{"id":196033,"date":"2026-03-14T19:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/14\/local-therapists-discuss-artificial-intelligence-in-mental-health\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T05:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T09:40:15","slug":"local-therapists-discuss-artificial-intelligence-in-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/14\/local-therapists-discuss-artificial-intelligence-in-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Local therapists discuss artificial intelligence in mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgem.com\/2026\/03\/14\/ai-will-see-you-now-local-therapists-discuss-artificial-intelligence-mental-health\/\">Local therapists discuss artificial intelligence in mental health<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgem.com\/2026\/03\/14\/ai-will-see-you-now-local-therapists-discuss-artificial-intelligence-mental-health\/\">https:\/\/www.wgem.com\/2026\/03\/14\/ai-will-see-you-now-local-therapists-discuss-artificial-intelligence-mental-health\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-14 19:54:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wgem.com\">www.wgem.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Rising Use of AI in Mental Health<\/strong>: A study by JAMA Network reveals that a significant portion of adolescents and young adults in the U.S. are using generative AI for mental health advice, with rates being higher among individuals aged 18 to 21.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AI Supplement Over Replacement<\/strong>: AI-driven tools like Therapod are designed to complement traditional in-person therapy rather than replace it, offering features such as guided meditations and breathing exercises.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Concerns Among Therapists<\/strong>: Vogel and Rains-Eaton highlight the importance of human connection and express caution around the potential for AI to supplant human therapists due to the complexities of mental health work.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Supplementing Human Connection<\/strong>: Both counselors believe AI can be beneficial if it aids in supplementing and not replacing the work of mental health professionals, especially in addressing the current provider shortage.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Balancing AI and Therapy<\/strong>: Therapists stress the significance of preserving the personal, empathetic, and relational aspects of therapy that AI might lack, despite acknowledging potential benefits in bridging gaps in access to therapy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local therapists discuss artificial intelligence in mental health https:\/\/www.wgem.com\/2026\/03\/14\/ai-will-see-you-now-local-therapists-discuss-artificial-intelligence-mental-health\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-14 19:54:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":196034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/gray-wgem-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/DTKE6CPTTRGRNCTKMSOZNEKTPA.jpg?auth=5a791f219c5d664739435e6359b8b5f0e64ff9707a2b09df8150f72a600112a7&width=1200&height=600&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20,19],"class_list":["post-196033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-generative-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196035,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196033\/revisions\/196035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}