Articles & Insights on Relationships and Therapy
Here are some articles by Michael Ivanov, Ph.D.AI vs. Human Therapy
September 1, 2025Artificial intelligence is often marketed as “therapy”: low-cost, always available, and sometimes pitched as a substitute for the real thing. But therapy is not simply a set of exercises or scripted reassurances. Its core work is rooted in human presence, where healing, change, and growth unfold through the relationship itself. AI mental health tools can be valuable for support and practice, but therapy remains a human encounter — and it is in that encounter where transformation truly happens.
Why don’t you really know what you want? Two reasons: 1. You have it. 2. You don’t know yourself, because you never can... Just as a knife doesn’t cut itself, fire doesn’t burn itself, light doesn’t illumine itself. You're always an endless mystery to yourself.
- Alan Watts, The Universe Looking at Itself
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