AI & therapy

Artificial intelligence is changing the world faster than most of us can make sense of it — and the therapy room is no exception.

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Some people arrive having already tried AI therapy apps or chatbots. Some have formed genuine connections with AI companions. Some find it easier, at first, to talk through technology rather than to a person — and that is worth understanding rather than dismissing. Others have found the experience hollow, or unsettling, or have come away feeling more alone. All of it is valid, and all of it is welcome here.

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The appeal of an always-available, never-judging presence tells us something important about loneliness, shame, and the human need to be heard without consequence. That is not so far from what therapy has always tried to offer.

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What AI cannot do — at least not yet, and perhaps not ever — is truly know you. It cannot sit with uncertainty, bring its own humanity to yours, or be changed by the encounter. Therapy, at its best, is a relationship. That relational element is not incidental — it is the mechanism.

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Whatever your experience of AI has been, you are welcome to bring it here.