Robot-Based Psychotherapy: Concepts Development, State of the Art, and New Directions

摘要

In this article we propose new concepts and a framework of robot-based psychotherapy (or robotics-based psychotherapy;,i.e., Robo-Therapist, Robo-Mediator, Robo-Assistant). We also review the state of the art of the field based on this framework and delineate possible but also needed future developments and integrations in the field. Implications for future research, theory development, and practice are discussed in the context of evidence-based psychotherapy (i.e., cognitive-behavioral therapy/CBT).