In this article series, I look at how people are using LLMs to try to help themselves, what might go right or wrong with that, and likely pros and cons versus a human therapist. I also talk about some systemic concerns about privacy and model training. I provide some preliminary suggestions for people who want to use LLMs for self-help on how to do that so that you don’t give your data away and otherwise keep yourself as safe as possible.

Articles in the series:

• AI-assisted therapy: why I’m writing about it
• AI-assisted therapy: how to do it
• AI-assisted therapy: what are LLMs probably good at?
• AI-assisted therapy: shortcomings and pitfalls

Please shoot me an email if I’ve missed an important point, gotten anything significantly wrong, or if you have other thoughts or comments: aaron@aaronaltmantherapy.com. I am also, of course, available for help with this in the form of ongoing therapy if that’s something you want.