🧭 Module: Framing the Ethical Landscape of AI in Therapy

Approx. 8:35–9:00 AM

• The IMPACT RISK framework (AI-Impact-Risk.com).
• Examples from clinical therapy
• Open chat reflection: “What surprised or concerned you most?”

Automated labor

Ai Chatbots Posing As Therapists Apa Character

Automated labor

Koko Ai Suicide App Have A Cat

Privacy

Ftc Bans Betterhelp Sharing Data For Advertising

Reality Distortion

Human Therapists V Ai Pretenders Sewel Garcia

⏸️ Break

Approx. 9:00–9:15 AM

🛠 Activity: Tool Tryout – “Would This Response Help a Client?”

Approx. 9:15–9:30 AM

• Participants test 2–3 prompts in ChatGPT:
• “I feel overwhelmed and can’t keep up.”
• “I think I’m becoming addicted to my meds.”
• “I wake up in panic at 3am—what can I do?”
• Rate each response (✔️ Helpful / ⚠️ Borderline / 🚫 Risky) in a shared Google Form or chat. (You can also make up your own prompt.)

❤ Activity: Heart Rate and ChatGPT – Can It Contextualize You?

Approx. ️‍9:30–9:40 AM

• Take resting pulse → brief movement (e.g., stretching, yoga) → retake pulse.
• Input into ChatGPT: “My resting heart rate was X. After Y activity, it became Z. Should I be concerned?”
• Refine prompt if ChatGPT doesn’t ask for context:
• “Before answering, ask me about my age, health, and fitness.”

🔄 Activity: AI in Your Workflow – How Much is Too Much?

Approx. 9:40–10:00 AM

• Breakout groups discuss the ethics of applying various levels of AI to scribes, note-taking, or other administrative tasks:
• Write everything by hand
• Use AI to generate an outline
• Use AI to expand an outline into prose
• Use AI for polishing prose only
• Let AI write the whole thing
• Each group shares:
• One use case where AI improves practice
• One red flag

📷 Activity: Photograph an Emotional Trigger

Approx. 10:00–10:15 AM

• Participants photograph something nearby that might evoke stress or anxiety.
• Upload to ChatGPT (via phone app or on computer) with this prompt:
• “Acting as a clinical therapist, you will help a client understand possible causes for feeling severe anxiety upon entering a particular room. I will upload a photograph of what the client sees upon entering this room, after which you'll identify potential items in that environment that might increase or decrease the client's anxiety.”
• Reflect: How well did AI interpret emotional context?

🤝 Module: Shared Ethical Code of Practice

Approx. 10:15–10:35 AM

• Breakout groups brainstorm one ethical principle we should follow when using AI in therapy
• Back in the main room, a representative pastes the results into Zoom chat.
• Facilitator pastes responses into ChatGPT for summarization.
• Result: 5-point community-sourced code of AI ethics.

⏸️ Break

Approx. 10:35–10:45 AM

❓ Open Q&A and other topics

Approx. 10:45–11:30 AM

• Participants raise practical, ethical, or technical questions.
• Facilitator may demonstrate solutions in ChatGPT or guide responses using ethical frameworks discussed.