She first established the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Talkspace Prescription… what triggers it– social scenarios, meeting people for the first time– and after that dived headlong into my fractious youth (separated parents, strained familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was pretty nosey tbh, but then that’s her task, isn’t it?
In general, the service is remarkably slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty sometimes, but it was really a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got speedy reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unforeseen.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can modify messages before sending them indicates you’re unlikely to blurt out something unguarded and revealing in the heat of the minute. So profound moments of realisation might be tough to come by if you can’t get an unwinded circulation going.
Who do I think it might it be good for?
Anyone with a low-end mental health concern who’s cool with getting counselled in an extremely internet-y, 2016-y way. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud imaginable and require serious attention (and perhaps some meds), probably isn’t for you Talkspace Prescription