Stepping into Someone Else’s Shoes
Keywords:
Integrative psychotherapy, ChatGPT, artificial intelligence, philosophy, the keyhole, chatbotsAbstract
This article provides an adapted transcript of the Presidential acceptance speech made in 2023 at the IIPA Conference. The speech considers the role of AI in therapy and references how IIPA is represented currently with ChatGPT. A request is made for all members of the audience to go onto this platform and re-educate the current material that is presented there, which is incorrect and is not representative of how we see ourselves.
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