Mental Health

Is Your Therapist Using AI to Track Sessions? What You Can Do About It A recent investigation by the Los Angeles Times has shed light on a practice many patients may not be aware of: mental health providers using AI tools to analyze therapy sessions, often without explicit patient consent. The report, published June 22, 2026, describes AI systems that can process spoken language, detect emotions, summarize session notes, and even assign risk scores—all while the patient assumes their words are heard only by the therapist. ...

Is Your Therapist Using AI to Secretly Track Your Sessions? Here’s What to Do You go to therapy expecting confidentiality. That’s the foundation of mental health care. But a recent investigation by the Los Angeles Times (June 22, 2026) reveals that some mental health providers are quietly using artificial intelligence tools to record and analyze therapy sessions — often without clear patient consent. ...

Is Your Therapist Using AI to Track Sessions? Here’s What to Know If you’ve been in therapy recently, you probably assume that what you say stays between you and your clinician. But a new investigation from the Los Angeles Times suggests that assumption may no longer be safe. According to the report, some mental health providers are using artificial intelligence to monitor, transcribe, and analyze therapy sessions—often without clear, upfront consent from patients. ...

Is your therapist using AI to track your sessions? Here’s what you need to know In recent months, a growing number of mental health providers have started using artificial intelligence to analyze therapy sessions. A June 2026 investigation by the Los Angeles Times found that some providers are doing this without transparent patient consent, raising urgent questions about privacy in a space where people share their most personal thoughts. ...

Is Your Therapist Secretly Using AI to Track Your Sessions? What You Need to Know A recent investigation by the Los Angeles Times has brought to light a practice that many therapy clients might find unsettling: some mental health providers are using artificial intelligence tools to transcribe, analyze, and store recordings of therapy sessions—often without explicit patient consent. If you’re in therapy or considering it, this raises serious questions about privacy, trust, and your control over deeply personal conversations. ...

Is your therapist using AI to track your sessions? What to know about privacy risks If you’ve been in therapy over the past few years, there’s a chance your sessions were recorded and analyzed by artificial intelligence—without your explicit knowledge. A recent investigation by the Los Angeles Times found that a number of mental health providers have quietly adopted AI tools that transcribe conversations, perform sentiment analysis, and flag behavioral patterns. For patients who trust their therapists with their most private thoughts, this revelation raises uncomfortable questions about consent, confidentiality, and control over sensitive data. ...

Is Your Therapist Recording Your Sessions with AI? What Patients Need to Know If you’re in therapy, you probably assume that what you say stays between you and your therapist. But a growing number of mental health professionals are bringing a third party into the room: artificial intelligence. According to a November 2025 Forbes report, therapists are now using generative AI tools during live sessions to transcribe conversations, generate clinical notes, and even analyze patient speech patterns. The catch? Many patients are never told it’s happening. ...