Augmenting the Therapeutic Relationship

Abstract: This thesis presents the development and evaluation cycles of a prototype admin portalintended for use by therapists with Zeeds’ mobile application to monitor patient’s progress. Themobile application is designed as a habit formation tool based on the therapy methodacceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Together with the portal, it aims to improveadherence to therapy homework. The project went through two design and implementation cycles, with the first cycle focusing onfocusing on gathering information through a literature review of ACT and cognitive behaviortherapy to understand the therapists’ work, creating design mockups, and developing aprototype. In the second iteration, the design was tweaked. The portal was evaluated through aquestionnaire in the first cycle and a usability test in the second cycle. The app's evaluationresults suggest that it can be a valuable tool for supporting adherence to therapy homework, butfurther testing and development are needed to realise this potential fully.