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Re:Ask HN: Good command line psychotherapy programs? by jonjacky on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @02:13PM (#19433733)
A post on HN two years ago, "A therapy chatbot for depression" [0]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14504306

Kenneth Colby, a Stanford professor, had something like this in the 1970's and 80's. According to the Wikipedia article [1] it was sold as a product. I remember reading a skeptical account of it in a popular book back then [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Colby

[2] http://rdrosen.com/psychobabble-fast-talk-and-quick-cure-in-.... bah, link now broken

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