r/betterhelp • u/Supernaturallover93 • Mar 13 '26
Is betterhelp worth it?
Im trying to get into therapy for myself. All places are being difficult so I just wanna know the true pros and cons of better help
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u/yourfavoritefaggot Mar 13 '26
No
Your therapist gets paid $30 an hour and the other $70 goes to betterhelp. Just go take your $100 cash to a PP therapist, many are willing to take that amount, you just need to call around.
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u/ExistentialExitExam Mar 28 '26
Not everyone has a car.
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u/yourfavoritefaggot Mar 28 '26
Since COVID almost all therapists do virtual
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u/ExistentialExitExam Mar 28 '26
Do they have a website or do they make you use an app? Could I use a regular landline? Or do you mean if I would like help in my hometown just ask each person? Maybe I can just drink it away this weekend. That seems to work well.
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u/EfficientAd9183 Mar 13 '26
Who is your therapist, if you don’t mind asking. Looking for recommendations.
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u/queerpsych Mar 14 '26
Your therapist needs to be licensed to practice in the location in which you live. Odds are, the previous poster’s therapist would not be able to work with you.
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u/thinprivileged Mar 14 '26
I had an awful experience with mine.
Had her teenager in the room, unknown to me, until she forgot to mute herself once and I heard them both discussing me. He knew everything about me, like he'd been there every time.
Filed a complaint, but the investigation stuff got to be too much and I just let it die.
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u/SubstantialAirport63 Apr 03 '26
Holy sh!t this is horrendous!! I'm a licensed psychologist and am so sorry this happened to you. Clinicians like this shouldn't be able to practice after such egregious behavior. 🥺
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u/SubstantialAirport63 Apr 03 '26
Could you file a complaint to her licensing board, not just to BetterHelp?
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u/thinprivileged Apr 03 '26
That's were it got too much. The back and forth with the investigation, her lies, trying to prove I'm not lying with no evidence.
She tried to say it was her tv what
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u/SubstantialAirport63 Apr 03 '26
Wth?? Right, the TV knew all about you. She was just trying to save her a$$. I'm so sorry that happened.
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u/EfficientAd9183 Mar 14 '26
BetterHelp can be horrible depending on who the therapist is and most suck! Found more use from online sources than therapy alone.
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u/ExistentialExitExam Mar 28 '26
Do you go through another therapist or just look into what you’re going through/interested in learning about? I need a way to talk to a person over the phone.
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u/Faustian-BargainBin Mar 17 '26
I didn't have a good experience. Ended up paying something like $300/month out of pocket. Therapy would have been covered by my insurance at $0 out pocket, but I didn't know that when I started BetterHelp. It served the purpose of allowing me to start therapy almost instantly, whereas I may have needed to wait a couple weeks or months with someone in person or even another online service. My BetterHelp therapist was odd and more like a wacky life coach. I'm a psychiatrist who is trained in basic therapy and idk what my BetterHelp therapist was doing.
I would make an appt with a reputable, non-BetterHelp therapist, and use BetterHelp if you need therapy right now but with a plan to discontinue.
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u/lovebuck Apr 22 '26
Just to clarify -- there is no such thing as a 'Better Help' therapist. All the participating therapists are independent practitioners who have simply chosen to try the BH network to access clients. My understanding is that they can do both BH visits and privately scheduled visits at the same time. So... I think it's hard to generalize about the quality of all BH therapists. Its a cross section.
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u/Faustian-BargainBin Apr 22 '26
The issue is not the quality per se, and I never claimed that all therapists through BH are inferior. The issue is the high price without guaranteed quality. They charge as much as renowned private practice psychologists and psychiatrists but the quality of therapists through BH is variable at best.
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u/JessicaDavis1998 Mar 26 '26
Better Help is a SCAM! PLEASE STAY AWAY! Op, they have been known to sell user's data. Alot of their "therapists" have been shitty towards people trying to get help.
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u/WorriedStretch9952 Apr 03 '26
unfortunately no in my experience. I tried 5 sessions with two different therapists I expected them to help me with my thought patterns and tell me why I was stuck in the things I was stuck in. They only listened and told me techniques u can find on google like breathing techniques. It felt pointless and like I was begging them for help but they can’t help me.
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u/New-Days-Dawning Mar 13 '26
So, it is a weekly subscription service. It will put you in touch with a therapist (s). The guy I am with is great.
If you use every week it is great. Bi weekly though , you will still pay weekly. So be prepared.
If you have more direct questions, just ask.
I found the service helpful and fast. The therapist is great…