She initially ascertained the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Talkspace Canada… what activates it– social situations, satisfying people 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, however then that’s her task, isn’t it?
In general, the service is impressively slick. The discussion 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 rapid responses to messages over the weekend, which was unanticipated.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The reality you can modify messages before sending them indicates you’re unlikely to blurt out something revealing and vulnerable in the heat of the moment. Profound minutes of realisation might be difficult to come by if you can’t get an unwinded circulation going.
Who do I believe it might it be good for?
Anybody with a low-end mental health concern who’s cool with getting counselled in a really internet-y, 2016-y way. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud possible and need serious attention (and perhaps some meds), most likely isn’t for you Talkspace Canada