Replika — and the future of apps

I work in Mental Health. I love my work. And yes, I am the stereotypical counselor who ended up in the field because the study of mental health for my own sanity was necessary. I also wanted to better understand my family of origin. It led me to where I am now. It has been a long, long road. In that, you might imagine I would have known about chatbots since their creation. Since COVID, I have been working from home, telehealth. Because of that, I doubled up on tech and continuing education courses on telehealth. In the process, I discovered chatbots. What’s this? Really? What? Where? Google is a…