The Doctor Will See You Now
A conversation with a Rogerian psychotherapist, from the script Joseph Weizenbaum published with ELIZA in 1966.
There is no computer here. You are the one who has to look for keywords and turn the pages.
How to use this book
- Read what ELIZA says. Some lines contain a — fill it in with the matching words from your previous reply. (You can type straight into the blanks, or pencil them in.)
- Write your own reply on paper. Say anything you like.
- Check your reply against the word list at the foot of the page, one group at a time, top to bottom. Within a group, take the matching word that comes earliest in your reply. Turn to the page for that entry.
- If a page asks which description fits, pick the first one that does.
Before you look for words, rewrite these in your reply:
| you're | → | you are |
| i'm | → | i am |
| dont | → | don't |
| cant | → | can't |
| wont | → | won't |
When copying your words into a blank, swap the pronouns:
| i | → | you |
| me | → | you |
| my | → | your |
| am | → | are |
| myself | → | yourself |
| you | → | I |
| your | → | my |
| yourself | → | myself |
| were | → | was |