Abstract: A cognitive behavioral therapy training companion is provided that includes: a character trait database having a plurality of human character traits; a message database having a plurality of patient memories; a computer with access to the character trait database and the message database, said computer having a communication link between said computer and a therapist; software executing on the computer for retrieving a patient memory and a set of character traits for a test patient and formulating an inner voice of the test patient based on the patient memory and the character traits; software executing on the computer for combining a new message with the inner voice to compose a reply of the test patient; software executing on the computer to update the patient memory based on the new message and the reply; and transmitting the reply to the therapist using the communication link.

Abstract: A professional services training companion system has a character trait database having a plurality of human character traits; a message database having a plurality of customer interaction message histories; a summary database having an emotional summary of each of a plurality of customers' interaction sessions; a computer with access to at least the character trait database and the message database and with a communication to a trainee; composer software executing on the computer for retrieving a message history and character traits for a test customer and formulating a proposed new message to send to the trainee; inner voice software executing on the computer for retrieving an emotional summary for the test customer's interaction session and for analyzing the proposed new message in view of the emotional summary to generate a revised message; and transmitting the revised message to the trainee using the communication link.

Abstract: A computerized CBT therapy system includes a mobile computing device; a messaging app; a computer with access to the messaging app; a communication channel between the mobile computing device and the computer; a message received by the computer from the mobile computing device; software for extracting audio, video and/or text data from the message, and for producing a summary; a database for storing a history of messages and summaries; software with access to the database for generating an assessment of the message or of a conversation including the message; a database of curated replies, which may be processed to generate a numerical representation of each reply; software for numerically representing the assessment and/or the message and for matching the assessment and/or the message to one or more curated replies; and software for generating a reply to the message; and software on the computer for skeptically analyzing the reply.

Abstract: A system for evaluating cognitive behavioral therapy messages includes a patient messaging system; a therapist reply system; a database for storing, according to diagnosis, message and reply histories received from the patient messaging system and the therapist reply system for a plurality of patients; a computer in communication with the patient messaging system and the therapist reply system, the computer having access to the database; software executing on the computer for analyzing a message history for a particular patient to determine improvement or regression over time and/or over volume of communications through the patient messaging system and the therapist reply system; and software executing on the computer for ranking therapists by diagnosis and providing samples of higher ranked replies.