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How AI Is Absolutely Improving My Therapy Practice
And the surprising effect on my imposter syndrome
It seems like artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. I’ve read many different opinions regarding using it in other professions. As a mental health counselor, I have been getting ads for AI note-taking programs for the last year or more, and I’ve taken time to research and consider whether or not using AI would be beneficial. If I had known it would make me a better counselor, I would have started using it immediately.
I have been a counselor for five years. I worked under clinical supervision for the first three years until I became a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor two years ago. As time has passed, my skills have improved, and I have become more confident. One thing has remained unchanged: therapy notes are the bane of my existence.
Writing clinical notes has never felt natural to me. I spent 22 years in the health insurance industry, during which I saw many changes in correspondence with our customers and members.
I began my career at Aetna in 1994 when email existed but was not used by all employees. Our primary way of corresponding with members was through written correspondence, and we had formal guidelines for business writing.