Thought provoking article Rosie. I think as therapists we need to be helping clients understand the pros and the cons of using ‘AI as a therapist’, particularly the cons of which there are many (watch this space, I have a podcast/video ready to be recorded on this very subject!!)
I found this article really inspiring. I was initially skeptical about AI but the more I play around with it, the more exciting it feels. I can see many ways that this could be super helpful for clients and our work with them, but I totally agree that us therapists, psychologists and clients need to be the co-creators. Here are a few of my thoughts in response:
AI using your 'voice' without permission (or payment!)
You have some wonderful helpful resources out there, I'm not surprised they were able to capture your voice so well. But, as you mentioned, it's important that clients and therapists are confident that their 'voice' is used in an ethical way.
AI not seeing the nuance
I've seen the horror stories too! But, it's not going away. We have a choice here, stand back and let the big companies take the lead or step in and help safeguard people from the nightmare bots telling people to do harmful things. (PS love the CBT protocol comment - that made me laugh!)
I think the future is being able to use AI to help track data and patterns within our clients work. This should go beyond graphs of PHQ9 'recovery'. We have an opportunity to make this really meaningful and tailored to the individual in real time. This is what we are doing with and for clients anyway, this could really empower clients to see 'under the hood' of therapy and their own processes and progress.
It makes me think of the ACT app - you can do individual exercises, reflect on your practise and send your results to your therapist. Now imagine how interactive that set up could be with AI.
I am very super excited for what you're doing Rosie!
This was very interesting to read, as AI feels like such an unwieldy thing to navigate and get to grips with, and find how it will fit into our practice as psychologists. Just completed your form, curious to see where you'll go with it. I'd like to hope that once the novelty of AI wears off a bit, there'll be a move towards valuing human connections even more.
Interesting discussion, thanks Rosie. I don't think AI can ever compete with the relationship we offer our clients. Ideally we'd want our clients to share how they're feeling or dilemmas with trusted friends or family, but in the absence of those I think AI could offer some form of connection between sessions.
Thought provoking article Rosie. I think as therapists we need to be helping clients understand the pros and the cons of using ‘AI as a therapist’, particularly the cons of which there are many (watch this space, I have a podcast/video ready to be recorded on this very subject!!)
looking forward to it!
I found this article really inspiring. I was initially skeptical about AI but the more I play around with it, the more exciting it feels. I can see many ways that this could be super helpful for clients and our work with them, but I totally agree that us therapists, psychologists and clients need to be the co-creators. Here are a few of my thoughts in response:
AI using your 'voice' without permission (or payment!)
You have some wonderful helpful resources out there, I'm not surprised they were able to capture your voice so well. But, as you mentioned, it's important that clients and therapists are confident that their 'voice' is used in an ethical way.
AI not seeing the nuance
I've seen the horror stories too! But, it's not going away. We have a choice here, stand back and let the big companies take the lead or step in and help safeguard people from the nightmare bots telling people to do harmful things. (PS love the CBT protocol comment - that made me laugh!)
I think the future is being able to use AI to help track data and patterns within our clients work. This should go beyond graphs of PHQ9 'recovery'. We have an opportunity to make this really meaningful and tailored to the individual in real time. This is what we are doing with and for clients anyway, this could really empower clients to see 'under the hood' of therapy and their own processes and progress.
It makes me think of the ACT app - you can do individual exercises, reflect on your practise and send your results to your therapist. Now imagine how interactive that set up could be with AI.
I am very super excited for what you're doing Rosie!
This was very interesting to read, as AI feels like such an unwieldy thing to navigate and get to grips with, and find how it will fit into our practice as psychologists. Just completed your form, curious to see where you'll go with it. I'd like to hope that once the novelty of AI wears off a bit, there'll be a move towards valuing human connections even more.
Interesting discussion, thanks Rosie. I don't think AI can ever compete with the relationship we offer our clients. Ideally we'd want our clients to share how they're feeling or dilemmas with trusted friends or family, but in the absence of those I think AI could offer some form of connection between sessions.