"In addition to violation of data privacy, other risks are involved when psychotherapists consult LLMs on behalf of a client. Studies have found that although some specialized therapy bots can rival human-delivered interventions, advice from the likes of ChatGPT can cause more harm than good.
A recent Stanford University study, for example, found that chatbots can fuel delusions and psychopathy by blindly validating a user rather than challenging them, as well as suffer from biases and engage in sycophancy. The same flaws could make it risky for therapists to consult chatbots on behalf of their clients. They could, for example, baselessly validate a therapist’s hunch, or lead them down the wrong path.
Aguilera says he has played around with tools like ChatGPT while teaching mental health trainees, such as by entering hypothetical symptoms and asking the AI chatbot to make a diagnosis. The tool will produce lots of possible conditions, but it’s rather thin in its analysis, he says. The American Counseling Association recommends that AI not be used for mental health diagnosis at present.
A study published in 2024 of an earlier version of ChatGPT similarly found it was too vague and general to be truly useful in diagnosis or devising treatment plans, and it was heavily biased toward suggesting people seek cognitive behavioral therapy as opposed to other types of therapy that might be more suitable."
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/02/1122871/therapists-using-chatgpt-secretly/
#AI#GenerativeAI #Chatbots#ChatGPT #LLMs#MentalHealth#Therapy
Hi everyone, I am Aurin, the antifa life coach! 
I am now offering sessions at sliding scale prices for anyone who wants someone to talk to, to vent, to process feelings, decisions, or past experiences or to find ways of coping in this current shitshow we're in. To survive, thrive and (re)gain your agency to change the world.
I'm queer, somewhere on the plural spectrum, autistic, neurodivergent and willing to find ways of communicating that work for YOU, whether that's text based, voice or videocalls, simultaneous or asynchronous.
I am intentionally crazy, refusing to conform to social norms of performing normalcy and I encourage you to do the same. Better than #therapy !
I have experience coping with and helping friends and comrades deal with and overcome: trauma, abuse, activist burnout, state repression, political violence, intra-community violence, hospitalisation in psych wards, housing insecurity and homelessness, poverty, eating disorders, dissociation, gender dysphoria and more.
Questions or want to book me?
📧 antifalifecoaching@tuta.com
🔁 (please boost, I need money! 😂)
#GetFediHired#LifeCoaching #burnout#MentalHealth #abuse#ActuallyAutistic
Hi everyone, I am Aurin, the antifa life coach! 
I am now offering sessions at sliding scale prices for anyone who wants someone to talk to, to vent, to process feelings, decisions, or past experiences or to find ways of coping in this current shitshow we're in. To survive, thrive and (re)gain your agency to change the world.
I'm queer, somewhere on the plural spectrum, autistic, neurodivergent and willing to find ways of communicating that work for YOU, whether that's text based, voice or videocalls, simultaneous or asynchronous.
I am intentionally crazy, refusing to conform to social norms of performing normalcy and I encourage you to do the same. Better than #therapy !
I have experience coping with and helping friends and comrades deal with and overcome: trauma, abuse, activist burnout, state repression, political violence, intra-community violence, hospitalisation in psych wards, housing insecurity and homelessness, poverty, eating disorders, dissociation, gender dysphoria and more.
Questions or want to book me?
📧 antifalifecoaching@tuta.com
🔁 (please boost, I need money! 😂)
#GetFediHired#LifeCoaching #burnout#MentalHealth #abuse#ActuallyAutistic
"In addition to violation of data privacy, other risks are involved when psychotherapists consult LLMs on behalf of a client. Studies have found that although some specialized therapy bots can rival human-delivered interventions, advice from the likes of ChatGPT can cause more harm than good.
A recent Stanford University study, for example, found that chatbots can fuel delusions and psychopathy by blindly validating a user rather than challenging them, as well as suffer from biases and engage in sycophancy. The same flaws could make it risky for therapists to consult chatbots on behalf of their clients. They could, for example, baselessly validate a therapist’s hunch, or lead them down the wrong path.
Aguilera says he has played around with tools like ChatGPT while teaching mental health trainees, such as by entering hypothetical symptoms and asking the AI chatbot to make a diagnosis. The tool will produce lots of possible conditions, but it’s rather thin in its analysis, he says. The American Counseling Association recommends that AI not be used for mental health diagnosis at present.
A study published in 2024 of an earlier version of ChatGPT similarly found it was too vague and general to be truly useful in diagnosis or devising treatment plans, and it was heavily biased toward suggesting people seek cognitive behavioral therapy as opposed to other types of therapy that might be more suitable."
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/02/1122871/therapists-using-chatgpt-secretly/
#AI#GenerativeAI #Chatbots#ChatGPT #LLMs#MentalHealth#Therapy
(boosts welcome)
TL;DR: My wife is a queer-/kink-/poly-friendly licensed therapist focusing on sex, religious trauma, and transgender care in North Carolina and is accepting new clients.
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Jalan practices mental health counseling in Durham--and soon, Charlotte--North Carolina, and telehealth throughout the state.
Her primary focus is sex therapy, and she also works with general mental health concerns (including being trained in EMDR) and a second emphasis in religious trauma. She also has training, though not the specialist certificate, in addictions. She is especially open to queer, kinky, and poly clients (being all of those herself), and is a certified Transgender Care Therapist.
She is not in insurance networks, but will help with out-of-network filing and has limited sliding-scale slots.
I'm happy to put anyone in touch.
#NorthCarolina#EMDR#ReligiousTrauma #SexTherapy#MentalHealth#Therapy#Counseling#DurhamNC
📝 Crossing the Blood Brain Barrier 📝
"Reprocessing Episodic Memory", an addition to Project Restoration, and how I've been spending free time thinking about the brain.
> ... blasting the prefrontal cortex with supra-physiological dopamine levels ... blunt-force impact trauma ... boosting its metabolic precursor l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine ...
- https://prose.winterschon.com/reprocessing-episodic-memory/
#neurology #neuroscience #dopamine #psychology #photography #therapy #research #healthcare #trauma #ptsd #writing
📝 Crossing the Blood Brain Barrier 📝
"Reprocessing Episodic Memory", an addition to Project Restoration, and how I've been spending free time thinking about the brain.
> ... blasting the prefrontal cortex with supra-physiological dopamine levels ... blunt-force impact trauma ... boosting its metabolic precursor l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine ...
- https://prose.winterschon.com/reprocessing-episodic-memory/
#neurology #neuroscience #dopamine #psychology #photography #therapy #research #healthcare #trauma #ptsd #writing
I am starting to realise that all this time, trainspotting was just a code-hobby for Autistic people to form clandestine self-help / revolutionary groups, with flasks of tea, sammiches and sturdy raincoats.
#UK#Autism#Trains#Trainspotting#Tea#Thermos#MindTheGap#Sandwich#Therapy#Revolution
I am starting to realise that all this time, trainspotting was just a code-hobby for Autistic people to form clandestine self-help / revolutionary groups, with flasks of tea, sammiches and sturdy raincoats.
#UK#Autism#Trains#Trainspotting#Tea#Thermos#MindTheGap#Sandwich#Therapy#Revolution
"... an action-oriented approach to psychotherapy that stems from traditional behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Clients learn to stop avoiding, denying, and struggling with their inner emotions and, instead, accept that these deeper feelings are appropriate responses to certain situations that should not prevent them from moving forward in their lives."
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/acceptance-and-commitment-therapy
Thoughts?
Parents, take note: This is the correct way to respond.
#therapist #therapy #counseling #mentalhealth #mentalhealth #mindfulness #mindful #selfcare #meme #memes #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lesbian #sapphic #wlw