Chatbot Therapy - A Critical Analysis of Ai Mental Health Treatment

This book examines automated mental health therapy in the form of therapy chatbots, taking a critical analysis of this new technology. Drawing on historical and emerging scholarship on critical theory, science & technology studies and critical psychology, this project investigates the social life of mental health therapy applications.

List of contents

Series editor preface. Introduction. 1. Computational Conditions. 2. Automated Conversations. 3. Treatment Methods. 4. Economic Imperatives. 5. Conclusion: Invention is the Mother of Necessity.

About the author

Eoin Fullam is a lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. His research is interdisciplinary, drawing on critical theory, science and technology studies, and psychoanalytic theory to analyse contemporary technical society and mental health. Eoin's primary research concern is to explore the ways in which human subjectivity is constructed, produced, or influenced by technological interventions.

Product details

• Authors: Eoin Fullam, Eoin (University of Birkbeck) Fullam
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 11.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032957623
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3295762-3
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Concepts for Critical Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Psychological methodology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services