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My boyfriend and I (both age 17) have been living together for 3 months after certain incidents that made me take the courage to take him in and stay in the same household together . As being a young teen it is mostly seen as a short term relationship for most couples like us . But with us living together and discussions/ plans for our future with our parents we have run into a few bumps in the road as having our own mental health issues and communication with eachother . So we both decided to take the courage and reach out to get relationship counseling through our main escape , our phones . Coming across this app I thought it was a great idea to do so . We both downloaded this app and checked off all of our improvements we would like to make in our relationship and then waited for an email confirmation as most of you know of if you signed up …. I then received an email late today at 2:29 ( not mention I signed up yesterday at noon) stating that because of our age and our concerns we were denied for counseling and were told to find in person counseling . Now I believe if this app is including the option to let 12+ preteens and teens to reach out that we should be able to have this opportunity.. I am very disappointed as this would’ve been life changing for me and my boyfriend …

I have tried this two different counselors. The first one kept sending generic worksheets and never really asked questions pertaining to my specific situation. The second guy. I had hope for him. He seemed great at first. We had one live session which he wanted to talk on the phone but I just wanted to message. He seemed annoyed by that. After our session he did do a check in later that day but I was busy so I responded the next day and answered some questions he had asked and shared some thoughts I had. He later messaged that I should schedule a session. He didn’t acknowledge or reply to anything I actually said. 1. I don’t want to talk on the phone yet he keeps pushing it. 2. All of the sessions he had available was for the following week and non of the days actually fit into my schedule since I work 10 hour shifts and don’t want to spend my breaks or short lunch on the phone. 3. I just felt like he could have at least replied to at least something I said. I mean I know unlimited doesn’t mean my counselor is unlimited available to me but when he does check in I mean like say something. I thought the benefit to a platform like this is that one can share thoughts as they arrive. I just feel like this has been a waste not once but twice. And I’m not even sure if this is like real counseling.

We tried Regain for couples therapy due to a lack of access and availability to in-person, local therapy. Regain is simply a connection service that uses less personal information than a dating app to match you with a therapist. It is clear to us that the company does the bare minimum to verify that the therapists are good at their job. It seems that Regain makes sure that the therapists they hire are licensed but that’s where it ends. We met with 2 different therapists. Both were unprofessional and either inexperienced or overall not good at their job. One therapist was 15 minutes late for a session, then her cell phone rang 5 minutes in, then tried having us role play within 15 minutes of meeting us though we were clearly uncomfortable in the situation. The other therapist was very sweet but completely inexperienced and lacked the level of professionalism you would expect from a licensed therapist. Regain just links people together and collects the money. The customer service was quick to respond but other than a generic auto response apology they did address the issues I brought to them. After 3 session, 2 different therapists we opted to cancel and receive a full refund. We will get on a waiting list with a local therapist.