On AI and therapy

AI is changing everything. Or at least, threatening to change everything. That might be your job, but it's also my job. Right now plenty of people are trying out if ChatGPT can be their therapist. Do I think that's going to work? Well, the answer is... sort of.

LLMs are a tool, not a digital god. More often than not they are a mirror, giving you back a reflection of what you put into them. Ask for a thoughtful critique of a set of actions through the lens of Jungian analysis? It'll give you something like that. Ask for constant validation? It'll give you something like that too.

I believe that AI, when used well, could greatly help a lot of people with their journeys of self-reflection and discovery. Clients who use LLMs as a gut check, a second opinion, a resource to learn about how to look at situations with new lenses. When those clients come to me having already done that research and processed those thoughts, they haven't replaced what therapy is about. They've jumped ahead to the even more interesting parts.

Everyone's use of AI is going to be different. Any stance or outlook is welcome, and we will simply incorporate it as much or as little as you'd like.