Opinion Piece Regarding TalkSpace

PsiAN co-chair, Linda Michaels, wrote a Medium piece in response to Kara Swisher’s interview (appearing in the New York Times) with Oren Frank, CEO of Talkspace, a text therapy service. “In all, stranger things have surely happened, but finding myself in any agreement with Oren Frank is certainly unexpected,” she writes. “Still, he is an expert marketer, Talkspace is a well-funded brand, and I question what lies beneath the polished veneer. I’m not so sure our agreement is anything more than skin deep.”

Read the article: Stranger Things — After being sued by Talkspace, I never thought I’d be agreeing with them. Or am I?

July 2021