Patent ID: 7835997

Claim:
A system for remotely conducting psychotherapy between a client having and a therapist comprising: a first web enabled computer device operated by the client, said first computer device having a web browser and being operatively coupled to the Internet; a second web enabled computer device operated by the therapist, said first computer device having a web browser and being operatively coupled to the Internet; a server operatively coupled to the Internet; a web server application resident on the server and a web site resident on the server, said web server application being operatively coupled to a private web based chat application, said chat application being activated by the client by engaging a first link on the web site, the private chat application being adapted and configured to relay live text, audio and video messages between the client and therapist via the web browsers of the first and second computer devices; the web server application and the private chat applications being adapted and configured to permit the client to interact anonymously with the therapist via the chat application; an artificially intelligent therapy application operatively coupled to the chat application, the artificially intelligent application being adapted and configured to receive and interpret text messages from the client sent via the chat application and then formulate an appropriate response thereto, the artificially intelligent application being further adapted and configured to transmit the response to the client via the chat application; a forum application operatively coupled to the web site, said forum application being adapted and configured to permit a plurality of patients and therapists to view and post questions, answers and information relating to a variety of topics relating to psychotherapy, said forum application being accessible by the patient by means of a second link located on the web site, and an encyclopedia database application operatively coupled to the website and accessible from the web site by a third link on the website, the encyclopedia database being adapted and configured to display detailed information relating to a variety of topics relating to psychotherapy on the client's browser window, the encyclopedia database having a search application adapted and configured to permit the patient to search for specific information by entering a search term in the search application, the encyclopedia database being further adapted and configured to search for and display in the patient's browser information corresponding to the search term.