BetterHelp in 9 slides
The biggest online therapy platform - licensed therapists join as contractors and earn roughly 25-35 dollars per live session hour plus messaging compensation, with clients supplied by the platform.
- Online therapy platform
- Online therapy platforms
- Based in Mountain View, United States
- Vetted: providers are screened
What you do on BetterHelp
How the money is made: freelance services
- Build a profile
- Win a client
- Deliver the work
- Get paid
The biggest online therapy platform - licensed therapists join as contractors and earn roughly 25-35 dollars per live session hour plus messaging compensation, with clients supplied by the platform.
Founded 2013 · next to 6 other online therapy platforms
Work and topics
Good for
What BetterHelp takes
~$25-35/hr live sessions + messaging pay
How the money reaches you
From sign-up to payout
- Sign up
- Application and vetting
- Do the work
- Earnings clearWeekly
- Withdraw2 ways to withdraw
2 ways to withdraw
- Bank transfer
- PayPal
Can you join?
Yes, if you pass its application and you live in United States.
You need a degree or professional licence, a computer and reliable internet.
What you need
- A degree or professional licence
- A computer
- Reliable internet
- Application and vettingHow sign-up works
Open in 1 country
What people actually earn
BetterHelp says more than 30,000 licensed mental health professionals are available on its platform, per its official therapists page.
Source: betterhelp.com ↗BetterHelp's therapist application page shows a pay-calculator estimate of $39,000 in annual earnings and states it does not guarantee any minimum earnings.
Source: betterhelp.com ↗BetterHelp offers therapists who commit 30+ hours a week a $650 monthly health benefit stipend, per its therapist application page.
Source: betterhelp.com ↗How it scores
Strong on track record. Weaker on access.
- FeesNot enough facts
- Getting paid2.3
- Access2.0
- Track record4.5
- Proof of earnings3.0
- Verified earnings
- Top 10K website
- 10 years running
- Public company
- Fully documented
How much we know
We have 10 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- How fast you get paid
- Withdrawal methods
- Join requirements
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
- Wikipedia or reference page
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Minimum payout
- Payment protection
- Review ratings
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts