Hidden off the main streets of Twentynine Palms, California is an oasis in the desert. It is at The Campbell House that palm trees and greenery thrive amid the relentless hot sun. It is also where about 30 men gathered for a weekend retreat. Men come from different races, socio-economic backgrounds and age groups. They joined the men’s group Evryman, to do what most of them have never done before: open up and be vulnerable with themselves and with each other. The retreat is intense, exciting, peer-to-peer work aided by…
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AI could be your next therapist for loneliness and anxiety
When you wake up in the middle of the night feeling overwhelmed due to the recent death of a loved one, your new shrink could be an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. It offers advice and suggests techniques to improve one’s mood. And it’s almost like you’re texting with a human therapist. Opening your heart to an AI-enabled empathetic app or text bot doesn’t replicate laying down on a couch to confide in a human psychotherapist or even calling a crisis line. But with proper guardrails, some mental health professionals see…
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