AI software created to help psychotherapists enhance skills

Image caption: “Mental health professionals are practicing without feedback on how effective a session was,” says psychiatrist David Atkins. Image credit: Getty Images. Article by University of Washington. University of Washington – November 4, 2021.

A team employs machine learning to assess the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy sessions and to maintain counselors’ competence.

This country’s mental healthcare needs are so overwhelming, relative to psychotherapists’ availability, that they obscure another distressing truth: The training and effectiveness of counselors in the community can vary widely. […]

Click here to view original web page at newsroom.uw.edu