{"id":220089,"date":"2026-05-26T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/mental-health-therapists-who-use-ai-to-take-notes-face-questions-about-trust-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T05:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:05:09","slug":"mental-health-therapists-who-use-ai-to-take-notes-face-questions-about-trust-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/mental-health-therapists-who-use-ai-to-take-notes-face-questions-about-trust-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental health therapists who use AI to take notes face questions about trust : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/transcripts\/nx-s1-5826943\">Mental health therapists who use AI to take notes face questions about trust : NPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/transcripts\/nx-s1-5826943\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/transcripts\/nx-s1-5826943<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-26 05:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.npr.org\">www.npr.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increasing number of therapists are adopting AI tools for note-taking which record sessions and generate clinical notes to save time on administrative tasks.<\/li>\n<li>AI tools potentially save therapists from burnout but have raised concerns about patient trust and privacy.<\/li>\n<li>Molly Quinn, a librarian from Arkansas, felt violated when she discovered her therapist used an AI note-taking tool without her consent during a session.<\/li>\n<li>The ethical concerns include the accuracy of generated notes and the issue of informed consent, as some patients may not fully understand the implications of AI note-taking.<\/li>\n<li>Critics, like bioethics researcher Kellie Owens, worry that AI could inaccurately document interactions, leading to errors in a client&#8217;s permanent record.<\/li>\n<li>Some argue that AI may change the therapeutic experience, potentially affecting clients&#8217; willingness to disclose personal information.<\/li>\n<li>Supporters, like therapist Kym Tolson, believe AI note-taking can significantly reduce burnout and administrative workload, allowing therapists to focus more on patient care. <\/li>\n<li>Quinn eventually found a new therapist and stipulated no use of AI as a condition, emphasizing the importance of privacy even in therapy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental health therapists who use AI to take notes face questions about trust : NPR&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2121x1193+0+221\/resize\/1400\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb6%2F11%2F2fc798b54f739cc4d466049f8e5f%2Fgettyimages-1425250752.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220089"}],"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=220089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220091,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220089\/revisions\/220091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}