AI in Therapy Training for Counsellors | Creative Counsellor
AI is already entering the therapy room. Are you ready to talk about it with your clients?
Clients are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence for emotional support, self-understanding, reassurance and advice.
Some may be using AI chatbots between therapy sessions. Others may be sharing highly personal information with tools they know very little about. Some may begin to experience an AI interaction as relational, supportive or even therapeutic.
As practitioners, we cannot afford to ignore these developments. But we also do not need to approach them with panic.
Responsible Use of AI in Therapy is a two-hour recorded CPD workshop designed to help counsellors, psychotherapists and coaches understand how AI is affecting therapeutic practice and how to respond in a safe, ethical and client-centred way.
Bringing together the perspectives of an Information Security Professional and a therapeutic practitioner, this course explores both the technology itself and the human impact of using it.
You will learn about privacy, confidentiality, data security, bias, inaccurate responses, professional boundaries and accountability. You will also explore what happens when clients form emotional or therapeutic relationships with AI and how these experiences may enter the therapy room.
You will gain greater confidence in understanding
how clients may already be using AI for therapeutic support
what information AI tools may collect or retain
why AI-generated answers can be inaccurate, biased or misleading
how to identify red flags when reviewing AI tools
how AI use may affect therapeutic boundaries and relationships
how to begin sensitive conversations about AI with clients
what AI may support and what it cannot replace
how to respond without shaming, frightening or dismissing clients
This course is for you if
You have heard clients mention ChatGPT, AI chatbots or mental health apps and have felt unsure how to respond.
You are concerned about confidentiality or the personal information clients may be entering into AI tools.
You want to understand AI without becoming overwhelmed by technical language.
You are curious about whether AI is a risk, a resource or a mixture of both.
You want your practice to remain ethical, informed and responsive as technology continues to develop.
Learn from two complementary perspectives
The information security perspective
Piotr helps demystify the technology and explains the practical issues practitioners need to understand, including:
data privacy
information security
provider accountability
accuracy
bias
transparency
assessing AI products more critically
The therapeutic perspective
Honorata explores how AI is showing up within the therapeutic relationship, including:
clients using AI for emotional support
relational attachments to chatbots
AI-generated interpretations or advice
how to discuss AI use compassionately
how these experiences may influence therapy
practical case examples from the therapy room
Move from uncertainty to informed curiosity
You do not need to become an AI expert.
You do need to understand enough to recognise risk, protect therapeutic boundaries and hold informed conversations with your clients.
This course will help you meet this emerging area of practice with greater confidence, critical awareness and compassion.