Can An AI Chatbot Replace Therapy?

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In today's episode, Can an AI Chatbot Replace Therapy?, we talk about why a calm AI response can still leave us feeling alone, and why that difference matters for our nervous systems and relationships. We also share safer, more connected ways to use chatbots without confusing convenience for real healing. 
• the rise of AI chatbots for emotional support and why many people keep it secret 
• the risks clinicians see, including shaky guidance, weakening crisis guardrails, and privacy limits 
• what AI does well, like naming feelings and organizing thoughts 
• why healing happens through co-regulation and embodied connection 
• the two-minute rule to choose a person before a screen 
• how chatbots can become reassurance machines and echo chambers 

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Show hosted by: 

Catia Hernandez Holm, LMFT-A 

Supervised by Susan Gonzales, LMFT-S, LPC-S

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