articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . june 2016 talkspace type private industry psychotherapy founded 2012 founders oren frank roni frank headquarters new york city new york u.s. area served worldwide key people oren frank ceo dr. irvin d. yalom advisor services online therapy unlimited messaging therapy website www.talkspace.com talkspace is an online and mobile therapy company based in new york city . it was founded by oren and roni frank in 2012 . 1 talkspace users have access to licensed therapists through the website or mobile app on ios and android . 2 3 talkspace is advised by dr. irvin d. yalom professor emeritus of psychiatry at stanford university 4 and dr. andrew sekel ph.d. 5 linda sacco lcsw ph.d was hired on in 2016 as the vice president of behavioral health . from june 2015 todd essig ph.d a new york based psychologist has written several articles delineating the alleged clinical issues and problems with talkspace . dr. essig s articles can be found online . in his most recent article august 2016 dr. essig exposes talkspace s latest and most public breach of client confidentiality . since dr. essigs august 2016 article many talkspace therapists have come forward to let the public know if talkspace s unethical and deceitful practices many of which can be found on glass door . sadly many therapist report they have taken their concerns to talkspace s upper management only to be chastised and dismissed . talkspace has gone so far as to send threatening legal letters to former therapists and have threated legal action if therapists tell dr. essig their story about the deplorable working conditions at talkspace . history edit oren and roni frank the co founders of talkspace 6 7 are a married couple . they founded the company in 2012 after an experience with couples counseling that helped save their marriage . 8 roni frank previously worked as a software developer before choosing to pursue a master s degree in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy . 9 in may 2014 talkspace raised 3.5 million in a seed round of financing from investors that include spark capital softbank and metamorphic ventures . 10 11 talkspace raised another 9.5 m in series a funding from spark capital and softbank in may 2015 . 12 services edit talkspace introduced unlimited messaging therapy in 2014 13 offering users unlimited text messaging with a therapist on the talkspace website or mobile app . in february 2015 the therapy platform was extended to include couples therapy . 14 in september 2015 talkspace launched social media dependency therapy a 12 week program that addresses mental health issues related to social media use . 15 16 as of october 2015 clients and therapists can also send audio and video messages on the platform . 17 as of july 2016 users and licensed therapists can use real time voice and video calls during therapy sessions for its unlimited messaging therapy and livetalk online therapy programs . 18 talkspace s live video programs are powered by agora.io a provider of hipaa compliant video services . 19 references furhlinger josh . all you can text therapy services wall street journal . retrieved 30 march 2015 . brodwin erin . i spent 7 amazing days with a therapist who only knew me via text message . business insider . garun natt . talkspace now lets you send audio and video messages to your e therapist . the next web . kolodny lora . talkspace raises 2.5 million to deliver affordable therapy online . the wall street journal . oran nicole . q & a dr. andrew sekel on why web and mobile psychotherapy has unique important benefits . medcity news . o brien sara ashley . does text therapy actually work cnn . retrieved 30 march 2015 . trinh trian . the doctor is in cyberspace abc news . retrieved 30 march 2015 . lyster lauren . disrupting psychology text a shrink for 25 week . does it work . yahoo finance . castillo stephanie . the adverse effects of social media talkspace brings attention to how overuse can harm mental health . medical daily . crook jordan . talkspace therapy platform piles on another 1m from metamorphic launches on android techcrunch . retrieved 30 march 2015 . halper bonnie . nyc smartphone talk therapy startup talkspace raises 3.5 m alleywatch.com . retrieved 30 march 2015 . lamantia jonathan . too busy for therapy there s an app for that . crain s new york business . lawler ryan . unlimited messaging therapy startup talkspace raises 2.5 m from spark capital and softbank . retrieved 25 september 2015 . reader ruth . couples therapy yeah there s an app for that too venturebeat . retrieved 30 march 2015 . flynn kerry . social media dependency now has a 12 week therapy plan created by talkspace encourages people to reflectreality . international business times . kessler sarah . what i learned in 12 weeks of therapy for social media addiction . fast company . crook jordan . talkspace therapy by text service launches asynchronous audio video messaging . techcrunch . lim jason . agora.io is poised to dominate real time voice and video apps . retrieved 2016 09 07 . talkspace . talkspace launches livetalk online therapy bringing real time video and voice calls to its mobile app . www.prnewswire.com . retrieved 2016 09 07 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title talkspace & oldid 744539320 categories 2012 establishmentscompanies based in new york citytherapyhidden categories orphaned articles from june 2016all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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