I signed up for 4 very various online mental health services– ranging in expense from totally free to , 100 a month– and ran my stress and anxieties through them all, simultaneously, for a week. Here’s what I found.
Does BetterHelp use licensed therapists? Does Insurance Cover Talk Space
What I’m doing here is evaluating my experience of using each psychological health service, instead of its effectiveness – because even the most wizard-like therapist isn’t going to ‘treat’ you in just one week. I’m merely comparing each service to the experience of being in a room and blarting on about yourself to a therapist. Nod if you’re with me. Okay, cool – let’s mental health!
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How does it work?
As seen on FB (by me, anyway), US company is the business leviathan of the e-counselling video game. They claim to have 500 licensed counsellors working for them, each with a minimum of 3 years of experience.
After filling out a survey to determine what specific flavour of mental you are, you’re paired with a counsellor, who you can mercilessly switch for a different one at any time. (I got Dr. Laura Dabney, from Virginia). You then begin an instant messaged therapy session that both you and your counsellor can drop in and out of, and which could, in theory, go on and on till one of you ultimately passed away.
What does it cost?
You get a free seven-day trial – much like a totally free Netflix or Amazon Prime trial, except with way more questions about what your childhood resembled. After that, it costs from , 24.50 a week for unlimited message-based counselling and one ‘complimentary’ phone session with your counsellor each month. Yeah, I do not get how it’s free either, but whatever.
How much is BetterHelp monthly?
Filtering that through instant messaging might be valuable if you find the concept of baring your soul to a complete stranger a bit awks. You won’t get the same connection as with in person counselling, however the semi-anonymity might make it easier to open up if you have actually been drinking 2 bottles of rum and dancing around in your dead nan’s bridal gown every night. Does Insurance Cover Talk Space