Resources

Recommended articles for further reading

AI, Psychology, & Clinical Practice

  • Ethical Guidance for AI in the Professional Practice of Health Service Psychology American Psychological Association, 2025
    The essential APA document every psychologist using AI in clinical work should read first.
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  • Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping How Psychologists Work, APA Services, 2025

    Expert clinicians share how they're using AI in real practice and what to watch out for.
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  • AI is Changing Every Aspect of Psychology. Here's What to Watch For APA Monitor, 2023
    A foundational overview of AI's impact across clinical practice and the profession.
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  • AI and PsychologyNature Reviews Psychology, 2025

    A research collection examining psychologists' growing role in shaping AI systems and understanding their impact on human cognition and behavior.
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The Psychology of AI: Attachment, Dependency & Human Connection

  • How People Ask Claude for Personal Guidance Anthropic Research, 2026

    One million real conversations reveal that 6% of AI interactions involve personal guidance-seeking with sycophancy spiking to 25% in relationship conversations. Essential for any clinician whose clients are turning to AI between sessions.
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  • When Using AI, Users Fall for the Dunning-Kruger Trap in Reverse Neuroscience News / Aalto University, 2025

    Higher AI literacy correlates with more overconfidence, not less, a necessary caution for clinicians integrating AI into clinical decision-making.
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  • AI Attachment: Are We the Experiment? Psychology Today, 2025

    A clinician-facing look at the evidence that people are forming genuine emotional attachments to AI and what that means for therapeutic relationships.
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  • The Impacts of Companion AI on Human Relationships AI & Society / Springer Nature, 2025

    Evidence that some users are replacing therapists and romantic partners with AI and the attachment dynamics that make this happen. Read →

  • Human-AI Attachment: How Humans Develop Intimate Relationships With AI Frontiers in Psychology, 2026

    Peer-reviewed research on why one-way emotional bonds form between humans and AI, including romantic feelings and their psychological risks. Read →

Podcasts

Between Sessions with Berries hosted by Kym Tolson

In This Episode:

  • Why AI sparks such strong reactions among clinicians

  • The identity challenges and ethical questions that come with tech adoption

  • How therapists and clients are already using AI in safe, supportive ways

  • What a "clinical clone" is and why it might shape the future of care

  • The invisible labor AI can help reduce, from notes to supervision to admin

  • Practical ways to explore AI tools without compromising clinical integrity