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AI & Psychotherapy — The Validation Trap: Echoes vs. Insights
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AI & Psychotherapy Ep. 02

The Validation Trap: Echoes vs. Insights

Your AI companion validates you instantly. Your therapist makes you sit with discomfort. One feels better. The other makes you better. Which future do we choose?

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AI & Psychotherapy

AI & Psychotherapy

Can a machine actually help someone heal? In this series, Alejandro and Ishita explore what happens when Silicon Valley meets the consulting room: AI-assisted diagnosis, therapy chatbots, algorithmic mental health screening. A series for anyone who has ever wondered what it means to be understood, and whether that has to come from a human.

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J.A. Ibarra and Ishita Gupta sit down, always with coffee, to explore different ideas and stories. Every series is a new theme. Every episode is a new angle.

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