Technology & AI in Therapy
Artificial intelligence, teletherapy, and other digital tools are rapidly reshaping therapeutic practice. From AI chatbots offering mental health support to AI-generated session notes, technology presents both opportunities and challenges. Understanding how to integrate these tools thoughtfully has become essential for modern practitioners navigating an increasingly digital landscape. These articles explore AI in therapy, teletherapy effectiveness, virtual reality applications for trauma and anxiety, and much more. Discover how technology is transforming therapeutic practice and what it takes to keep human connection at the center of our field.
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Every day, every moment, we must wade through the flood of incoming alerts and emails urgently demanding our time and attention, all the while knowing that... Read more
The increasingly accessible and inexpensive technology of virtual reality now enables us to incorporate digital Skinner boxes in our practices that can enhance... Read more
It’s time we address the psychological toll of the daily bombardment of information that permeates our lives. Read more
What clinical, ethical, and legal issues should we be considering as distance therapy becomes a more common form of practice? Read more
For the first time in history, we’re mainly experiencing nature through intermediary technology that paradoxically provides more detail while flattening our... Read more
Research increasingly shows that screen time is no substitute for old-fashioned human contact. Read more
Currently, there are between 100 and 150 smartphone apps designed to supplement—and occasionally even replace—face-to-face psychotherapy. In fact, the... Read more
Ever consider what would happen if your portable device—chock full of information about your clients—went missing? Read more
MIT professor Sherry Turkle has spent the last 30 years studying what our machines have come to mean to us, and how they're altering—sometimes... Read more
More than a time-consuming diversion, Facebook can play a central role in marketing your practice. Read more
Relentless stress in the high-tech workplace of the 21st century is taking an unprecedented toll on our emotional lives and our capacity to wind down at the... Read more
The internet can be a phenomenal tool for marketing all types of practices in every part of the country. Even Luddites are finding that internet marketing can... Read more
As the digital revolution permeates and alters our lives, therapists are increasingly called upon to become the guides to a balance between the allure of... Read more
Therapy on the information highway a strange fiction based on a stranger reality. Article first published in the September/October 1994 issue. TODAY, IN THE... Read more
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