To start: I (33f) am a very busy FT single mom with dx’d ADHD, PTSD, Anxiety, etc. 
I also have issues with social anxiety. 

I have health insurance and I see a psychiatric provider for meds/med check and the whole shebang. I have been in talk therapy on off most of my life but insurance makes a game out of what kind and how many visits before it assumes “you will be cured after this amount.” Ridiculous. 

I want to know if anyone has experience with these online, virtual or app therapies such as Cerebral, BetterHelp, TalkSpace, LemonAid, Sanvello, etc- there are a ton and I know I haven’t heard of them all. 

So what I guess I’m asking is if any users can answer any of these questions:

1. Have you tried any virtual or app therapy?
2. What kind of therapies do they provide? (Actual talk therapy vs psychiatric, diagnosis through psychometrics, video/text/email/phone calls, availability/requirements, group, types of disorders or mental health treated, types of therapies such as CBT/DBT, etc etc)
3. What is your review of the platform?
4. Did they accept insurance or allow you to submit it to your insurance after pay?
5. Is it convenient?
6. Was it helpful? What was your experience?

Yes, I’m aware some of these kind of tie in with each other, but some of them I wanted to be specific about. 

Answering any or all of these would so helpful for me, as I have done my research but the info isn’t always clear- plus I would rather hear from actual people and not articles since you can’t always trust the motivation behind them. 


Thank you so much! I appreciate it more than you know.