Published on in Vol 21, No 7 (2019): July

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/12529, first published .
Development and Evaluation of ClientBot: Patient-Like Conversational Agent to Train Basic Counseling Skills

Development and Evaluation of ClientBot: Patient-Like Conversational Agent to Train Basic Counseling Skills

Development and Evaluation of ClientBot: Patient-Like Conversational Agent to Train Basic Counseling Skills

Michael J Tanana   1 , PhD ;   Christina S Soma   2 , MEd ;   Vivek Srikumar   3 , PhD ;   David C Atkins   4 , PhD ;   Zac E Imel   2 , PhD

1 Social Research Institute, College of Social Work, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

2 College of Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

3 School of Computing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

4 Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of Washington, Seattle, UT, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Michael J Tanana, PhD
  • Social Research Institute
  • College of Social Work
  • University of Utah
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  • Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Email: michael.tanana@utah.edu