Phone Therapist or Counseling

[Meeasy]

Does anyone have experience with any of the telephone counseling therapy services like talkspace or better help? There are several. Is it positive ? Negative? Scam? Value? Compared w face to face? I'm attracted by the convenience, cost and anonymity.

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That's a good question. I'm not sure. But I'm curious to know

[Kobojunkie]

Have you tried actually seeing a live therapist before now? Did that help you any?

I know nothing about the online services but i do wonder what you expect to gain from having a no face therapist on-line. Just curious!🤔

[Meeasy in reply to Kobojunkie]

Yes I've been to therapist before but not recently and not for anxiety. With technology there is a new emerging "telemental heath therapy" that uses phones, chat, Skype, FaceTime etc to deliver counseling. ADAA which hosts this forum has some links in the "find help" page. You can also google "phone therapy" and find a bunch of options. My attraction is to the convenience and supposed lower costs. The anonymity may offer some additional freedom to be rigorusly honest in therapy. I think there is a need for it since many fellow travelers suffer with isolation and social anxiety. I'm curios to hear the thoughts of those who've done this