Human Therapists Face Superhuman Expectations in AI Mental Health Era
Generative AI platforms offer unlimited free mental health guidance, creating unrealistic expectations for human therapists. This analysis examines how AI is reshaping mental health care and the challenges facing human practitioners.
Human therapists are increasingly expected to be superhuman when competing with AI systems that provide free, around-the-clock mental health advice. As millions turn to generative artificial intelligence platforms for immediate psychological support, the bar for human practitioners has been raised to potentially unsustainable levels according to recent analysis.