Building AI for therapists when the stakes are this high
The speed AI is moving is exciting and nerve-racking at once. Here's how I think about the risk while building a tool for this space, and why a little fear is the right response.
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Thoughts on clinical practice, therapeutic frameworks, and growing as a therapist.
Something about supervision nobody talks about
You're expected to come in prepared, and most of us do. But a lot of the hour gets spent just figuring out what you're even asking.
I've been building something for the past year
About ten years ago I almost left this field. Steady is the thing I wish I'd had when I was new and trying to figure this out.
The skill nobody teaches you in a weekend training
You can know attachment theory inside and out. Then a client sits across from you, and in that moment the theory doesn't tell you what to say.
I used to think one more training would finally make me feel ready
Trainings teach you a framework. They don't teach you this specific person. Where I actually grew was somewhere else entirely.
Grad school taught me to hold space. Then I started seeing clients.
Knowing how to be present with someone is not the same thing as knowing what to do with what they bring you. That gap is where most new therapists feel the most lost.