Kirstie (pseudonym)
Episode interviewee who shares a first-person account of using ChatGPT for emotional support that led to significant changes in her family life.
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Mar 4, 2026 • 31min
Artificial intimacy: The AI therapist that ended a marriage
Yael Schonbrunn, clinical psychologist and relationship therapist, weighs in on chatbots’ limits for relational work. Kirstie, who used ChatGPT for emotional support, recounts how its advice reshaped her marriage. They explore how AI mimics empathy, when it feels safer than therapy, and the risks of chatbot validation in fraught relationships.
