Digital Temporalities and the Therapeutic Relationship: The Mixed Affordances of Chatbots and Mental Health Apps

Deborah Madden

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Abstract

The paper examines the extent to which mobile apps, virtual platforms, chatbots and online interactive therapies have created the emergence of digital temporalities that are changing the complexion of in-person professional mental health care and psychotherapy counselling, with a focus on the client-therapist relationship.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 10 Mar 2023
EventUnlivable Time CAPPE Conference - University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
Duration: 10 Mar 202310 Mar 2023
https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/cappe/2022/11/07/call-for-papers-unlivable-time-understanding-and-resisting-neoliberal-temporalities/

Conference

ConferenceUnlivable Time CAPPE Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBrighton
Period10/03/2310/03/23
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Bibliographical note

The paper examines the extent to which mobile apps, virtual platforms, chatbots and online interactive therapies have created the emergence of digital temporalities that are changing the complexion of in-person professional mental health care and psychotherapy counselling, with a focus on the client-therapist relationship.

Keywords

  • Mental health
  • therapy
  • client-therapist relationship
  • psychotherapy
  • contemporary psychotherapy
  • Neo-liberalism
  • temporality

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