"What parts of therapy are we willing to give up and who ultimately pays the price if we do?"
"When reflection, interpretation, or clinical direction are increasingly delegated to AI systems, therapists risk becoming passive reviewers of analysis rather than active meaning-makers."
"AI will never be able to replicate the therapist gut."
"Therapy is not a pattern to detect, but rather has contextual interpretation for trained professionals."
"Psychotherapy was not developed to be automated, optimized, and reduced to outputs."
It's rare to read an article and physically nod in agreement with practically every paragraph. But that's what happened while reading Jennifer Petersen's latest post. And we hope you'll give it a read too. It’s thoughtful and grounded (and actually backed by references).
Here's the link: https://www.highlytherapized.com/p/ai-in-the-therapy-room-what-we-risk
