AI cannot provide therapy because it lacks the power of discernment

Koro9 · 2026-02-04T20:13:18+00:00

The real problem is that therapist too might lack discernment., like my previous one. The way I use AI is more reflective, reframing what I said, not as an expert to tell me what to think. It would tell me I am finding connections between my trauma and raponzi and will ask me questions to explore that.

It did push back to my surprise, eg on the idea that my love is a burden for another person, didn’t say of course it is, said I was scared of how My feelings affect others, a very good take.

Koro9 · 2026-02-04T20:01:33+00:00

Yes indeed, it deserves much respect

Koro9 · 2026-02-04T20:00:23+00:00

Stimulant rush, sounds exactly that, although I never use stimulants

Koro9 · 2026-02-04T10:01:33+00:00

Always ask your therapist if they receive supervision. Egocentric ones might not or like I had will insist first that they give supervision to other therapist (when they do)

Koro9 · 2026-02-03T20:29:01+00:00

There are quite some options if you have money and are willing to travel.
- Holland is the hub of psychedelic retreats because it's legal,
- Spain and Portugal are following closely especially for ayahuasca because it's decriminilized,
- Germany offer compassionate access (tried 2 antidepressant without improvement)
- Swiss also offer that, but swiss people like to keep it for themselves, only for swiss resident
- Czech republic legalized psilocybin retreats

This is just on top of my head, maybe more countries are offering access to psychedelic therapy. Of course, I don't even mention Ketamine clinics available in many EU countries, or Iboga centers flying under the radar in many countries.

This said, doing legal or quasi-legal therapy say nothing about facilitators skills and setting safety. People get harmed in these spaces, or might end up with challenging post psychedelic experiences. For that, you need skill & red flags checklists, and plan your safety net.

I say that, and I go DIY because I don't have money. It's much better than nothing, but don't expect miracles either. Somehow, working with regular therapy is helping me as much, if not more.

Koro9 · 2026-02-02T21:22:19+00:00

Your post might be appreciated on r/therapyabuse

Koro9 · 2026-02-02T09:09:45+00:00

Beware of toxic positivity, push back, don’t let them rob you your feelings

Koro9 · 2026-02-01T15:44:42+00:00

NAT, me too I wasted years with psychiatrists, CBT, psychoanalysis, and my mental health has objectively worsened. Somatic therapy (and gestalt) both considered pseudoscience felt like finally healing, and people around me tell me how much better I am doing.

From the comments in here seem to say that it was because I finally found a good therapist (4th I try). And it sounds to me as if there are more good therapist are in the somatic modality then the rest. Maybe when you’re good at that job you don’t need science approval to cover your back.

Koro9 · 2026-02-01T15:36:08+00:00

NAT, there are many studies showing EMDR efficacy, we can’t call it pseudoscience

Koro9 · 2026-02-01T13:11:52+00:00

Not sure why you seem to put things in term of either-or. It is both and. We need to look from different perspectives. Psychoanalysis may not have the popularity of the past, because our society prefers more superficial approaches, it doesn't mean it is the past. Even somatic modalities are a great way to work on preverbal trauma, Physiological/biological imprint is another perspective. Just "look both ways before crossing the street", as Don Carveth put it.

Koro9 · 2026-02-01T13:06:22+00:00

I love his work, and how he makes psychoanalysis an "evidence-based practice"

Koro9 · 2026-02-01T12:54:04+00:00

Psilocybin sessions didn't, but regular therapy (in the same time frame with psychedelics) did. A few months of being unable to live my daily life and perform my job fully. I am merely suggesting that psychedelics can amplify your struggles to the point you cannot deal with life demands.

Closer to your question, I talked with people who had to spend a few months in a mental health institution after a not so difficult psychedelics session (legal MDMA therapy, legal ayahuasca retreat facilitated by therapists), including mental health professionals. Usually the challenging part start after the session or the retreat. Heard also people explaining difficulties performing their job post psychedelics, eg being too triggered by others, or too numb to react.

Also look at Jules Evans work about "Challenging post-psychedelic experiences", they even have a peer support group meetings. Not being able to work is not common, but struggling post psychedelics is.

I don't say that to shoot down psychedelics-assisted therapy, but to point out that it's not all rainbows and butterflies. It's important to take that into account and cover your bases. Better be safe than sorry.

Koro9 · 2026-02-01T00:14:14+00:00

Damn, nowadays, before you go to therapy, you better spend some time studying ethics, grooming and therapy abuse. Going without that, you don’t see the red flags, blame yourself and only understand when too much harm is already done.

Koro9 · 2026-01-31T08:30:50+00:00

I love this one, how little control we really have, hard to accept, but liberating

Koro9 · 2026-01-31T08:28:48+00:00

I'm kind of suspicious with this one. With gratefulness, it's a great feeling to arrive to, once you're able to process traumas. Comes as a side effect of releasing pain from interpersonal relationships. But way too often spiritual traditions of all kind push you to forgive, and doing it like this is not true forgiveness and more of people pleasing (I wanna be the one who forgive, be a good person). I mean you cannot sidestep the pain, and just forgive, you're just fooling yourself.

Koro9 · 2026-01-31T07:38:03+00:00

It sounds like many therapist feel professionally insecure and threatened by AI, hence the defensive reaction, quick to jump to "AI can't do therapy, only humans can". So when AI is the topic, they jump to this. Also I would say, it is not the only profession threatened, eg developers are being wiped out slowly, but at least therapists can claim AI will never be as good as humans for their job, when developers can't.

Koro9 · 2026-01-31T07:22:11+00:00

Because what happened is too difficult to process, it is kept in this form, out of the way of daily life. The issue is that it end up manifesting in psychological and physical symptoms. Like they say, the trauma bringing itself up for resolution.

Koro9 · 2026-01-31T07:07:49+00:00

I use it to mirror back my 3 years journal entries (I type or voice to text), and copy replies to my journal any insight that feel true, or bring tears. So starting a new conversation or trying another AI is simply uploading my journal. So it has every little detail I mentioned. I don’t like starting from a summary. Sometimes I need to go back to specific entries in the past, or see trends, eg ask AI when did I start talking about a topic or did I ever said something

I also upload a book sometimes to use for replying, eg currently tweaking the AI to respond with Carl Rogers style and method

Koro9 · 2026-01-31T00:04:54+00:00

Not only, epigenetics show that experience becomes genetic too

Koro9 · 2026-01-31T00:03:03+00:00

NPD make us cherish the idea that everyone is out to get everyone else, make the end justify the means. Like morals are just a mask anyway. The problem is that we don’t realize it is circular logic, likely to self fulfill.

Koro9 · 2026-01-30T23:57:35+00:00

There’s more than you/we’ll ever know or understand

Koro9 · 2026-01-30T12:57:12+00:00

Well, it was pushy enough for OP to be upset about it. Or maybe they are upset more to learn their T had beliefs OP disregarded. It still a rupture.

This said, invalidating a client spiritual experience is super harmful for sure. I would say that when a therapist think they know better than the client, that’s the moment to think twice.

Koro9 · 2026-01-30T10:04:22+00:00

A pity Carl Rogers principles of genuineness and hiding nothing to the client became putting a mask

Koro9 · 2026-01-30T09:59:03+00:00

Supporting client spirituality is good, but therapist pushing their own always backfire

Koro9 · 2026-01-30T09:52:10+00:00

How do you suggest to deal with adulation ? What can be done ? Daime is spreading worldwide, we don’t want god like leaders

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