If you’re looking for maintenance type therapy, someone to chat through life stuff with, then self space is an accessible way to do that. Their online system makes booking really easy, and I like their therapist matching tool. HOWEVER, if you have serious mental health problems, I would not recommend self space. I saw a therapist for around 6 months at self space, and she was great, but she left and the space didn’t communicate this with me until I turned up for a session and someone else had been allocated to me, who had a totally different therapy style and didn’t suit. I tried a a few other therapists, and again found none of them to be a good fit. The most alarming thing is that last year I was going through a serious mental breakdown, experiencing suicidal ideation, which resulted in me actually attempting suicide. Over the months leading up to this, I saw different self space therapists, sobbing throughout the sessions and openly telling them how I felt and the SI I was experiencing. I didn’t feel that any of them understood the severity of what was going on, with one therapist telling me verbatim “you’ll be fine”. I think self space can be a great tool for mental health maintenance, and I like the smooth accessible format it takes. But for serious mental health problems, steer clear.

EDIT: thank you for your response, I appreciate it. Unfortunately this just isn’t the experience I had - during this time period I saw 3 different therapists and was open with them all about what I was experiencing. None of them mentioned any sort of plan, or even encouraged me to book further sessions. Luckily, I’m still here due to being admitted to a facility by emergency services and making a steady recovery with the help of medication, but it’s a shame it got to that point. It really could have been a matter of life or death, and if I received more support from Self Space, it could have been a different story.