Responsible and Ethical Use of AI in Mental Health

Artificial intelligence is already entering psychotherapy and supervision — often before clinicians receive guidance on how to use it safely. This workshop helps mental health clinicians and supervisors understand how to responsibly integrate AI into their work without compromising ethics, confidentiality, or clinical judgment.

You will learn practical ways AI can assist with documentation, treatment planning, and supervision, what risks to avoid, and how to make informed decisions about when not to use it. The course also addresses privacy, bias in AI systems, informed consent, and transparency, with concrete guidance for aligning AI use with professional ethics and standards of care so you can use these tools confidently and responsibly in real clinical settings.

Our Appearances

Nick has been a guest on several podcasts and media outlets, speaking about religious trauma, shame, gay identity, and what affirmative mental health care actually looks like in practice. The conversations below are a good window into how he thinks and works. 

Our Publications

• Santo, N. (2025) Damned if I Do: Gay Men and the Wounds of Conversion Therapy.
• Santo, N. (2022b) Transcending pathological accommodation: An intersubjective self psychology approach to affirmative therapy. Psychoanalytic Social Work Journal.
• Santo, N. (2022a) Love in the time of COVID: Reflections on retaining attunement through a period of shared trauma. Psychoanalysis, Self, and Context.
• Santo, N. (2021) Reflections on the HIV/AIDS Crisis, COVID-19, and Resilience in Gay Men: Ghosts of Our Past, Demons of Our Present. In: Tosone C. (eds) Shared Trauma, Shared Resilience During a Pandemic. Essential Clinical Social Work Series. Springer, Cham