Therapist here, with observations about the be-your-own-therapist movement. I mean, if you can manage your mental health issues on your own, then great, wonderful, and more power to you. Tips and tools can be useful. However, those apps and services really do seem like a way to extract a few more bucks out of people who need help. AND -- this is really what I came here to say -- an enormous part of what makes actual therapy effective is the relationship you develop with the human being who is your therapist. Humans are wired for relationship, and there is no AI substitute for that. Having someone truly get to know you, and professionally assist you in arriving at insights about yourself? No app is ever going to do that, no matter how much CBT they stuff inside it.
Therapist here, with observations about the be-your-own-therapist movement. I mean, if you can manage your mental health issues on your own, then great, wonderful, and more power to you. Tips and tools can be useful. However, those apps and services really do seem like a way to extract a few more bucks out of people who need help. AND -- this is really what I came here to say -- an enormous part of what makes actual therapy effective is the relationship you develop with the human being who is your therapist. Humans are wired for relationship, and there is no AI substitute for that. Having someone truly get to know you, and professionally assist you in arriving at insights about yourself? No app is ever going to do that, no matter how much CBT they stuff inside it.