thank youuuuuu

Fake news

@@mrpolnar1 Found the CEO of BetterHelp.

yup, my partner tried it. Her first therapist was an old man who made some very questionable statements about asian women in reply to her issues (an asian woman). The interaction made her cry afterwards. She tried again a few months later and found a female therapist who was a lot better, but that first experience should never have happened.

This got a lot more attention than I ever expected so I wanna stress that I hate to be that guy-- youtube is a tough business and virtually none of the common sponsors are exactly good. I don't begrudge anyone on here trying to make a living, just the companies that offer poor services or products. I pointed it out this time because of the greater potential for damage coming of of bad therapy (as opposed to like, someone selling kinda crappy earbuds) and because I know Mr. B has a successful conservation business and a long standing partnership with Squarespace already, so I know I'm not ruining an entire livelihood, and that makes this a better time and place to get the word out. So, no offense intended by this!! I love your work.

I was coming in to comment on the same thing. It's so rare that we get to see the initial consultation to work out what sort of restoration is being requested, so this was a rare look into another part of the process. I'm glad that Kit is still in studio and that the owner consented to be on camera. I hope we will get to see more pieces like this in the future.

Kitt!! It’s been forever. She’s so funny!!

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At some point, Kitt needs 100% her own episode. Well, Julian can poke his head around the corner once and make a silly face, but yes, she needs her own episode!

Exactly

She may have won the tack removal but Julian is so much faster at scraping

Good luck with your learning. I would love to learn another language but it never seems to stay in my brain!

That's great! He does have a nice, slow speaking style. Good luck with your learning!

congrats on finding someone who talks at the right speed for you! that's one of the hardest parts of language practice for me edit: it's a good idea also to have some variety! i've heard stories of people who learned a language from a tv show and then talk like the characters, in a way that native speakers can recognise. of course, there's nothing wrong with the way julien talks, but it's very formal, which could make it difficult for you to sound casual during casual conversations if you learn primarily from him. if you like minecraft videos, ethoslab is a youtuber who spoke slowly in the past and then gradually began to speak faster. if you start with his old playlists and work your way up to the new ones, it could be a good way of improving your listening speed! maybe other people have recommendations for similar channels?

​@@Nepeta-Leijon I'am not a beginner in English, but I have mainly used technical English throughout my career as an electronics engineer (reading technical literature), so I have little experience of general conversation.

@@axelackens2157 oh awesome! julien's style of speaking is probably a good fit for the workplace; his tone is very professional

Not hiding in the background.

​@@dac9500Oh, boy, I can't wait to see the deft, socially nuanced reasoning behind this take.

@@dcallan812no shaming her for "hiding" if she doesn't want to be in a video

@@Uncle_Smidge Learn how to punctuate. There's no need for a comma after the word "Oh". The comma after "deft" should be replaced with the word "and". Also, "socially nuanced" doesn't really make sense. Just as you failed in high school English, you failed miserably in trying to impress others with your basic writing and composition. How do you like my take on you? ❄️🤡

@@Uncle_Smidge Try to learn basic punctuation and composition before failing miserably (as you did in high school English) before making any comments. And take a peek at a thesaurus once in a while. "Socially nuanced" ... that's hilarious. ❄️🤡

Oddly enough, it looked just like the usual rabbit skin glue even if he mentioned no solvent worked...

@@guillermojperea6355looks can be deceiving

One of my absolute favourites!!

Thought the same thing!

I love that video

well it's for a very good reason, they're a horrible organization

people just feel more comfortable trying to educate other people now, but are also very concerned and aware of the influence someone with almost two _million_ subscribers, he won't drop it if it's just a couple people saying "betterhelp bad" and betterhelp is BAAAD, wym "never know why?"

should they just shut up and not say anything?? this guys has millions of subscribers, he has a level of responsibility for promoting a company that sells its patients information to advertisers

Suspect? Of course the bigger ones have their own.

@@MumrikDK They have entire departments

to be fair the biggest cost in restoration jobs is the labor and knowledge which wont be much cheaper for a museum.. the materials used are (in comparison) a minimal cost though there is the cost of a workspace which is somewhat variable.. but the hours of work by a skilled person is where you pile up the costs

@@Simon-ho6ly sure, but I assume that expert restorers that charge per restoration do so with a premium hourly cost and an estimate for hours, where a museum might just pay an annual wage that doesn't come close.

@@XYGSteve a bit, but then if the museum pays too low, the conservator will likely look to setup on their own, in partnership with another conservator or look to move to higher pay... but on the flip side, many museums hold historically and culturally significant works which you probably dont want to put in the hands of the conservator you found who will accept bottom level pay for... meanwhile a private conservator may have a hard time finding clients with realistic budgets to restore what may often be, at least moneteraly lower value works..

Not sure if this applies here, but I know of a content creater who has to keep doing sponsorships (for a genuine service, not scams like betterhelp) for a company for a year due to a contract - maybe it's something similar here. I sure do hope julian isn't _this_ oblivious to the background of his sponsors.

@@maxz8807 if this is the case, he can always rescind the contract. He would lose the money, but I'd prefer that over being sued for fraud.

@@maxz8807 I think that if you don't stand squarely behind giving s sponsor space in your videos, a contract can maybe be terminated.🤣

I'm glad people on this channel know this. I see so many content creators promote them and don't see enough comments like this.

These comments don’t match what is going on in video. Hm

His older videos are all-in-one, but the time between uploads was quite sparse. He ran a community or patron poll quite a while ago asking if people would prefer the episodic format with more regular uploads over the long form videos, and people voted yes so that's why the change happened. The good news for you though, is that you can scroll through his channel page and get your fix of all-in-one videos :)

Their vetting process has also come into question many times, as there are many complaints against the professionalism and ethics of the "therapists" they hire. These are all things that have been known since very early 2021.

Yip

Thumbnail had the right caption for this, most likely unintentionally.

Have these accusations persisted after they got officially investigated? The investigation clearing them was the last thing I heard (about a year ago, I think).

@@sarahleonard7309 "Clearing" isn't the word I'd use. FTC found the accusations against BetterHelp (sharing private health data and selling user information) essentially true. The company has promised to do better in the future, but with such a big break of trust over such a sensitive business model, it is clear that questions remain. Combine that with general criticism of the idea of online therapy, and criticism from clients about unprofessional therapists etc. that weren't part of the FTC investigation, and it's not surprising that the accusations continue. I'd say that not enough time has passed to tell whether they'll honestly try to do better. Would I work with BetterHelp as a video sponsor if I had a KZfaq channel? I don't think so, not right now.

So would this be a copy? As they have it at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.

@@etienneE It could still be a copy made by the Theodoor van Thulden or it could be by a student of the time. Theodoor van Thulden painted many altarpieces so it wouldn't be odd for there to be more than one as churches would likely request images on the same theme. Only close examination or better still a signature would say for sure.

@@littlebacchus216 If you compare this painting to the original the difference in quality is pretty obvious. If this was painted by Thulden he put a LOT less time and effort into it.

Yes, the intro to this video was really like "More drama, baby"... Many of this old paintings have several copies, so it shouldn't be to difficult to recreate the face. It's not a portrait painting, but a quite generic mythological painting. Even if there isn't an original painting or another copy, it shouldn't be to difficult to create a matching face for it. Thank you for your research.

@@littlebacchus216 I don't think you would find this kind of painting in a church, but all the big palaces and manor houses needed a lot of decorative art, so why reinvent the wheel, if a copy of another painting would fulfill the purpose.

and the more they worked on it the scarier it got! (gets??)

agree!

it would be good that if you are commenting this let the people know why.

​@abrilcb5749 I presume, it 1) very obvious 2) we can google it by ourself

​@@abrilcb5749better help has poor vetting of therapists, leading to gay people being matched with Uber Christian therapists who try and "fix" their gayness with prayer, as well as privacy breaches to start with.

@@abrilcb5749 they sell user data and the counselors aren't therapists so that's how they get away with that, then there's the fact that it's a company based in Israel which is occupying Palestine and committing genocide so people are rightfully disappointed when a creator takes their sponsorship

my thought exactly....

im gonna skip this one

@@twotruckslyrics I use the SponsorBlock browser extension to skip it. Not affiliated, just suggesting it because it works.

Yep, skip this one and quite a few other ones. I'm so disappointed to see them as sponsor here.

@@twotruckslyrics The ad or the video? No reason to skip his work. It's not his fault if they're being shady behind the scenes and he doesn't know about it.

Must have gotten it for nearly free to be willing to put this much into it lol

I almost waited to watch this until after pt 2 came out... but that didn't happen

People are already doing that now. The standard of Restaurations in Germany (and the EU) is higher then in the US, which means that his work is under scrutiny here.

I believe you're right but it's definately copy, artist unknown.

I look at the work and the time and think "that must cost a fortune." I dreamt of doing conservation work like Julian's when I was a teenager and I love being able to watch someone actually do it.

don't worry to much betterhelp is scummy but what do scummy company's do have contracts that will screw you over if you talk bad about them

I found that too. Because you you and I do research. Julian spends weeks scraping but can’t do a 3 minute Google reverse image search? Aggravating.

@@dougl945 I'd guess that he knows, he's just stringing us along. Given his passion and experience in this field, he probably identified it on sight. If he doesn't know? Yes, quite aggravating. 🧐😆

Gave out. Have they begun to do better? OR do we demand a society in which no forgiveness can ever be attained? Put the Calvanists to shame.

​​@@trapjohnson it doesn't sound like they made a mistake and it was not accidental. They knowingly and willingly chose to break the trust of their clients and patients.

No one asked for my 2-cents, but I’m gonna throw it in! I absolutely agree that giving out personal info is “scummy”, however, I will say, I’d much rather know that promoting some type of mental health “help” in which someone could potentially see it here & decide that it’s worth it to them to seek that help, is much more valuable than not promoting it. Is someone less likely to experience something of this nature with individual therapists’ who have their own practice or work within one…probably, but it is potentially something that could happen in that setting as well. For instance, if one lives in a community that is well-connected, “everybody knows everybody”, you can almost bet that at some point, someone is going to break the rules & discuss something they shouldn’t or perhaps tell everyone they know that “so and so came in to talk to the therapist “. Imo, that’s just as bad, if not more so, bc the latter affects the person on a level that can’t be “forgotten” anywhere near as quickly bc everywhere you turn, someone knows your business. Maybe this sounds nuts, but as someone who once couldn’t bring myself to seek the help I so desperately needed to the point that I considered un-aliving myself several times, I had no idea how to even go about seeking the help. It sounds like bs, but 20 yrs ago, ppl still talked about mental illness with a whisper. So, transgressions aside where BH is concerned, hopefully they do better now & those needing help can get it without worry, but I don’t feel like throwing something like that out the door so folks become even less trusting of seeking help is the answer. For some, it’s life or death--& in that moment, who gives af about personal info being given out. Their life is worth more than worrying about that!!

​@skully6223 Unfortunately, selling people's information wasn't all they've done, and incompetent therapists can be very harmful to the very people they are supposed to help. I suggest searching "BetterHelp controversy," and taking the other things they've done and likely still do, into consideration. They could really, irreversibly harm vulnerable people with their unethical practices. People who are already suffering. It's cruel and dangerous.

@skully6223 theyvalso get rid of therapists mid treatment to patients and that leaves the patients sol

what face???

THAT painting! 🙉 🤔 🙈 🙊

At this point it’s fair to say just about anything promoted for payment in KZfaq videos is a scam company or shady as hell

adds might be the only thing keeping this channel alive. We know BH are cr@p just skip past it.

It makes me so sad to think about. Somebody who really needs help and watches this uses it as motivation to finally get the help they need, trusting that since they've see it all over KZfaq it must be legit.. only to take their money and provide no help whatsoever, leaving them worse off than before. It's pretty shameful to see them still being accepted as a sponsor TBH.

They are a big tech company first, and a healthcare provider second (or third or fourth). They have had some data and confidentiality issues, pay therapists really poorly so folks don't stay, and many clients have experienced their therapist just disappearing without a proper termination because BH doesn't facilitate a proper end to treatment. If you're looking for virtual sessions, at least in the US, most private practice therapists are still offering telehealth. If you search and likely after a lot of money you can find the right therapist, but someone depressed is already finding help something rather difficult.

I have zero idea of their practices 🤷🏼‍♀️

Same 😊

Dammit I’m in second! You beat me by 9 seconds

Me either. Fascinating isn't it?

@SenorTucano hahah, I actually saw a post on Instagram about the video, and then showed up here

Never skipped an ad this fast.

Do please post a link to the video, Nina! Thanks in advance