Artificial intelligence (AI) has entered virtually every sector of healthcare, and addiction treatment is no exception. Chatbots, conversational agents, and AI-powered coaching apps are now marketed as tools, or even substitutes, for... Read more »
Obsessive-compulsive disorder presents in widely different forms, and clinicians have long suspected those variations respond differently to treatment. A new study tracking 152 OCD patients through an eight-week course of exposure and... Read more »
Does the idea of a computer “listening” to your therapy session sound like science fiction? For many, the thought of Artificial Intelligence (AI) entering such a private space feels a bit uneasy.... Read more »
Does the idea of a computer “listening” to your therapy session sound like science fiction? For many, the thought of Artificial Intelligence (AI) entering such a private space feels a bit uneasy.... Read more »
One of the many activities children and teenagers enjoy doing throughout their childhood is listening to music. Music is an outlet while children and adolescents are growing up, and can especially be... Read more »
Artificial intelligence, in its various forms, has become deeply integrated into the lives of many of the patients I work with in my clinical practice. Nowhere is this more evident than in... Read more »
A therapist can make an entire career out of three letters: why. Not because the question itself is complicated, but because the answer is rarely simple. Beneath the struggles people bring into... Read more »
Dating in the 21st century is hard. Singles are both overwhelmed and underwhelmed. Overwhelmed by the number of apps and an infinite sea of prospective partners/dating app users. Underwhelmed by the quality... Read more »
Sam and Cate are having their first session in couples therapy. “Are you in individual therapy?” the therapist asks. “Yes,” both say. “Just getting started, or have you been in it for... Read more »
“The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao,” wrote Lao Tzu in Tao Te Ching more than 2,500 years ago, capturing a paradox that still resonates today. Our deepest... Read more »