{"id":46,"date":"2026-07-24T21:13:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaronaltmantherapy.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2026-08-01T23:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T23:40:44","slug":"ai-assisted-therapy-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aaronaltmantherapy.com\/?page_id=46","title":{"rendered":"AI-assisted therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u2019t give your data away and otherwise keep yourself as safe as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aaronaltmantherapy.com\/?page_id=35\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"35\">Let me know<\/a> if I\u2019ve missed an important point, gotten anything significantly wrong, or if you have other thoughts or comments. I am also, of course, available for help with this in the form of ongoing therapy if that\u2019s something you want<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-18ef8054 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-489 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aaronaltmantherapy.com\/?page_id=489\" target=\"_self\" >AI-assisted therapy (part 1): why I&#8217;m writing about it<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I\u2019m trying to feed some informed and cautious advice into that process so that anyone, working with me or not, can get the most out of what they\u2019re doing. This page will talk through some steps to do that. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-18T21:11:42+00:00\">May 18, 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-493 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aaronaltmantherapy.com\/?page_id=493\" target=\"_self\" >AI-assisted therapy (part 2): how to do it<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Steps to follow to use both common cloud-hosted and locally hosted models to start ai-assisted therapy. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-18T21:15:08+00:00\">May 18, 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-501 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aaronaltmantherapy.com\/?page_id=501\" target=\"_self\" >AI-assisted therapy (part 3): what are LLMs probably good at?<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">How does human-based therapy work? And what might AI-assisted therapy do well or poorly? <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-18T21:25:21+00:00\">May 18, 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-496 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aaronaltmantherapy.com\/?page_id=496\" target=\"_self\" >AI-assisted therapy (part 4): shortcomings and pitfalls<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">If you use LLMs to avoid what you fear, you may be trading short-term comfort against long term progress. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-18T21:19:16+00:00\">May 18, 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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