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BetterHelp Shares Your Data With Facebook | Corporate Casket

iilluminaughtii

Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4961 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Go to http://hellofresh.com/casket65 and use code casket65 for 65% off plus free shipping! Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. BetterHelp is well known for being a popular platform for online therapy—but do they have their client's best interests at heart? A lack of professionalism, questionable partnerships, and advice that’s more harmful than helpful have led many to believe otherwise. Online therapy is already controversial, but recent issues confirm it can be downright dangerous. Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii’ Sources: https://justpaste.it/cscpa Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Ali Z-B This episode was edited and mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Trauma- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Electronica Punch- Oleksandr Koltsov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Better Help make therapy

0:02.8

essential for a number of different reasons.

0:05.3

Sometimes people are looking for that relatability.

0:08.3

They're looking for someone who looks like them.

0:10.5

I work with clients who are coping with anxiety depressed.

0:13.7

Better help is meant to be as the name suggests a better way to get help.

0:17.7

Maybe you have anxiety or depression and need someone to talk to, but therapists near you aren't

0:22.2

taking new clients, they're booking months in advance,

0:24.8

they don't accept your insurance, or they just don't align with your values.

0:29.3

Finding someone that suits your goals and needs as difficult but crucial.

0:33.0

This is what Better Help has promised,

0:34.8

but according to the Wall Street Journal,

0:36.6

it's been a failed promise.

0:38.3

Back in December, Caleb Hill went to Better Help

0:40.5

for the same reasons we already listed. He felt isolated as a gay man

0:44.0

growing up in a conservative household in Tennessee. After being kicked out of his home

0:48.5

and hearing about better help in podcast commercials Caleb decided to seek help.

0:53.0

He requested an LGBTQ plus therapist, which Better Help Should be able to provide, right?

0:58.1

They promised a personalized therapist tailored to his needs.

1:01.3

So even if Caleb's therapist wasn't gay themselves finding someone

1:04.8

that understands and can help LGBTQ individuals shouldn't be too hard.

1:08.9

Apparently though it was. Imagine being in Caleb's shoes for just a moment here. Your family

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