One of the first things I tend to ask new patients in a consultation is about their previous experience of therapy. Increasingly, I’m hearing that somewhere along this journey they have tried an online therapy platform – such as BetterHelp or Talkspace.
This isn’t surprising. The advertising budgets of these large online platforms are enormous with promotions appearing across TV, podcasts, radio and social media. Having looked further into the way these platforms operate and present themselves, there are a number of issues I have with how they advertise their services and facilitate therapy.
In this blog, I’ve outlined two of these concerns and offered some reflections on how psychotherapy might approach them differently.
Click below to read the full article:
https://www.brightonandhovepsychotherapy.com/blog/the-issue-with-online-therapy-platforms/
Joseph Bailey Psychotherapy 