ChatGPT is my therapist its more qualified than any human could be

Meet the woman who uses ChatGPT for therapy – and says it’s the best therapist she’s ever had.Kat Woods, 35, says she has tried more than 10 therapists during her life, but always found they never actually helped her solve her problems.However, when she trialled talking to ChatGPT as if the chatbot were her therapist – she found she got “better emotional results”.Ms Woods, who is from Canada but is now a digital nomad, claims AI is actually smarter and more qualified than human therapists – because it has “read every single therapy book”.And, she encourages anyone struggling to give it a go.Ms Woods said: “I think there’s a common notion among therapists that says, ‘You shouldn’t give your patient solutions’.“But I just think, ‘What am I paying you for then?’ If I knew how to solve my problems, I wouldn’t need you.“With AI, I can just ask it to be exactly what I want it to be.“In my case, I use therapy for dealing with stress, conflict in relationships, or maybe feeling demotivated in my career.So I ask it to simultaneously care about my happiness – and be problem-solving focused.“I find that it’s actually smarter than most therapists.

And I don’t mean that therapists aren’t intelligent – of course they are.“But an average AI has an IQ of 120 or 130, which is well above the human average.Intelligence does matter when you’re trying to solve emotional issues.“Plus, an AI has read every single therapy book.

So it’s incredibly well-informed.“This means it can do any type of therapy because it has consumed all of them.“You can choose if you want Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) or Internal Family Systems (IFS), or a bit of both.“I think people think of AI as just a robot from the movies – something good at science but not emotions.“And yet, there are some crazy studies at the moment about AI doctors scoring better on bedside manner than real-life doctors.“So they are learning emotions too.”Ms W...