BetterHelpReviews of betterhelp.com

BetterHelp matched me with a therapist who turns out to be exactly what I asked for and needed. My therapist listens to me, asks appropriate questions, understands me and has given me tools to help with my anxiety issues. She provides a good balance of support and information. A bonus of online therapy is that I don't have to worry about catching or spreading Covid or any of the other respiratory illnesses going around now. For example, today I have a cold; I would have had to cancel an in person appointment, but meeting online is fine.

The therapist I was paired with is perfectly suited to help me. They are able to “keep up” with me and still guide me to a place where my healing has begun. Thank you Better Health, my mental health is so much better with your help.

11 out of 10 stars for Better Help!!! Easy and simple to use, and cheaper in the long run than paying $100-$200 per session it’s accessible for $380-$460 depending on financial situation. With that one payment you receive 4, 30-45 minute chat, phone, or video sessions in a month (depends on what your therapist offers). Once you pay and sign up you will be matched with a therapist within 24-48 hours, usually sooner. If you don’t like your first match you have the option to select another at any time you like or be matched again. There are various types of therapies offered, you name it, someone on there offers it. Along with access to these 4 sessions there is also access to various online group sessions/webinars that cover a whole plethora of issues and subjects. This is from my personal experience with the app and with my Better Help therapist Ronald Ellington (he’s literally a saint). Its a very good deal if you can’t wait for serious counselling/therapy, but you can’t afford $100-$200 per session. Just a month of regular therapy was going to cost me $640 ($160 per hour) with this I was able to cut that in half. Food for thought if anyone is struggling and looking at options for a good therapist, Better Help is the place to get one!

I got matched with a therapist very quick and she is amazing. I feel so comfortable talking to her and she has helped me so much

Best Therapist out there! She listens to understand and responds from a place of love. No judgements at all. 10/10 Highly recommended.

Well,was a little embarrassed and didn’t want to admit I needed some help during a very difficult time. My therapist has been SO helpful and continues to be.

There are some benefits to this platform because it simplifies the tedious process of booking appointments but ultimately it serves therapists more than clients by offering an unmanageable number of therapists it is hard to differentiate between, most of whom have only the most basic professional qualifications. The first therapist I matched met with lacked expertise and claimed to believe in dragons and fairies. The second doesn’t offer video calls and immediately suggested I look elsewhere if this was a problem. While I understand the move to digital and offering different ways of talking it’s odd for therapists to refuse more personal interactions as surely that’s the point of therapy? It’s resulting in the same tiring and bewildering experience as you find on the internet. A major downside is that many therapist outside of Better Help will offer a short consultation for free whereas you don’t get that here. It means you can very easily burn through your monthly subscription fee without having a single useful conversation (e.g the hour I spent with the dragon/fairy lady). The problem is a profession which should have better standards and be better regulated (the existing qualifications are not good enough) BetterHelp should help users sort through quality rather than just providing quantity.

The honesty, transparency, professionalism, and experienced care of the person I was assigned to has been life changing.