She initially established the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Talkspace Yelp… what triggers it– social situations, fulfilling people for the first time– and after that dived headlong into my fractious childhood (divorced moms and dads, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was pretty nosey tbh, but then that’s her job, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is remarkably slick. The discussion can be a little stop-starty sometimes, but it was actually a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got rapid reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unanticipated.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The reality you can edit messages before sending them implies you’re not likely to blurt out something revealing and vulnerable in the heat of the moment. Profound minutes of realisation may be difficult to come by if you can’t get an unwinded circulation going.
Who do I think it might it benefit?
Anybody with a low-end psychological health concern who’s cool with getting counselled in an extremely internet-y, 2016-y method. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud imaginable and need severe attention (and possibly some medications), probably isn’t for you Talkspace Yelp