I’m going to offer a review of betterhelp.com from the viewpoint as a pastor ….Talk Space/Charm…as someone who deals with online ministry and we have people that engage from us from all around the world i often get asked do you recommend a therapist or a counselor or a psychologist and it can be tough you understand if you’re near a church among our churches it’s real easy because our church and most churches have actually like a vetted referral list that we keep on hand to type of suggest in various focuses it’s usually people that we agree with theologically and we trust their practice however you get beyond your physical like geo footprint and it can be tough i’ve in the past use concentrate on the household referral list i generally agree with what they believe and i trust their process does not indicate i i understand everyone on the list is validated however it’s a pretty solid list but if you get globally it becomes the wild west so i’ve begun to pay attention to online counseling over the last couple years i did a video way back where i did a online medical professional see this resembled i don’t know 5 8 years back therefore i’ve been wishing to try out betterhelp.com and so there were some things i wished to process with a therapist
and as someone who’s gone through counseling in the past both separately and also marital relationship counseling i have actually experienced the advantage i’ve often found therapy and conference with a psychologist and so forth as kind of life hacking because it’s getting someone beyond your worry your sphere of influence and them speaking into your life and they typically see things that perhaps you have actually heard before but maybe you required an outsider to confirm so i’ve constantly enjoyed the investment both in time and cash in getting counseling so i wished to try better help so that i can suggest and type of see how the process went i will say as a disclaimer i am not an expert counselor psychologist i’m seminary qualified um which usually just indicates very light counseling normally the method a pastor is trained without like a counseling focus is we’re type of like the emergency medical technicians the emergency situation people that show up with the ambulance and we detect and then we advise people and we are constantly going hey here’s a spiritual location here’s are you perhaps you require to go procedure with somebody that’s a little bit more of an expert in that location so i’m not a specialist this is just my personal opinion is it useful my experience and so there’s five areas i’m going to look at i’m going to look at the rates which is a huge element the algorithm of linking you to a real counselor the technology how did that go the actual advice of
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my session over a month and then the faith component which is obviously really important to me because you don’t want to suggest someone to something and after that you understand maybe they they affirm something or they say something that your church doesn’t believe in which could be the spectrum naturally therefore to begin with on rate it was 320 for a month 80 bucks a week that include a weekly video session and unlimited messaging which you know what does that indicate it simply implies a couple messages with your therapist but i was impressed that the cost was okay you understand i have actually done therapy in the past and it can be very pricey particularly if you’re getting someone who is good at what they have actually done i have actually both done it when i was in seminary i had to go through some therapy a part of my program and it was just properly priced done some other therapy and marital relationship counseling and i what stands out to me on this was the marital relationship counseling we went to a pretty trusted organization a place that was popular released the the couple with the released uh authors and it was 80 dollars with a pastoral discount rate so that simply sort of leads you to think what you know the complete rate is quite costly and so uh 320 dollars is okay specifically and we’ll discuss this on the tech side the support was very good you know in the past when i have actually done therapy in both group or you understand separately you’re generally not engaging with your instructor constantly it’s generally simply around your sessions but to construct a routine start digitally there’s something about more access to your counselor that i really liked and my counselor was respectable at checking in on me and just asking things throughout the week even when we were not meeting so there was a process for you to get a discount if that was not um if it was excessive they asked your monetary situation so you can qualify for less i didn’t go through that procedure likewise contact your insurance coverage service provider if you have it to discover if you certify however the rates i felt specifically for the um the expertise of my counselor i was really satisfied what i got for the 320 and so um and then they provide you various alternatives when you cancel where you can sort of try it for an additional set of time if you want to if you wish to continue they do charge you month-to-month therefore you have to pay for a month of ahead of time therefore that makes sense however i i think it i was extremely pleased by the cost it’s still a great deal of cash i know for a lot of individuals um you understand someone like me i do not use counseling weekly or perhaps every year but i do i have found i take pleasure in the perspective
um every five years or two or if something’s going on that i can’t process particularly because of some childhood uh such things that occur in my childhood i there’s constantly something i’m learning more about myself however i’ve constantly enjoyed it so pricing respectable second the algorithm of actually advising they go through a whole procedure where they ask you a series of concerns before you ever visited you understand mail age what you’re looking for to get out of counseling they inquire like health and have you been depressed and things like that how are your sleeping routines some general concerns that are all pretty basic um i and i believed the concerns were strong um eventually they do get in we’ll discuss this in the face area they ask you like what your faith is and your
denomination and they were respectable about asking some faith related questions that i was actually extremely amazed with i wasn’t anticipating a lot on the faith location however i was impressed by how they engaged that part of who i am as an individual because that is important to me and crucial to a great deal of people um they practically took that it took anywhere however they say 24 to 48 hours to type of assign you to a therapist and uh i got appointed quite quick i believe it was within 24 hours got e-mail alerted it stated here’s the person i saw a picture a bio i might see their proficiency i could see other evaluations about them and then it was sort of like try try them out and i i and i might choose to have somebody else if i wished to and even when you stop they’re great at like asking a great deal of questions around you understand what you think about your accounts or how did that session did they appear i imply they’re they’re really trying to ensure everybody is solid and i might alter my counselor at any time there was no concern with changing um my therapist was fantastic about that too like you understand was asking a lot of questions which is a weird balance since you want a counselor that’s challenging you but also um you know somebody that you like that you can rely on so it’s a difficult relationship i’ve been quite um benefit i have actually gained from a great deal of excellent therapy so i think i haven’t really been paired with someone that i didn’t agree however i was impressed by the algorithm the questions and how the entire experience worked next the technology everything occurs through the site so it’s um it’s that you get notifications on text and e-mail etc but basically you meet and engage through their web website so betterhelp.com you have an account and basically it begins a personal chat with the person you’re counseling when you do alter therapist that data disappears at least gain access to from your end and but for example you arrange whatever within the app you um you satisfy the video technology it’s kind of like a google hangout that’s developed into the the real website and the video was fantastic um my my my therapist had the video on it worked extremely smoothly um the Talk Space/Charm
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just thing that was type of odd was typically you can alter your audio and video inputs um by selecting the different locations i could not find out how to do that as somebody who has some nicer equipment i usually like to check it’s using the right mic input not a big deal however that’s more of a technical nerd sort of component but i was impressed by how everything worked you understand web-based stuff and not software-based things or like you understand uh software application sitting on your computer often isn’t as great you understand zoom is downloaded on your computer versus google hangouts is in in the cloud sometimes that could be hit or miss but i was very impressed by the entire quality and my my uh my therapist was older and he seemed to understand how to run everything and it was extremely reliable i was impressed by the engagement from him through messaging uh the thing is i would get e-mails that he had actually posted a message however because of security reasons which makes sense none of the message remained in my email i had to constantly click onto the site to see things i sort of wish i might open that up however i comprehend that maybe you do not desire your personal information that is taking place between counselor in your inbox i also got text reminders you understand i had to opt in for that however like 20 minutes before my session i had the ability to schedule
everything and you know quickly add it to my calendar but in general the innovation was very excellent you know my therapist sent me some pdfs and things to procedure before our very first meeting i filled it out turn it in i indicate it wasn’t the most modern experience however it worked extremely well therefore i was really impressed with the total innovation the next area is the real vice my counselor was very was extremely proficient and had a great deal of experience and they were great and i enjoyed it they it was an excellent balance Talk Space/Charm