Using text-based therapy could help ease mild-to-moderate depression, according to researchers at the University of Washington. Symptoms improved for more than 400 adults following three months of ...

More than a decade ago, Thomas Derrick Hull, a clinical psychologist who researches digital health, had what felt like a wild thought. What if therapists, who can’t keep up with demand for ...

When teens in Seattle need someone to talk to, many are starting with their phones. The city launched a free virtual therapy program for teens and young adults in December. It’s open to residents ages ...

(NewsNation) — Text-based therapy can work as well as live video therapy for depression, researchers found in a new study.

Texting or emailing with a therapist might provide more relief to people with depression than waiting for an appointment on video-based platforms. That was the hypothesis researchers at the University ...

IN AN AGE OF on-demand movies and car-hailing apps, traditional therapy can feel so 1985. I grew up around therapy—my father had a private practice—and counselors have helped me through a couple of ...

Text has come a long way from the days of brief “send money” messages to the modern era of doing almost everything through a screen. We now shop, work, hire, fire, fall in love, and even break up — ...

Apps offering therapy or coaching by text on-demand aim to deliver convenient care to a stressed-out world. Source: ModernHealth/GettyImages One of the deepest ...