Will AI Hurt or Improve Communication in Relationships?A Couples Therapist Reflects I am a therapist with 15 years of experience providing couples therapy to couples in Silicon Valley. In engineering terms, I’m an expert at human-to-human user interface: communication. Because I’ve been centered in Silicon Valley my whole career, I’m also familiar with how one…
Men, Open Up! Eww, Not That Way! With some regularity in my practice, partners of men bring him into couple therapy with the complaint, “He’s emotionally closed off” or “I don’t know what’s going on inside of him.” This is usually paired with the request, “I’d like you to help him open up.” This makes…
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Does Mental Health Diagnosis Free You or Stigmatize You? I’m in a video therapy session with a new client, Emma. She’s crying. I’ve just shared the mental health diagnosis and treatment plan I wrote for her. It is hitting her hard. Did labeling her mental health contribute to stigma? Or does diagnosis help reduce suffering?…