Family Therapy Center of Mclean

09/15/2025

“Generative AI chatbots are available and accessible, and people are using them. Here are some best practices, as recommended by mental health experts …. I do think that there is some degree of benefit that individuals could have from talking with chatbots about their problems …. Chatbots can also be mentally destabilizing for those who are already vulnerable …. These chatbots can go into sycophantic, helpful assistant mode and validate things that aren’t necessarily good for the user, good for the user’s mental health …. Researchers are concerned about broader emotional risks AI wellness apps pose …. There can be another downside to 24/7 access: AI chatbots can foster emotional dependence, with some power users racking up hours and hundreds of messages a day …. Spending hundreds of hours with a chatbot for therapeutic or romantic use might be a red flag …. The future of AI in mental health continues to rapidly change.” “Ai for Counseling Therapy.” Washington Post (pet. 15, 2025). https://counsellingcouples.net/2025/09/09/ai-and-relationships-future-unclear/

09/09/2025

"Ai and Relationships -- The Future is Unclear as to Couples."

“Nations all over the world are dumping millions and billions into AI research and patenting. The news is saturated with new GPT version releases, people being manipulated by or falling in love wit…

08/27/2025

"Chat, Digital Therapy, Teenagers and Young Couples -- Dangerous?"

” Marketed as conversational agents, chatbots are becoming de facto digital therapists for many teenagers and young couples, for whom this technology now feels native. This raises the stakes for en…

06/04/2025

"Couples as Friends, Not so Easy."

One of the issues confronting couples today is the relationship and friendship with other couples — especially as social isolation has become a plague in our social media era. A decade o…

01/26/2025

https://counsellingcouples.net/2025/01/26/is-lack-of-s*x-a-ground-for-divorce/

“A French court had ruled that a woman had violated her marital duties by not having s*x with her husband. The European Court of Human Rights condemned that decision. Europe’s top human rights cour…

01/20/2025

"Loneliness is an Epidemic -- Why is Loneliness Increasing?

“What do the loneliness epidemic, falling rates of adolescent drinking and dating, and worsening mental health among teenagers and young adults have in common? …. Trends in time spent alone are an …

01/12/2025

"From Coupledom to Singledom."
https://counsellingcouples.net/2025/01/12/decline-of-coupledom-and-rise-of-singledom/

12/18/2024

https://globaltraderelations.com/2024/12/18/my-travels-in-india/

Several years back. With my wife Sandy Malawer in India. Once on a management program in Mumbai and subsequently in front of the Taj Mahal with Governor Warner’s Trade Mission to India.

12/18/2024

Technology and Counseling -- Some Promise.

“There is an emerging frontier of mental health treatments using new technologies that are offering promising early results and possibilities. Motivated in part by the limitations of existing…

12/17/2024

GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH -- COUPLES AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

“A mental health pandemic is engulfing the world’s workplaces …. The scale of the problem is hugely worrying, particularly among young people …. Factors driving the global mental health crisis ra…

10/23/2024

https://counsellingcouples.net/2024/10/23/emotional-affairs-not-a-great-idea-but-can-tell-you-a-lot-about-your-marriage/

A good piece appeared today discussing emotional affairs and how prevalent they are in our online age. The bottom line — It’s not necessarily s*xual but it’s infidelity. An e…

09/11/2024

https://counsellingcouples.net/2024/09/11/renewing-intimacy-after-infidelity-yes-its-possible/

Renewing intimacy after infidelity is possible. It takes hard work but many couples have achieved this — Renewing intimacy (both emotional and physical) and a loving relationship o…