OK, one more, and I promise to stop:
Real psychotherapy isn’t about giving answers.
It’s about surviving the not-knowing — together.
This is another realm where AI fails.
Therapy is the alchemy of two nervous systems in dialogue. No algorithm, however advanced, can replace the patient–therapist field.
This is so well-put.
It’s terrifying that neurotics will turn to AI for a cure and end up getting their destructive beliefs reinforced.
Absolutely! I made this argument so many times during COVID. The endless “but what are you doing in person that you can’t do online?” People who are supposed to be lifelong teachers, not even trying to understand what teaching is about. Deeply, deeply annoying.
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True, it’s like people didn’t understand the most basic things about their own profession. And I was the one who had to explain myself, like I was being weird and unreasonable.
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