Comment by mlsu

LLMs cannot be effective therapists because they aren't another human being. If you're going to use LLMs as a therapist you may as well fill out worksheets. It'll be about as effective.

A good therapist is good because they are able to make a real human connection with the patient and then use that real human connection to improve the patient's ability to connect. The whole reason therapy works is that there is another human being at the other end who you know is listening to you.

The machine can never listen, it is incapable. No matter how many factoids it knows about you.