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 :)
Let's start with...
Your definition of therapy is wrong.
If you think itโs โone thingโโฆitโs not.ย
While some clinicians practice through a particular theoretical lens (๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต), many practitioners are โeclecticโ.ย
Eclectic means over time we gain more skills and study methodolo...
Therapy chatbots are misleading the general public.
They only tell a partial story of how healing occurs.
In essence they say: ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด.
๐ก๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ how this is solely cognitive.
This is per...
If you say youโre building ethical AI, but you arenโt doing thisโฆ then youโre 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 ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ rather...
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐.
Why is AI sticky? โฆbecause it provides ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.ย
Attunement is when someone responsively tunes into your internal state, leading to a sense of understanding and connection. Itโs that feeling of โ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ!โ. Bottom line: it feels awesome.
So, letโs look at how your bo...
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ'๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป'๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐.
The reason (one, among many) is ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐น๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐.
Here's what I mean by that...
๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ-๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ด are not structured with clear role definitions:
โพ One minute they are helping you organize a project
โพ The next they are consoling your ongoing plight with a family...
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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 ... |
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 (๐'๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ-๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด...
AI *๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ* the largest provider of mental health support in the US, according to a recent survey.
Check out LLM mental health usage by the numbers:
โพ ๐ฐ๐ต% of users with a self-reported mental health condition use LLMs for emotional support
โพ ๐ณ๐ฏ% for anxiety
โพ ๐ฒ๐ฏ% for advice
โพ ๐ฒ๐ฌ% for depression
โพ ๐ฑ๐ด% fo...
These are the minimum baseline requirements for the safe and ethical development and design of AI systems:
- Clear consent and disclosures:
Remind users this is a tool, not a real person; shared information is not confidential
- Crisis intervention protocols:
Implement multi-layered safeguar...
๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ "๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ถ๐"โฆwhat do I do?
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Iโm 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...
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐๐ป'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป. ๐๐'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ.
Every technology that promises connection has this shadow side. Social media taught us to perform rather than relate. Dating apps turned relationships ...