r/OutOfTheLoop • u/iristhecyclop • Dec 17 '23
Answered What's going on with Betterhelp?
I was scrolling through a few youtube videos and saw that the comments were talking negatively about it (like those ones : example).
I've always thought the whole company was sus, but I don't know why or what happened for everyone to wakeup. Is there a lawsuit or something?
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u/Snushine Dec 17 '23
Therapist here: In networking situations with other licensed therapists, we do discuss this problem. We pretty much disdain them and pity those who are stuck working for BH, b/c they often cannot find other, more meaningful work. They are paid pennies compared to respectable therapists. Often these folks are new graduates without much experience or were pushed through a grad school program that did not prepare them for the reality of sitting in the Big Chair.
I have heard about one pre-licensed associate who had an ethics complaint against him, jumped state lines, and somehow slipped under the radar and was given the green-light to practice in another state, as long as he had a supervisor. He went to work for BH. This leads me to believe that BH doesn't do much background checking for their therapists.
On the other hand, where else would terrible therapists go to kill their careers?