Hollie J.
Misleading 'matching' process
BetterHelp is billed as 'simple' and 'easy' way to start therapy, and claim that they match you up with someone suited to you. I found this couldn't be further from the truth. I completed a questionnaire, and the person I'd been matched with wasn't a specialist in the issue I was seeking help for. When I asked to change therapist, I was sent an email with some other options, all who also weren't suitable. I was told they had no way of filtering for the requirements (i.e something so basic as psychologist vs counsellor, or even country the therapist was based in) and then just sent a directory to trawl through myself. There was no way to filter and I had to just open about 30 tabs to compare them. I found it quite shocking given their supposed USP, they don't have operational functionality to search/filter within their own directory. I closed my account and was left wishing I'd just found someone independent rather than wasting that initial months membership.



