Are Therapy-Bots Really Our Best Chance At Solving Population Mental Health?
Like bandaids, AI chatbots can comfort us in times of desperation. But healing a wound takes more than a comforting bandaid.
Helena Plater-Zyberk
Helena Plater-Zyberk is the Founder & CEO of Supportiv, the AI-driven on-demand peer-to-peer support service that serves large employers, EAPs, health plans, hospitals, Medicare, and Medicaid and has helped over 2 million people cope with, heal from, and problem-solve struggles like stress, burnout, loneliness, parenting/caregiving, anxiety, and depression. Supportiv has been proven in peer-reviewed research to reduce the cost of mental health care and deliver clinical-grade outcomes. She previously served as CEO of SimpleTherapy, an at-home physical therapy service, and has operated business units for global corporations Scholastic and Condé Nast. Helena holds an MBA from Columbia University.