What is it about?
Could psychotherapy ever be effectively provided by artificial intelligence (AI)? This article attempts to answer this question. In vivid detail, the authors explore the challenges programming safe and effective digital psychotherapists, the harms that can occur at the utilization stages, and the importance of institutional guidance and governmental regulations to prevent further harms.
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Why is it important?
With the recent proliferation of AI chatbots and more and more users using them to fulfill mental health needs, there is a growing concern among mental health professionals about their safety and efficacy.
Perspectives
The authors hope that this article sheds interdisciplinary light on a complicated issue. By following the challenges of AI from its development, through its use, to its regulatory stages, we hope to provide a comprehensive picture of where AI psychotherapy is at the moment, and what needs to be addressed before it may be safely rolled out.
Jordan Conrad
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This page is a summary of: Log in, lie down: ethics and the digital turn in psychotherapy, Philosophical Psychology, December 2025, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/09515089.2025.2599894.
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