Woebot is not for talk therapy; it applies cognitive behavioral therapy. Since it's a skill based approach, I don't think it's crazy to think a chat bot could e

Woebot is not for talk therapy; it applies cognitive behavioral therapy. Since it's a skill based approach, I don't think it's crazy to think a chat bot could effectively approximate that type of therapy. It's much less open ended than talk therapy. I don't think we'll see effective talk therapy chat bots for quite some time.