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World Dispatch: Should you get therapy by text message?

On this episode of The Outline World Dispatch, we delve into the world of text message-based therapy apps.

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Therapy in your pocket

The Future

World Dispatch: Should you get therapy by text message?

On this episode of The Outline World Dispatch, we delve into the world of text message-based therapy apps.

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Therapy — and mental health care in general — is often a luxury for many people, even though it shouldn’t be. So if a service offered you the benefit of speaking to a supposedly trained stranger, while boasting a lower cost than some hourlong sessions, and provided it at your fingertips, it would seem like a no-brainer, right?

On this episode of the Dispatch, I chat with Outline staff writer Paris Martineau, who interviewed people who use text message-based therapy apps. Are they worth your money? Is what they market what they actually deliver?

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text therapy

Services place users in a private chatroom with a designated counselor or therapist.
It’s meant to be more affordable, discreet, and convenient than traditional therapy.
Text therapy is not intended as a replacement for face-to-face therapy.
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