Lewis Capaldi teams up with BetterHelp to give fans 734,000 hours of free online therapy: “Therapy is the reason why I am able to be a musician again”

7 July, 2025

Lewis Capaldi

Lewis Capaldi has teamed up with BetterHelp to give fans 734,000 hours of free online therapy.

The singer-songwriter is offering up to a month of therapy free through the platform and he has shared his experience with his own mental health problems, which you can view in a video below.

In it, he shares how finding the right therapist and engaging in therapy has helped him to “feel the best he’s felt”.

He said: “Therapy is the reason why I am able to be a musician again. I don’t think I’ll ever stop going to therapy after the impact it’s had on my life over the past two years. I want to support my fans as they’ve supported me, which is why I’m donating 734,000 hours together with BetterHelp.”

Sara Brooks, Chief Growth Officer of BetterHelp added: “We’ve seen through our data that globally 3 in 4 people agree that seeking mental health support is important, yet most people are afraid to ask for help.

“To have someone as globally recognised as Lewis Capaldi share so authentically how
getting help through online therapy has transformed his life is incredibly powerful. We’re grateful to have Lewis speak up and use his platform to help break down the stigma of therapy.”

Capaldi took a break from the spotlight in 2023 after he took to the stage at Glastonbury but saw his performance disrupted by vocal tics, which is a symptom of Tourette’s Syndrome.

During the set, fans helped him continue with his performance, and he was met with an outpouring of support from both those at the festival and at home. One mother of a teenager with Tourette’s hailed the performance as “amazingly powerful” and said that she was “in tears” over it.

Speaking about the experience now, Capaldi said: “I think I probably knew [I needed to take a break] two songs into the set at Glastonbury that I couldn’t do it. Glastonbury is obviously a big deal, it’s kind of like the biggest deal. And it was the Pyramid Stage so it was a big old gig.

“Second song in, I was probably just like, this has to be like… I can’t keep doing this to myself and other people as well.”

He also said at the time, that he felt like he was “done indefinitely”.

Capaldi has since returned with his new single ‘Survive’ and he made an emotional return at this year’s Glastonbury.

He has since announced a new UK and Ireland tour for this September and today (July 7) he has confirmed a tour of Australia and New Zealand. You can purchase tickets for the former here and sign up for pre-sale for the latter here before they go on general sale on Thursday (July 10) at 2pm local time here.

For more information about Capaldi’s partnership with BetterHelp and to access a free month of therapy, head here.

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