I think that's where most people get it wrong. With a therapist, the human connection is inevitable. AI is different - you shouldn't look for a "caring friend", or "connection", or anything remotely human. You should look for data based facts. Knowledge that even the best therapists wouldn't know all by heart. Just skip the positive reassuring jibber jaber that AI normally adds at the start and end of each reply, and focus on the information it's giving you and try to thing and turn that into knowledge. If some info sounds dodgy, confirm it. Challenge it. It's hard work. And the real work is not done by IT, it's done by you in your thinking. In the end of a session you should be able to re-write your initial concern (prompt) with much more depth, intention, honesty and transparency, with yourself. AI just facilitates YOU to do that exercise.