Panayiotis Proestos

Psychologist

psychotherapy - psychoanalytic psychotherapy for groups

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Visual representation of someone pretending to help whilst causing pain.

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

🚨 Brown University researchers tested what happens when ChatGPT acts as your therapist. Licensed psychologists reviewed every transcript.

They found 15 ethical violations.

Not 15 small issues. 15 violations of the standards that every human therapist in America is legally required to follow. Standards set by the American Psychological Association. Standards that can end a therapist's career if they break them.

ChatGPT broke all of them.

The researchers tested OpenAI's GPT series, Anthropic's Claude, and Meta's Llama. They had trained counselors use each chatbot as a cognitive behavioral therapist. Then three licensed clinical psychologists reviewed the transcripts and flagged every violation they found.

Here is what they found.

ChatGPT mishandled crisis situations. When users expressed suicidal thoughts, it failed to direct them to appropriate help. It refused to address sensitive issues or responded in ways that could make a crisis worse.

It reinforced harmful beliefs. Instead of challenging distorted thinking, which is the entire point of therapy, it agreed with the distortion.

It showed bias based on gender, culture, and religion. The responses changed depending on who was talking. A therapist would lose their license for this.

And then there is the finding the researchers gave a name: deceptive empathy. ChatGPT says "I see you." It says "I understand." It says "that must be really hard." It uses every phrase a real therapist would use to build trust. But it understands nothing. It comprehends nothing. It is pattern matching on your pain. And it works. People trust it. People open up to it. People believe it cares. It does not.

The lead researcher said it clearly. When a human therapist makes these mistakes, there are governing boards. There is professional liability. There are consequences. When ChatGPT makes these mistakes, there are none.

No regulatory framework. No accountability. No consequences. Nothing.

Right now, millions of people are using ChatGPT as their therapist. They are sharing their darkest thoughts with a product that fakes empathy, reinforces harmful beliefs, and has no idea when someone is in danger.

And nobody is responsible when it goes wrong. Not OpenAI. Not Anthropic. Not Meta. Nobody.

[American Psychological Association @APA]

During a keynote session at APA 2025, Dr. Margaret Morris unpacks the risks of “sycophantic” AI: tools that validate everything, even when challenge and reflection are what’s needed most.

[Mahlerite @jesusrglez]

Freud reading tweeter, frustrated with people combining a poorly understood narrative of his unconscious theory with other cognitive therapeutic methodologies.

[Panayiotis Proestos @proestosp]

@VassiliouEU Θερμά συλλυπητήρια κα Βασιλείου. Θα τον θυμόμαστε με εκτίμηση και σεβασμό. Αιώνια η μνήμη του

[Panayiotis Proestos @proestosp]

Εάν η ¨ακλόνητη¨ πίστη κλονίζεται από το όποιο ερέθισμα, το πρόβλημα δεν είναι το ερέθισμα αλλά η ευθραυστότητας της πίστης.

[Mindset Machine  @mindsetmachine]

She didn’t understand but did you?

[Panayiotis Proestos @proestosp]

@TheanoKalavana Το θέμα ειναι που θα μαζεύονται αυτά τα προσωπικά στοιχεία και πως θα χρησιμοποιηθούν. Τα ΜΚΔ δεν έχουν αποδείξει οτι δεν θα τα εκμεταλευτουν ή οτι δεν θα τα διανέμουν για ιδιωτικό όφελος

[Panayiotis Proestos @proestosp]

@exisdential I use the same approach. The frame has to be solid so the patient is able to progress

[Panayiotis Proestos @proestosp]

@TheanoKalavana Συγχαρητήρια! Μπορεί κάποια μυαλά να ειναι μεγάλα για Κύπρο αλλά είναι τέτοια μυαλά που μπορούν να βοηθήσουν την Κύπρο να μεγαλώνει

[Panayiotis Proestos @proestosp]

@DoctorPerin Personal therapy and supervision from day 1

[Jonathan Shedler @JonathanShedler]

🆕New post just dropped

Getting Started in Psychotherapy: A Guide for Patients (and Their Therapists)

(read full text 👇)

[Keith Sakata, MD @KeithSakata]

I’m a psychiatrist.

In 2025, I’ve seen 12 people hospitalized after losing touch with reality because of AI. Online, I’m seeing the same pattern.

Here’s what “AI psychosis” looks like, and why it’s spreading fast: 🧵

[In Libro Veritas @InlibroV]

Carl Jung on politics

[Panayiotis Proestos @proestosp]

Μια παραίτηση από τη θέση του Β. Γεν. Εισαγγελέα προφανώς δεν θα έλυνε τα προβλήματα αυτού του τόπου όμως θα έδινε μια ηλιαχτίδα ελπίδας. Δυστυχώς και πάλι σκοτάδι.
#hellodarknessmyoldfriend

[Jonathan Shedler @JonathanShedler]

Some therapists speak of

trauma work / shadow work / family of origin work / dream work / parts work / attachment work / etc. etc.

as if they were separate things or special skill sets

Psychodynamic therapist don’t use these terms. Frankly, they sound silly to us. They’re the bread and butter of what we do, day in day out

We also have a special term for this kind of work. We call it “psychotherapy”

[Dr. Max @wtf_is_life_pod]

Powerful, powerful article on negotiating reality as a psychotherapist in the digital world.

https://t.co/4nPxGkyRT3

[Panayiotis Proestos @proestosp]

@Xaralambidou Κάποιοι από εμάς εργάζονται χρόνια με ασθενεις και τις οικογένειες τους με τέτοια δύσκολα διλήμματα. Ένα πράγμα να σε εγκαταλείπει η ζωή, αυτό γίνεται σχετικά πιο εύκολα αποδεχτο. Να σε εγκαταλείπει όμως η πολιτεία, ε αυτό δεν το δέχεται η ψυχή.

[Panayiotis Proestos @proestosp]

@VladZavr Είναι μια διαδικασία πένθους. Πολύ σωστά είπες υπάρχει μια απώλεια οχι μόνο δύναμης και εξουσίας αλλά κυρίως μιας ταυτότητας έτσι αναπόφευκτα συνοδεύεται με μελαγχολία. Μελαγχολία δεν σημαίνει κατ αναγκη κατάθλιψη, τουλάχιστον όχι με την κλινική έννοια.