What's a good online (globally available) human therapist or therapy service?

SurpriZe@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 52 points –

I'm suffering from anxiety-related panic attacks and looking to have 1on1 video sessions with a therapist to relieve stress. Ideally available on demand but I'm open to try any good therapy at this point.

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I highly recommend finding a therapist in the normal manner and then confirming that they offer telehealth (I suspect most do), as opposed to BetterHelp and all those types of services. I have a great local therapist but if I'm ever not up to or can't come in, we just hop on a video call. It's good to have the option of going in person, even if you don't think you're there yet.

This. The first session with any therapist is mostly giving background, checking fit, and building trust. An app that gives you a different random therapist every time means only superficial help based on a bunch of assumptions of average needs that won't all fit - and no chance to correct those assumptions.

At least in the US, most therapists offer televisits since the pandemic. Your best bets are to either search your insurance's provider list or to search your location here and then filter by "Online" and your insurance carrier

This is exactly what I did, after having a bad experience with one of those services. It's like night and day, honestly.

One issue is that I'm not based in the US. I live as an expat in Vietnam and would love to find a good therapist but i have zero experience with this so I'd appreciate any help.

I'm sorry I don't have a good suggestion. Just please, don't use BetterHelp. They have already been caught selling health data to advertisers.

That was my immediate thought. No suggestion other than NOT BetterHelp.

Any recommendations? Would love to have a "friend for a call" when I'm having an attack. But I live in Asia so might also need it somehow 24/7. A real human only though.

Thank you. Could you try to recommend one decent path then?

Can you narrow it down to a specific country? Licensure and regulation will likely vary on a per-country basis. Assuming you’re not in the US based on the global availability stipulation, but if you are, psychologytoday.com is a good place to start.

I've looked at it and it still requires me to choose a country but mine is not on the list (Vietnam).

Check out healthy gamer gg on YouTube and Twitch. Will point you in the right direction.

Thanks! Has it helped you personally? If yes, then in what regard?

Absolutely.

He has so much content and for me he content around dealing with my ADHD and addiction has helped me understand how your brain works against you and provides good tips for doing better at life.

I find he is very open and sometimes blunt, and he adds a sprinkling of memes as his audience skews younger.

The community too, although I don’t engage so much it’s nice to see the comments of people in a similar situation as yourself. Honestly it’s hard to describe. You’d be best looking through his videos, I prefer the longer discussions. Finding one that relates to you and decide for yourself.

I would be interested in hearing your thoughts if you do go over to YT and watch some stuff.