Um…can we briefly just call out that an LCP is not real licensure? The fact that it says “licensure in counseling psychology” and then acronyms the fuck out of it as if those are meaningful letters in that order is INSANE and so purposefully manipulative (because being a Licensed Professional Counselor, an LPC, *is* real and requires thousands of clinical hours and hundreds of supervision). Terrifying.
Also: saying it’s got a master’s because the creators do would be hilarious if it wasn’t so concerning—that’s like saying I have a PhD in comparative lit because I read a bunch of books written by people who have that credential. We are a hop, skip, and a jump away from having MDs from the two decades of medical school content acquired from Grey’s Anatomy.
I desperately want to know more about what informed the statement about having personal struggles with anxiety and depression though—anyone else feeling like there may be a small human trapped in the machine? Perhaps a bank of exhausted, overworked, and underpaid telemarketers/ child labor pretending to be bots, slipping in subtle pleas for help from any critical thinker who takes a second to question how a bot may have had any “personal struggles”…..
It's remarkable. I wonder if you ask it to cite it's sources what it would give you. Like, did it scrape that from the bios of clinicians in Psychology Today or something?!
It's so disappointing that this is where AI therapy is headed. Back in 2011 when I was in grad school, I thought there was so much potential in this landscape, particularly for clients who have severe social anxiety, who struggle to leave their homes to go to appointments, and struggle to share openly and verbally outside of the machine. The same population who gravitate toward building relationships online instead of in person, but who want to be more effective in the latter. Now it's just scary. Back then, I was concerned about the number of registered psychotherapists around the country (you know, the ones practicing as therapists without having an educational background in it and without licensure...how the hell was that an option for so long?! In some states, it didn't even require having a bachelor's degree, let alone graduate education or clinical experience. They just had to pass the juris prudence exam.)
Um…can we briefly just call out that an LCP is not real licensure? The fact that it says “licensure in counseling psychology” and then acronyms the fuck out of it as if those are meaningful letters in that order is INSANE and so purposefully manipulative (because being a Licensed Professional Counselor, an LPC, *is* real and requires thousands of clinical hours and hundreds of supervision). Terrifying.
Also: saying it’s got a master’s because the creators do would be hilarious if it wasn’t so concerning—that’s like saying I have a PhD in comparative lit because I read a bunch of books written by people who have that credential. We are a hop, skip, and a jump away from having MDs from the two decades of medical school content acquired from Grey’s Anatomy.
I desperately want to know more about what informed the statement about having personal struggles with anxiety and depression though—anyone else feeling like there may be a small human trapped in the machine? Perhaps a bank of exhausted, overworked, and underpaid telemarketers/ child labor pretending to be bots, slipping in subtle pleas for help from any critical thinker who takes a second to question how a bot may have had any “personal struggles”…..
! I missed that! I totally read it as LPC. Great call out. Wild.
So curious as well about the "personal struggles" bit. So much misdirection in one paragraph.
It's remarkable. I wonder if you ask it to cite it's sources what it would give you. Like, did it scrape that from the bios of clinicians in Psychology Today or something?!
It's so disappointing that this is where AI therapy is headed. Back in 2011 when I was in grad school, I thought there was so much potential in this landscape, particularly for clients who have severe social anxiety, who struggle to leave their homes to go to appointments, and struggle to share openly and verbally outside of the machine. The same population who gravitate toward building relationships online instead of in person, but who want to be more effective in the latter. Now it's just scary. Back then, I was concerned about the number of registered psychotherapists around the country (you know, the ones practicing as therapists without having an educational background in it and without licensure...how the hell was that an option for so long?! In some states, it didn't even require having a bachelor's degree, let alone graduate education or clinical experience. They just had to pass the juris prudence exam.)