It becomes more difficult to account for placebo phenomenon such as expectancy, and complex patient-therapist interactions could effectively mutually unblind the treatment condition. But in PAT, the ...

Also, I felt that the therapist often brushed off my worries. At the time I didn’t understand that it was OK to push back a little. And the whole experience felt so awkward and uncomfortable ...

Since their emergence in the late 2010s, therapy bots — virtual entities powered by artificial intelligence (AI) for psychotherapeutic purposes — have steadily gained ground in mental health services.

is a chartered psychologist and registered psychotherapist specialising in existential and child psychotherapy. He lives in Bristol, UK.