Comment by atoav

Yes theoretically. The issue if people just go to ChatGPT is that a therapist would have clear objections, caveats or other negative feedback ready on the correct situation. Most LLM chatbots go out of their way to never say a critical word at all.

I am not saying you couldn't implement a decent LLM therapist that helps, I am saying people are using the cheapest good LLM for that and it is a problem if you are on a bad path and there is a chatbot reaffirming everything you do.