Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
39344214
OBJECTIVE: Since the release of ChatGPT, popular demand has driven the use of social chatbots as pseudo-AI psychotherapists. With time, it is inevitable that these technologies will be deployed in some form as dedicated psychotherapy interventions. H...
Researchers have historically focused on understanding therapist multicultural competency and orientation through client self-report measures and behavioral coding. While client perceptions of therapist cultural competency and multicultural orientati...
Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research
39743668
OBJECTIVE: Session-by-session tracking of the working alliance enables clinicians to detect alliance deterioration and intervene accordingly, which has shown to improve treatment outcome, and reduce dropout. Despite this, regular use of alliance self...
BACKGROUND: The increasing demand for psychotherapy and limited access to specialists underscore the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in mental health care. This study evaluates the effectiveness of the AI-powered Friend chatbot in providing...
Since the publication of "What is the Current and Future Status of Digital Mental Health Interventions?" the exponential growth and widespread adoption of ChatGPT have underscored the importance of reassessing its utility in digital mental health int...
BACKGROUND: Mental health disorders significantly impact global populations, prompting the rise of digital mental health interventions, such as artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots, to address gaps in access to care. This review explores the...
Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
39913486
OBJECTIVE: This study applied a machine-learning-based skill assessment system to investigate the association between supportive counseling skills (empathy, open questions, and reflections) and treatment outcomes. We hypothesized that higher empathy ...
The two articles by Kopelovich, Brian, et al. (2025) and Kopelovich, Slevin, et al. (2025) mark a new era in psychotherapy research and practice. The articles detail the development and validation of one of the first conversational artificial intelli...
This article explores the ways artificial intelligence (AI) may impact the field of psychotherapy through the perspective of a prospective psychiatric trainee. The author discusses how AI may facilitate psychotherapy training and increase psychothera...
The therapeutic working alliance is a critical predictor of psychotherapy success. Traditionally, working alliance assessment relies on questionnaires completed by both therapists and patients. In this paper, we present COMPASS, a novel framework to ...