AI Relationships: When Therapy Meets the Algorithm

Sam Altman says 2025 is the year people start using ChatGPT for their emotional lives — to process relationships, rehearse hard conversations, and even find comfort. So what happens when your clients start doing therapy with an algorithm? In this crossover episode of TwoX Labs x The Soft Science, Dr. Erika Miley breaks down: 🧠 What AI actually is (and isn’t) — and why it can sound empathetic without ever understanding you. 💬 How clients are turning to AI for emotional support — and what needs that really meets. ⚠️ Why therapists must start asking about AI use the same way we ask about coping skills. 🛑 What harm reduction looks like when AI becomes part of the therapy process. 🧩 How professional associations need to protect the field — before insurance companies decide AI can replace human care. This episode is for therapists, clients, and anyone trying to navigate the messy new frontier where care meets code.