AI Statement
100% human, 100% of the time.As a therapist, I strive to avoid thinking in black-and-white, all-or-nothing terms, and often, I work to help my clients free themselves of those thinking patterns, too. One thing that I am black-and-white on is my stance on the use of AI in the therapy space: it does not belong in my practice.Increasingly, therapists are being turned towards tools like AI scribes, which “listen” during intimate sessions with clients to gather data and generate the therapy note for the therapist. Some even go as far as to create whole treatment plans. When these tools were first rolled out, the promise was that these scribes listen but do not store patient health information shared in private sessions. Maybe I’m overly cautious, but I’ve never trusted this promise!Now, in 2026, many therapy platforms have informed providers that they “will begin retaining Note Taker transcripts.” They insist that they will de-identify this information to ensure that patient privacy is maintained. However, big corporations don’t have the best track record with protecting consumer data and privacy. With that in mind, inviting AI to listen in on your most private discussions doesn’t make sense to me.I understand that the greater intention here is to optimize these tools, to make them more perfect. But I don’t believe that perfection goes hand in hand with therapy. This is a space for us to be human, to be messy, and to make mistakes. My promise to my clients is that I will never use AI tools in our work together.