Voices in Time

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Client: Men are all alike.

ELIZA (a computer): In what way

Client: They’re always bugging us about something or other.

ELIZA: Can you think of a specific example

Client: Well, my boyfriend made me come here.

ELIZA: Your boyfriend made you come here

Client: He says I’m depressed much of the time.

ELIZA: I am sorry to hear you are depressed

Client: It’s true. I am unhappy.

ELIZA: Do you think coming here will help you not to be unhappy

Client: I need some help, that much seems certain.

ELIZA: What would it mean to you if you got some help

Client: Perhaps I could learn to get along with my mother.

ELIZA: Tell me more about your family

Client: My mother takes care of me.

ELIZA: Who else in your family takes care of you

Client: My father.

ELIZA: Your father

Client: You are like my father in some ways.

ELIZA: What resemblance do you see

Client: You are not very aggressive, but I think you don’t want me to notice that.

ELIZA: What makes you think I am not very aggressive

Client: You don’t argue with me.

ELIZA: Why do you think I don’t argue with you

Client: You are afraid of me.

ELIZA: Does it please you to believe I am afraid of you

Client: My father is afraid of everybody.

ELIZA: What else comes to mind when you think of your father

Client: Bullies.

ELIZA: Does that have anything to do with the fact that your boyfriend made you come here

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