(2014-11-05) Does Text Therapy Actually Work

Does text therapy actually work? (mental health)

Talkspace, one of several digital therapy providers, offers unlimited text therapy for $25 a week. The all-you-can-text therapy startup, founded by Roni and Oren Frank about a year ago, gives people easy, cheap access to licensed therapists. And nearly 100 therapists are providing "textual healing" to some 70,000 people through the platform.

Initially, Nicole told me she'd reply once a day, up to six days a week, but she actually texted me much more.

To further erase the stigma of therapy, TalkSpace has a pop-up therapy installation in New York this week

Unlike me, most of Talkspace's users aren't twenty-somethings. Many are mid-40s to 50s, according to Christy Paul, a licensed therapist who now works full-time with Talkspace clients (she texts roughly 30 clients a day).