{"id":19625,"date":"2025-08-04T09:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/using-generative-ai-for-therapy-might-feel-like-a-lifeline-but-theres-danger-in-seeking-certainty-in-a-chatbot\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T09:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:37:15","slug":"using-generative-ai-for-therapy-might-feel-like-a-lifeline-but-theres-danger-in-seeking-certainty-in-a-chatbot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/using-generative-ai-for-therapy-might-feel-like-a-lifeline-but-theres-danger-in-seeking-certainty-in-a-chatbot\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Generative AI for therapy might feel like a lifeline \u2013 but there\u2019s danger in seeking certainty in a chatbot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When professional services are overstretched, \u2018always-on\u2019 tools like ChatGPT can look attractive. But users must be wary of the many risks involved<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/series\/the-modern-mind\">The modern mind<\/a> is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their work<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tran* sat across from me, phone in hand, scrolling. \u201cI just wanted to make sure I didn\u2019t say the wrong thing,\u201d he explained, referring to a disagreement with his partner. \u201cSo I asked ChatGPT what I should say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He read the chatbot-generated message aloud. It was articulate, logical and composed \u2013 too composed. It didn\u2019t sound like Tran. And it definitely didn\u2019t sound like someone in the middle of a complex emotional conversation about the future of a long-term relationship. It also did not mention anywhere some of Tran\u2019s contributing behaviours to the relationship strain that Tran and I had been discussing.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/aug\/03\/generative-ai-chatbot-therapy-dangers-risks\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/96257b31eee33ef29f188d80d2894cff58dd07c7\/2075_0_4884_3910\/master\/4884.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=58e85fc88fa28efe2b08f894c9cddecf\" title=\"Using Generative AI for therapy might feel like a lifeline \u2013 but there\u2019s danger in seeking certainty in a chatbot\" \/>When professional services are overstretched, \u2018always-on\u2019 tools like ChatGPT can look attractive. But users must be wary of the many risks involved<br \/>\nThe modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their work<br \/>\nTran* sat across from me, phone in hand, scrolling. \u201cI just wanted to make sure I didn\u2019t say the wrong thing,\u201d he explained, referring to a disagreement with his partner. \u201cSo I asked ChatGPT what I should say.\u201d<br \/>\nHe read the chatbot-generated message aloud. It was articulate, logical and composed \u2013 too composed. It didn\u2019t sound like Tran. And it definitely didn\u2019t sound like someone in the middle of a complex emotional conversation about the future of a long-term relationship. It also did not mention anywhere some of Tran\u2019s contributing behaviours to the relationship strain that Tran and I had been discussing. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When professional services are overstretched, \u2018always-on\u2019 tools like ChatGPT can look attractive. But users must be wary of the many risks involved The modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their work Tran* sat across from me, phone in hand, scrolling. \u201cI just wanted to make sure &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/using-generative-ai-for-therapy-might-feel-like-a-lifeline-but-theres-danger-in-seeking-certainty-in-a-chatbot\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Using Generative AI for therapy might feel like a lifeline \u2013 but there\u2019s danger in seeking certainty in a chatbot<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19625"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}