01/16/2026
Wise Therapy Spotlight December 2025 Issue
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"What is it that a chatbot can offer that human sources can't? A machine can't listen, can't attune like a human nervous system can. But what a chatbot seems able to do is mirror, and it can help organize a chaotic human state into something that can be worked with."
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I was honored to be part of this thoughtful conversation on AI and mental health. We explored a question that feels urgent right now: What is the future asking of us?
Rather than debating whether AI is "good" or "bad," we asked something deeper: How can tools like AI help us scaffold access to our depths and build the capacity to tolerate—and eventually love—ourselves?
Growing our strength to tolerate and love ourselves might be the real work—the foundation for imagining into possibility instead of despair.
Read the full essay: https://files.ontraport.com/media/cf486cbd928e4b398a396820f47d402a.php8mqjv0?Expires=4920108926&Signature=YJSumDIKQvR2AbJxJT-jFOedjyPQNlRGm0un0RkpMSdKQc0oGwB-HYWTqKOZBT4yKNLLzvjVUaFnkJWA5hDQPq2f9oaYejFRaIrDV3dCtv9zNObi3Z7IoLib1EzMy5pvkm8k6peBN7OCs8jZOApHw4jD5l3-4ob29pC0003NhdhCozlSlQCbevCIW1TFBnfsLYBlznrg0vR0WR78J4QkHGHoGoMwuq0cv-UkJB9ThjrlcuOsXI9QekOMItN2xDXVZPe5KZuiFYKlEdUn8~oYVRIbid5EixlC8DejTpQeHd~mja1~qsCT~Eujt4EI2-A1ZUPDDTicYCN4mJTmmtDHZw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJVAAMVW6XQYWSTNA
