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From: mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology,comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Telepsych - BLYTHnet
Summary: not yet
Keywords: online counselling
Message-ID: <117@intek01.UUCP>
Date: 21 Mar 89 23:04:46 GMT
References: <9045@dasys1.UUCP>
Organization: Integration Technologies Inc. (Intek), Bellevue WA
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From article <9045@dasys1.UUCP>, by tzippy@dasys1.UUCP (Tzipporah BenAvraham):
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>                                   Telepsych(tm)
>                            a service of Blythe Systems
>                             235 East 87 Street, #12J
>                                New York, NY  10128

Looks like they're not kidding about this ... How do we know it's not
just ELIZA on the other end? :)

But seriously ... typed text carries so much less information than an
in-person interview (body language) or even a phone call (hesitations,
tone of voice) that it seems of very limited value for therapy.  You 
can say "I love you" in such a way that it means "Beat it, I'm working 
and I don't want to talk with you right now", but that doesn't come across
on the tube at 1200 bps.

Maybe when real-time holography comes along this would be more an option,
for those who can do without a hug anyhow ...