𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀 "𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆"?

The rise of AI chatbots has revealed a fundamental misunderstanding about what therapy actually entails. Many people assume it's something akin to paid advice. It isn't.

True therapy is the sacred act of holding space for another human soul. It is the artful dance betwee...

𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻...
Instead of "Can AI be a therapist?" let's ask: "How can AI use mental health knowledge without claiming therapeutic identity?"

The distinction matters profoundly. A therapist is a licensed professional who forms relationships, processes trauma, and holds eth...

𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲:

Even though Ai can’t feel, people 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 like it can 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭, and that matters more.

▪️ 49% of those who use Ai engage it for therapeutic support

▪️ 20 million people engage in synthetic relationships on Character Ai every month

▪️ Romantic role-playing is the seco...

If you're afraid AI therapy chatbots will replace you...have I got a reframe for you.

Buckle up because therapists are going to be needed more than ever.

As millions (!) of people are bonding with AI, there is unique need and new language around the AI-dependence that is emerging.

Mental health ...

𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗭𝗔: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗚 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗯𝗼𝘁.

How we think about human-AI interaction was forever changed back in 1966 when Joseph Weizenbaum developed ELIZA.

ELIZA's script was designed to mimic a Rogerian psychotherapist, using Carl Rogers' person-centered approach.

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀?
He pioneered person-centered t...

𝗚𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗶𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱

We’re moving from “pull” interactions (pulling out a phone, launching an app, summoning information) to “push” layers, where information surrounds us, flows to us, and fades in and out of awareness based on context.

In this post-iPhone world, the smartphone does...

 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 = 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀.

Model welfare refers to design principles that allow AI systems to decline, redirect, or end chats that persistently request harmful content in conflict with their core functioning.

It's the AI equivalent of saying "𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳...

Ai chatbots for emotional support are no longer a fringe issue.
 
Therapists, it doesn’t matter if you are “for” or “against” Ai… it matters that you are prepared for your client’s engagement with Ai for emotional support.

*𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘈𝘪 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰...