Article by Paul Atkinson who I don’t think is here on Bluesky

PART TWO
Machina ex deo: State therapy and the hollowing out of intersubjectivity
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PART ONE
Machina ex deo: AI and the future of NHS Talking Therapies
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Artificial Intelligence and the future of NHS Talking Therapies Since the roll-out of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service in 2007-8, NHS primary care psychological therapy has been monopolised by short-term cognitive behavioural thera…

If there was a Reith Lectures for therapy, then this article on AI therapy & NHS data harvesting should be it. This is our present & potential near future. This link is to an intro page (links to the two parts of main article in thread below). Essential reading
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Artificial Intelligence and the future of NHS Talking Therapies Since the roll-out of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service in 2007-8, NHS primary care psychological therapy has been monopolised by short-term cognitive behavioural thera…

Have you read this, James? Excellent two part article on the therapy data harvesting occurring in NHS/private sector partnership, which is creating and feeding the hidden agendas and ideology of AI therapy. And what it means for the future:
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Thanks Alice. I’ll check that podcast out.

Don’t just do something: The vanishing art of sitting there in counselling & psychotherapy — Andy Rogers Counselling When counsellors and psychotherapists introduce activities, exercises, guidance or psychoeducation, what, if anything, is lost? Is therapy enhanced, or do we sacrifice something important?

For anyone here who missed me sharing this on other platforms this week, my new article on the art of not-knowing and deep listening, and what’s lost when we reach for tools and techniques.