This is Part 2 of a series. Read Part 1 here. Over the decades, I have learned so much from my experiences in my consultation room, from my patients and from taking... Read more »
The whiplash around AI these days is real: One minute, we’re hearing from the most powerful AI leaders of our time that the technology could arguably kill us all. A minute later,... Read more »
Co-authored by Martha Sweezy and Roberta Omin Imagine you are a therapy client arriving for a session. You watch your therapist walk across the room with a limp. He seems to be... Read more »
The therapeutic use of literary works of art–novels, short stories, and the like–fall under the broad term bibliotherapy when employed as a means to heighten or expand the dialogue, deepen the core... Read more »
Since ChatGPT was released in December of 2023, there has been a lot of conversation about how artificial intelligence may upend various facets of human life. From academia to the arts, from... Read more »
What prevents effective relationship treatment from reaching those who need it? When a couple faces a crisis, the idea of professional help might feel like a lifeline. But for many, getting that... Read more »
In March 2025, researchers published the results of the first randomized controlled trial for an “expert-fine-tuned” generative artificial intelligence-powered chatbot for mental health treatment.[1] The researchers behind Therabot claim their study provides... Read more »
Is your weekly appointment just a time to vent? What do you do when your therapy seems to be going nowhere? Beyond the Honeymoon Chances are, you came to therapy because you... Read more »
As a therapist and a mother, I was deeply moved by the miniseries Adolescence. This portrayal of some of the most torturous aspects of being a teenager was deeply moving and held... Read more »
A 2022 study published in the psychology journal Computers in Human Behavior found that 55 percent of its 872-person sample preferred AI-based psychotherapy to working with human clinicians. Reasons for preferring robots... Read more »