AI + Existential Psychotherapy Oct 15, 2025

How to resolve your existential angst in 3 easy steps....

Ok, ok, there are zero easy steps in existential psychotherapy. This is one of those iterative, gray-area, philosophical therapeutic approaches.

So, what does it have to do with the intersection of AI chatbots? Glad you asked :)

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House of Therapy Oct 11, 2025

Your definition of therapy is wrong.

If you think itโ€™s โ€œone thingโ€โ€ฆitโ€™s not.ย 

While some clinicians practice through a particular theoretical lens (๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต), many practitioners are โ€œeclecticโ€.ย 

Eclectic means over time we gain more skills and study methodolo...

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Embodiment Oct 05, 2025

Therapy chatbots are misleading the general public.

They only tell a partial story of how healing occurs.

In essence they say: ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ-๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ด.

๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ how this is solely cognitive.

This is per...

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AI + Motivational Interviewing Sep 30, 2025

If you say youโ€™re building ethical AI, but you arenโ€™t doing thisโ€ฆ then youโ€™re missing something.

Let me start by introducing Motivational Interviewing (MI).

MI is a collaborative, client-centered approach that strengthens a person's motivation to change by ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ rather...

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This is Your Body on AI Sep 28, 2025

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—œ.

Why is AI sticky? โ€ฆbecause it provides ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.ย 
Attunement is when someone responsively tunes into your internal state, leading to a sense of understanding and connection. Itโ€™s that feeling of โ€œ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ!โ€. Bottom line: it feels awesome.

So, letโ€™s look at how your bo...

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Here's Why Chatbots Can't Replace Therapy Sep 28, 2025

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜†.

The reason (one, among many) is ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†.

Here's what I mean by that...
๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ-๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜“๐˜”๐˜ด are not structured with clear role definitions:
โ—พ One minute they are helping you organize a project
โ—พ The next they are consoling your ongoing plight with a family...

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Newsletter #1 - AI Mental Health Collective! Sep 13, 2025

Even when I'm on vacation, I'm thinking about AI.

I had the opportunity to spend several days in various parts of Utah this past week; it was a welcome pause amidst my ongoing endeavors to spend time in reflection.

I'm thinking about how AI is impacting our society, our relationships, and

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Community-Oriented AI Sep 13, 2025

I think AI should be a group sport.
I think it should be community-oriented.
I think it should be a social experience.

Why?
Because when it's kept secret it has the potential to cultivate delusions, grandiosity, and separation from reality (๐˜'๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ-๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด...

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AI Might Be the Largest Provider of Mental Health Support in the US Sep 13, 2025

AI *๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ* the largest provider of mental health support in the US, according to a recent survey.

Check out LLM mental health usage by the numbers:

โ—พ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿต% of users with a self-reported mental health condition use LLMs for emotional support

โ—พ ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฏ% for anxiety

โ—พ ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฏ% for advice

โ—พ ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ% for depression

โ—พ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด% fo...

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What Does Ethical AI Actually Look Like? Sep 13, 2025

These are the minimum baseline requirements for the safe and ethical development and design of AI systems:

  1. Clear consent and disclosures:

Remind users this is a tool, not a real person; shared information is not confidential

  1. Crisis intervention protocols:

Implement multi-layered safeguar...

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AI and Attachment Theory Sep 13, 2025

๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ "๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€"โ€ฆwhat do I do?

ย 

Iโ€™m sitting with more and more therapists who are reaching out to me with this question- how do I approach this client who is presenting with delusions, grandiosity, and separation from reality in relation to AI?

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One lens that I appro...

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The Most Dangerous Thing About AI Sep 13, 2025

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป. ๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ.

Every technology that promises connection has this shadow side. Social media taught us to perform rather than relate. Dating apps turned relationships ...

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