Therapy alone is a scam in the majority of cases for most people, so an "affordable, digital" option is going to be a scam in 95% of cases.
But most therapy is also indistinguishable from a placebo to begin with in terms of effects. So if you think its beneficial to be talking to this person, it probably will be so whether they are qualified or just a random loser they pulled off the streets.
Which is why Betterhelp is able to keep operational. It feels like its working for most people paying for it, and its price is much more reasonable compared to everything else, even if its just pure placebo. So all the legitimate complaints with it don't effect it much.
The biggest problem is that a therapist needs a lot of certain skills when dealing with particular vulnerable people who might need their services. These might only be 1/50 clients in a day, but if they fuck up that person is broken or dead. Just like a doctor. So an unlicensed or shitty therapist will do fine all day with people who are just a little sad and that placebo works fine on, until they fail in a catastrophic way.
Therapy alone is a scam in the majority of cases for most people, so an "affordable, digital" option is going to be a scam in 95% of cases.
But most therapy is also indistinguishable from a placebo to begin with in terms of effects. So if you think its beneficial to be talking to this person, it probably will be so whether they are qualified or just a random loser they pulled off the streets.
Which is why Betterhelp is able to keep operational. It feels like its working for most people paying for it, and its price is much more reasonable compared to everything else, even if its just pure placebo. So all the legitimate complaints with it don't effect it much.
The biggest problem is that a therapist needs a lot of certain skills when dealing with particular vulnerable people who might need their services. These might only be 1/50 clients in a day, but if they fuck up that person is broken or dead. Just like a doctor. So an unlicensed or shitty therapist will do fine all day with people who are just a little sad and that placebo works fine on, until they fail in a catastrophic way.