An iOS app called TalkSpace recently launched, making it the first text-message-based therapist program! Is text-based therapy the future of therapy? Trace explains how by paying a hundred dollars a month, users are able to text a therapist whenever they want!

Follow DNews on Twitter:   / dnews  
Follow Trace on Twitter:   / tracedominguez  

Read More:
Textual healing: are apps the future of therapy?
http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/5/5765...
"Compared with finding a therapist in a big city, signing up for text-message therapy was a breeze."

Computerized Therapy: Will Your Next Therapist Be a Computer?
http://psychcentral.com/lib/computeri...
"You have probably heard of ELIZA at one time or another. In the mid-1960s, Joseph Weizenbaum, a computer scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, developed a computer program to simulate a Rogerian psychotherapist."

Would You Want Therapy From a Computerized Psychologist?
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology...
"DARPA-funded technology says it can diagnose anxiety, depression, and PTSD—no human necessary."

ELIZA: Free Compu- Therapy... Sort Of
http://mentalfloss.com/article/18292/...
"Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum died earlier this month, reminding us that his most famous creation, the computer program ELIZA, lives on."

The Future of Computerized Therapy
http://psychcentral.com/lib/the-futur...
"There are some problems that continue to defeat computer science researchers."

Computational Linguistics
http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/...
"ELIZA is a program operating within the MAC time-sharing system at MIT which makes certain kinds of natural language conversation between man and computer possible."

Watch More:
Jackson Galaxy's Cat Mojo
   • 3 Steps To Make Your Cat More Social  

____________________

DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily.

Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews

Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...

DNews on Twitter   / dnews  

Trace Dominguez on Twitter   / tracedominguez  

Tara Long on Twitter   / taralongest  

Laci Green on Twitter   / gogreen18  

DNews on Facebook   / discoverynews  

DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews

Discovery News http://discoverynews.com

Download the TestTube App: http://testu.be/1ndmmMq