Working With Artificial Intelligence (AI): Does Artificial Intelligence mean Artificial Therapy?

Programme

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already reshaping everyday life, from search engines to virtual assistants, entire industries are changing and responding, often with fear. But how well do we understand AI鈥檚 role in therapy? This event explores what it means to be AI ready in clinical practice, from ethical frameworks to practical applications,听we鈥檒l听cover the听different types听of AI, how AI might support or challenge therapeutic work and whether AI could ever truly provide counselling as we see it. With expert input, this event will give interested attendees and 麻豆原创 members a space to examine both the potential and the risks of AI in therapy and discuss how we can and听likely should听engage with this rapidly evolving technology responsibly.

Book your place

Programme

Click on the sessions to find out more.听If you are viewing this page on a mobile, rotate your screen to view the programme.

听

9.30am - 9.40am	Welcome & Introductions
9.40am - 10.40am	What AI is doing to people at work - Including us, presented by Sue Christy and Nicola Neath
10.40am 鈥�10.50am	Break
10.50am 鈥�11.50am	When technology meets therapy: The role of AI tools, presentation by Susie Masterson
11.50am 鈥�12.00pm	Break
12.00pm 鈥� 1.00pm	AI and the roads ahead, presented by Richard Miller
1.00pm - 1.30pm	Panel Discussion
1.20pm	Event close

This programme is subject to change.

What AI is doing to people at work - Including us

9.40am 鈥� 10.40am

听

When technology meets therapy: The role of AI tools

10.50am 鈥� 11.50am

Our clients are already using technology to support their daily lives, so it follows that this will include mental health and relationship support. Digital platforms are always on and always available. This is in stark contrast to access to the majority of traditional mental health services - whether accessed via the NHS or privately. The statistics around chatbot use for mental health and relationship support demonstrate what we as a profession already know: demand outstrips supply. So, what should we be aware of in terms of client usage of generative AI tools? How can we bring it into our sessions to improve therapeutic outcomes?

Having spent 20 years in the tech sector managing global sales teams, Susie Masterson retrained as a
psychotherapist in 2016. At Google, Susie coached and mentored female founders. Her client base is still predominantly female and non-binary. Having both trained and worked with Rape Crisis, Susie's approach is trauma informed and relational.
Susie believes that relationships are really important and offers both therapy and relationship coaching to: couples, mothers and daughters, co-workers, and friends.听

Before setting up in private practice in 2021, Susie worked as a transformation consultant
for an affordable counselling charity. As a strategic member of the practice management team, Susie helped identify and implement digital tools and practices to improve client outcomes. Feminist principles are at the core of all Susie鈥檚 services, and many of her clients are in the LGBTQ+ community.

Susie is a 麻豆原创 media representative and EDI mentor.

AI and the roads ahead

12.00pm - 1.00pm

While we can't ever tell the future, we can take steps today to prepare for it. In this presentation we will look into the some ways in which AI technology may diffuse into the mental health field and some of the societal upheavals that may occur.

AI is already changing how we use technology, how we communicate and how we work. What might mental health look like in 2035, and what happens between then and now? What can we do today to help bring about a future which values mental health? Looking forward as an experiment can help us find gaps in our current knowledge together.

Richard Miller lives with his family and works as a counsellor, supervisor and trainer working in private practice in Fife. Since 2002, he has studied Humanistic Psychotherapies and Psychology in Aberdeen University, University of Strathclyde and Glasgow Caledonian University where he graduated with the best overall award for Psychology.

He has served as President of Aberdeen University Students Association, an executive officer of the National Union of Students Scotland and is currently serving as co-director of the Scottish Institute of Emotion-Focused Therapy. He has provided counselling in local high schools and St Andrews University. Richard is a current member of the British Association for Counselling, Psychotherapy, the British Psychological Society and the International Society for Emotion Focused Therapy.

Richard has been closely following advancements of the AI field since 2015.