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When an AI Image Made Someone Cry: Midjourney, Therapy, and the Language of Pictures

How AI art and picture cards help us find what words can’t

Oct 25

When an AI Image Made Someone Cry: Midjourney, Therapy, and the Language of Pictures

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Breaking Barriers: Insights from a Cis Male Counsellor on Navigating Trans Client Relationships

You may think that Trans clients come to counsellors to talk about their gender identity. You'd be wrong.

Oct 22

Breaking Barriers: Insights from a Cis Male Counsellor on Navigating Trans Client Relationships

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Gender Identity Unveiled: Distinguished Thinkers Share Fresh Insights.

Join me in an AI experiment, conjuring up nine great thought leaders around a large table, answering a single question from a young person…

Oct 2

Gender Identity Unveiled: Distinguished Thinkers Share Fresh Insights.

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Exploring Style: How Midjourney’s New Tool Opens Fresh Creative Doors

Building on moodboards and personal profiles, Style Explorer is the latest personalisation tool from Midjourney.

Sep 8

Exploring Style: How Midjourney’s New Tool Opens Fresh Creative Doors

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AI Therapy: How to Tell If Your Therapist Isn't Human

I had a bonkers idea to ask ChatGPT to help me write this article, and what secrets did it reveal?

Jul 27

AI Therapy: How to Tell If Your Therapist Isn't Human

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The Rescue Illusion: When a Therapy Bot Becomes Your Lifeboat

How the comfort of artificial empathy can keep us from real connection.

Oct 24

The Rescue Illusion: When a Therapy Bot Becomes Your Lifeboat

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AI Therapy in 2025: Helpful, Misleading, or Both?

A client told me their chatbot had confirmed that all their symptoms were signs of a genetic mental illness.

Oct 12

AI Therapy in 2025: Helpful, Misleading, or Both?

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Before You Publish, Ask Three Questions: The Buddha Test for Writers

How an old Buddhist principle can bring clarity, compassion, and courage to your words within ChatGPT

Oct 5

Before You Publish, Ask Three Questions: The Buddha Test for Writers

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The Illusion of Care: Why AI Therapy Apps Cannot Replace Human Relationship

Unregulated therapy chatbots may look convincing, but they strip therapy of its core relational depth and risk reshaping client…

Sep 2

The Illusion of Care: Why AI Therapy Apps Cannot Replace Human Relationship

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How I used ChatGPT5 to build an app that makes emotions more visible and shareable

Using therapy-room techniques; no coding, just conversation

Aug 10

How I used ChatGPT5 to build an app that makes emotions more visible and shareable

Aug 10

John Walter 📣Therapy and creativity

John Walter 📣Therapy and creativity

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4.95K followers

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Counsellor, jazz musician, AI Art nerd, bereaved father. Writing about my experience. Listening to yours. https://johnwaltercounsellor.com/

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