AI doesn’t judge, charge, or keep office hours. But can it really play therapist?
The first time I heard it, I was taken aback.
“So…” one of my clients began hesitatingly, “I asked ChatGPT how I should resolve my fight with my husband, and this is what it told me.”
It wasn’t long before another client confided that she was turning to AI for advice in between sessions: “I had a whole dialogue with ChatGPT about loneliness and I’m curious what you think about our conversation.”
I couldn’t believe clients were taking their questions to a mechanical therapist. I confess I even felt a pinch of jealousy, like my clients were cheating on me. Another thought surfaced: What if the bot was a better psychologist than I was?
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