Flexible hours, steady flow of clients, feel supported.
Pros
I love the flexibility to choose my own hours and the amount I can do. I can work from home and generally receive a steady flow of clients. The resources on BetterHelp are extremely helpful for working with clients (i.e. activity sheets to use in sessions, CPD to enhance my learning, free personal therapy for therapists. Clients can choose to have sessions via video, telephone or texting, all of which I enjoy doing, although my preference is video. The pay is quite acceptable when you consider you don't need to advertise, suitable clients are found for you, depending on your preference and experience. You don't even need your own website (although I choose to have one) and CPD is available for free.
Cons
Sometimes there may be some technical glitches but these are few and far between and this is something that can happen on any platform. As with face-to-face counselling, sometimes you may not match well with a client but this is easily rectified by BetterHelp and the client can choose another therapist. It's good to know that they have a choice because the client is the most important person in therapy.
