{"slug": "patients-are-bringing-ai-into-therapy-therapists-aren-t-ready", "title": "Patients Are Bringing AI Into Therapy. Therapists Aren't Ready.", "summary": "A growing number of therapy patients are using AI chatbots between sessions, but a new survey reveals most psychologists feel unprepared to address this trend, raising concerns about clinical boundaries and ethical guidelines.", "body_md": "# Patients Are Bringing AI Into Therapy. Therapists Aren't Ready.\n\nBy John Samuels, ContributorSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)AI has become a silent third participant in therapy. Data shows most psychologists now have patients turning to chatbots between sessions.\n\nAI has become a silent third participant in therapy. Data shows most psychologists now have patients turning to chatbots between sessions.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/patients-are-bringing-ai-into-therapy-therapists-aren-t-ready", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/patients-are-bringing-ai-into-therapy-therapists-arent-ready-zn43", "published_at": "2026-07-09 14:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-09 15:22:38.863532+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics", "ai-tools", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Forbes"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/patients-are-bringing-ai-into-therapy-therapists-aren-t-ready", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/patients-are-bringing-ai-into-therapy-therapists-aren-t-ready.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/patients-are-bringing-ai-into-therapy-therapists-aren-t-ready.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/patients-are-bringing-ai-into-therapy-therapists-aren-t-ready.jsonld"}}