Can You Really Use ChatGPT as a Therapist?

Can You Really Use ChatGPT as a Therapist?

The Happy Eating Podcast · 2025-06-12
32:34

If you’ve tried to book a therapy appointment, you know there’s a shortage of mental health professionals. It’s not unusual to have to wait weeks or months for an appointment. So, with the rise of platforms like Chat GPT, could we harness AI technology for talk therapy purposes to treat things like depression and anxiety? We were extremely skeptical that this topic would even warrant a full episode on the Happy Eating Podcast. But, as you’ve heard us confess before, we are sometimes pleasantly surprised once we dig into the research. So, did we change our mind after researching this topic?

References or Studies Mentioned:

Therabot AI Chatbox (https://www.trytherabot.com/)

Randomized Trial of a Generative AI Chatbot for Mental Health TreatmentWhen ELIZA meets therapists: A Turing test for the heart and mind

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