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Are We Really Better at Empathy Than the Bots? What the Research Says About AI in Therapy

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Are We Really Better at Empathy Than the Bots? What the Research Says About AI in Therapy If you spend any time in therapist Facebook groups, you’ve seen the take: AI is a soulless, venture-backed box that could never do the real work of…
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How AI Tools for Therapists Are Built: Trust, Data Privacy, and Choosing What to Adopt – An Interview with Ian Knox and Megan Toomey of SimplePractice

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How AI Tools for Therapists Are Built: Trust, Data Privacy, and Choosing What to Adopt – An Interview with Ian Knox and Megan Toomey Spend five minutes in a therapist Facebook group and you will find two camps: clinicians convinced AI is…
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When Clients Bring AI to Therapy: Working with ChatGPT, Sycophancy, and the New Third Wheel in the Room

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When Clients Bring AI to Therapy: Working with ChatGPT, Sycophancy, and the New Third Wheel in the Room Curt Widhalm, LMFT, and Katie Vernoy, LMFT take on a question they hear constantly from listeners and audiences: what happens when clients…
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Why AI Mental Health Chatbots Fail When It Matters Most: The Hidden Vulnerabilities Stress-Testing Reveals – An Interview with Shirali and Arul Nigam of Circuit Breaker Labs

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Why AI Mental Health Chatbots Fail When It Matters Most: The Hidden Vulnerabilities Stress-Testing Reveals – An Interview with Shirali and Arul Nigam of Circuit Breaker Labs  More and more therapists are hearing some version of it in session:…
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AI Ethics Codes for Therapists: What CAMFT, APA, NASW, and AAMFT Now Require

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AI Ethics Codes for Therapists: What CAMFT, APA, NASW, and AAMFT Now Require Curt and Katie break down how the major mental health ethics codes have been updated for artificial intelligence. Centering on the new CAMFT updates and cross-referencing…
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The Private Practice Pivot: How Therapists Are Adapting to Platforms, Agency Work, and the Changing Therapy Economy

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The Private Practice Pivot: How Therapists Are Adapting to Platforms, Agency Work, and the Changing Therapy Economy Curt Widhalm, LMFT, and Katie Vernoy, LMFT explore a major shift happening across the mental health profession: therapists pivoting…
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Training Therapists in the Age of AI: Preventing Deskilling and Teaching Clinical Judgment

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Training Therapists in the Age of AI: Preventing Deskilling and Teaching Clinical Judgment Curt and Katie examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping therapist training, supervision, and clinical practice - and why the greatest risk is…
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Modern Therapist’s Consumer Guide: SimplePractice

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Modern Therapist’s Consumer Guide: SimplePractice Curt and Katie talk with Jonathan Seltzer, CEO of SimplePractice, about how the platform supports independent and group practice clinicians. Jonathan discusses SimplePractice’s mission to…
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How Virtual Clinical Supervision is Changing the Field: An Interview with Rachel Ledbetter, LMFT

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How Virtual Clinical Supervision is Changing the Field: An Interview with Rachel Ledbetter, LMFT Curt and Katie chat with Rachel Ledbetter, LMFT, CEO and Co-Founder of Motivo, about how clinical supervision is evolving with the rise of virtual…
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Special Episode: Modern Therapist’s Consumer Guide on JotPsych

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Special Episode: Modern Therapist’s Consumer Guide on JotPsych Curt and Katie talk with Nate Peereboom, CEO and co-founder of JotPsych, an AI-powered scribe designed to automate therapy notes and save therapists 90–95% of their note-taking…