a relaxed flow going.
Who do I think it might it benefit?
Anybody with a low-end psychological health issue 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 severe attention (and potentially some meds), probably isn’t for you Qut Betterhelp