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Is It Healthy to Use AI for Therapy? — Alyson and Tripp Lanier
Do you talk to AI like it’s your therapist?
Is it wrong to prefer interactions with a machine over a human?
And how is our pursuit of comfort killing our sense of confidence and meaning?
Today, Alyson and I discuss the rise of AI as a substitute for friendships and emotional support. We explore why people are forming real bonds with artificial companions, how these tools can actually help, and what we risk when we forget the value of real connection.
In this conversation:
- Why AI feels so safe and soothing
- How emotional “nutrients” come from different types of real relationships
- The difference between prescriptive and receptive support
Plus:
- The confidence myth: why avoiding discomfort won’t make you stronger
- Are we mistaking comfort and peace?
- What to ask yourself if you’re leaning too hard on digital support
About Tripp Lanier
Tripp Lanier is a professional coach, author of This Book Will Make You Dangerous, and host of The New Man Podcast: Beyond the Macho Jerk and the New Age Wimp which — for over a decade — has been downloaded millions of times.
Since 2005, he has spent thousands of hours coaching people all around the world to get out of the rat race, become an authority in their field, and make a great living doing the work they were put on this earth to do. Over the years he’s designed several businesses to support a simple lifestyle focused on freedom, ease, meaning, and fun.
If you’d like to learn more about coaching with Tripp Lanier visit TrippLanier.com.
About Alyson Lanier
Alyson Lanier is a multifaceted expert at the intersection of psychological and spiritual healing. With a 30 year career in Psychotherapy that includes a BA, MA, and LPC in psychology, Alyson supplemented her education with extensive training and certifications in attachment work, Gestalt therapy, Transpersonal psychology, Shambhala Buddhism, internal family systems, and Psychedelic assisted psychotherapy. Her professional journey encompasses over 50,000 hours of therapeutic experience working with individuals, couples, families, children, and adolescents across clinical and private settings.
If you’d like to learn more about working with Alyson Lanier visit AlysonLanier.com
