Therapy

Question 1

Therapy

Answer 1

The word therapy refers to a kind of treatment that helps someone feel better, including treatment for mental health issues.

Someone who delivers therapy is called therapist.
They haven’t compared Woebot to a real therapist due to ethical concerns.

Question 2

To check in with someone

Answer 2

To check in with someone, it’s an informal way of saying You talk to someone in order to report or find out information.

I can’t meet you today, but I’ll check in with you tomorrow,
to see how the project is getting on.
I need to check in with the boss about my new project.

Question 3

Woe

Answer 3

Woe means sadness.

I’m full of woe, woe is me!

Roughly how many people do you think experience mental health issue @ some point during their lifetime?
It’s a big issue, one in four … .

Question 4

Ethical

Answer 4

Ethical basically means morally right.

They haven’t compared Woebot to a real therapist due to ethical concerns.
It could be unethical to deny a real patient access to human therapist for the sake of trials.

Question 5

Stigma

Answer 5

Stigma refers to the associations that people have about sth, especially when these associations are not fair.

Using an app carries less stigma than maybe seeing a human therapist.

Woebot tracks your mood & talks to you about your emotions, using a technique called cognitive behavioural therapy, is a common therapeutic technique that helps people deal with problems by changing the way they think.

Question 6

Self-reflect

Answer 6

Self-reflect, which means thinking deeply about yourself, in order to understand the reasons behind your feelings.

People need to self-reflect more.
We don’t have much time for self-reflect because there are too many distractions in life especially smartphones.
We’ll leave you to self-reflect … .

He’ll just essentially check in with you every day & just give you a sort of figurative tap on the shoulder.