Are you freaking kidding me????
These platforms are all coming from a business model. They are not able to reflect on the complexities of the Couple Dynamic. They are not aware of the many nuances that are part of the couple dynamic and interrelationship. They are not able to reflect on their own biases, which a well trained therapist is trained to constantly assess and keep in check.
One of the attractions of these chatbots is anonymity. They are relatively anonymous, in fact I’d say they don’t give a dam. They are machines! NO SOUL and NO HEART!! It beats me how anyone would trust their intimate life to such a cold recipient.
A good Couples Therapist is someone you should be able to connect with. If you don’t you need to dump them and find another. If you think you can connect with a machine, programmed with the owner’s biases, then I’d wonder if you’d rather have an intimate relationship with a chatbot too? All these platforms are businesses.
These platforms are PROGRAMMED with information and gather information. They cannot FEEL. They also have a tendency to try keep the user involved and will have a propensity to please the questioner.
All the studies on the effectiveness of therapy say that the most important factor for the success of the therapeutic endeavor is the couple and secondly, it’s the rapport the couple have with the Therapist. That rapport is built by connection and communication. We know that around 75% of communication is body language (eyes, breathing, tone, volume. Skin and muscle changes. I see the eyes, “the windows of the soul”, as of central importance for connecting. If the eyes are damaged then another human sense will compensate. A freaking machine, no matter how complex, can not duplicate that experience.
Would you say a chatbot could raise a child?? Of course you wouldn’t. So don’t be fooled by the business promotional information that suggests the basic human need for connection can be supplied by chatbots. How ridiculous!!
Here’s a current overview of AI platforms and apps that claim to offer psychotherapy-related support — from conversational AI “therapy” chatbots and emotional support companions to services that blend AI with real human clinicians. Note that many of these are supposed to be able to assist with mental health support and self-help techniques, but none should replace licensed professional care
🤖 AI-First Mental Health / Psychotherapy Support Platforms
🧠 AI Chatbots & Support Tools
These use conversational AI to provide supportive dialogue, evidence-based exercises (like CBT/DBT), mood tracking, or suggestions — often as self-help or adjunct support.
- Woebot – AI chatbot grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with daily check-ins, mood tracking, and therapeutic tools.
- Wysa – Emotionally intelligent AI companion using CBT & DBT, with optional access to human coaching and care integrations.
- Earkick – AI-powered mental health platform with a conversational companion that adapts to users’ mood and biomarker inputs.
- Elomia – AI “therapist”-like chatbot offering reflective, empathetic conversations and coping prompts.
- Youper – AI emotional health assistant using CBT techniques and mood analytics.
- Tess (by X2AI) – Text-based AI coach delivering adaptive coping strategies and brief therapeutic guidance.
- AllyChat – Conversational AI for emotional support and self-reflection.
- Therapini – AI-driven support and guidance chatbot.
- Lotus – Free online AI CBT-style “virtual therapist.”
📌 Note: Tools like Replika offer conversational companionship that some people use for emotional support but are not designed as clinical therapy.
🧑⚕️ Hybrid / Human + AI Integrated Platforms
These platforms blend AI technologies with licensed therapists or clinical workflows. They are generally more aligned with real psychotherapy — particularly for regulated care.
- Talkspace – Online platform connecting users with licensed therapists; employs AI tools for service enhancement and risk detection (but therapy is delivered by professionals).
- BetterHelp (often paired with AI tools) – Matches clients with licensed counselors for online therapy; some platforms use AI for intake, scheduling, or support prompting.
- Eleos Health – Clinical platform that uses AI insights to support mental health professionals and improve therapy workflows.
- Ginger – Combines AI support with human coaching and clinicians (via employer/health system partnerships).
- Mindstrong – Data-driven mental health platform blending clinical care with digital AI-powered insights (often more medical/psychiatric than chatbot).
🧠 Research & Emerging AI Therapy Models
These are not commercial consumer apps but notable examples of how AI psychotherapy research or prototypes look:
- Serena – LLM-based conversational mental health system trained for empathetic, supportive dialogue.
- TheraGen – LLM chatbot offering personalized therapeutic support developing evidence-based coping strategies.
🧩 Important Safety & Limitations
⚠️ AI “therapy” tools have limitations:
- Most are not regulated clinical treatments and are not FDA-approved as standalone therapeutic devices.
- Experts and health systems warn that generic AI chatbots (including general models like ChatGPT) should not be relied on for serious mental health issues or crisis response.
- Crisis situations (e.g., suicidal thoughts) require immediate support from trained professionals or emergency services.
Us humans are complex and when we are in an intimate relationship the complexity increases.
Do most people want to have sexual intimacy with a doll/robot? Why not? Connection!!!!!!!!!!! We need to feel we are connecting with the other at deep levels. I want you to want me from your ‘heart’ or ‘soul’. I can’t get that from something that is programmed.
Do you get my point here? Human connection, from FREE WILL is what we desire. Relationship is way too complex for AI. To be understood, empathized with, gotten, resonated with, loved, forgiven, hurt, impassioned, devastated, hopeful, heart broken, lonely, repentant, adoring, etc are human connecting experiences. A machine cannot connect with me and I cannot connect with it, on such levels.
AI is so useful for many things and it will never be human. We cannot be “TOUCHED” by a program.
Think of all of this. Don’t be ridiculous. Don’t take second best. Don’t kid yourself that a Chatbot is getting you. You need human connection and presence to experience rapport and to help you accept yourself and feel accepted. Go to a human, not a machine or program for therapy.