ABSTRACT
The controversy and derision associated with computerized forms of psychotherapy are almost as old as George Orwell’s (1949) classic book 1984, and the two are often compared. The 1980s have come and gone, making Orwell’s projections of dystopia seem a bit naive yet still somehow relevant. The same might be said of many early conceptualizations of computerized psychotherapy To the relief of many clinicians whose livelihoods depend on the practice of psychotherapy, the state of the art with respect to psychotherapy is computer-aided and not computer-replaced treatment.
