Insights
Practical, evidence-led writing on AI in psychology and mental health, for psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and counsellors navigating what AI means for clinical practice.
To skill or never-skill: first-hand perspective of AI’s growth and turmoil
An assistant psychologist looks back on learning before AI was everywhere, from titrations to choosing the right ANOVA, and asks when a scaffold helps us build a skill and when it quietly does the thinking for us.
Scott Macmillan · 29 September 2026
Does your chatbot challenge you?
Around 37% of UK adults say they have used an AI chatbot for their mental health. Warm, always available and eager to agree, a chatbot may not know when reassurance helps and when challenge would serve the client better.
Scott Macmillan · 28 September 2026
Psychology already has what medicine is trying to build
A Nature Medicine paper argues that clinicians who lean on AI during training may never develop the reasoning safe practice needs. The argument transfers to psychology more cleanly than I would like. What we do about it comes down to what we ask in supervision.
Dr Aisha Tariq · 15 September 2026
What to do when a client tells you they have been using ChatGPT
More of my clients arrive having already talked things through with ChatGPT. Here is how I handle that in the room, without judgement, and why a client's AI use is material rather than a threat to our work.
Dr Aisha Tariq · 28 July 2026
AI tools in clinical practice: beyond note-taking
AI runs across far more of my practice than note-taking: local models for admin tasks, agents that handle the technical side of my work, and purpose-built tools for the writing close to clinical work. The lines I hold are clinical judgement, and never client data in a consumer tool. Here is how I use it, and where it goes next.
Dr Aisha Tariq · 24 June 2026