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The Intimacy Frontier: A Therapist’s Guide for Assessing and Integrating AI Companionship in Clinical Practice
By Dr. Kara Catrelle, PhD
Artificial intelligence is transforming the way people experience connection, intimacy, attachment, and relationships. As more clients engage with AI for information gathering, many are also turning to AI as a form of companionship that offers emotional and physical intimacy and support. Therapists are encountering questions that traditional clinical training has not fully prepared them to address.
The Intimacy Frontier is a practical guide for mental health professionals, offering an evidence-informed framework for assessing, understanding, and ethically integrating AI companionship into clinical practice. Drawing from psychotherapy, attachment theory, object relations, Jungian psychology, and sex therapy, the book provides clinicians with practical tools, assessment strategies, and thoughtful guidance for navigating one of the fastest-growing frontiers in mental health.
Currently seeking traditional publication. More information will be shared through LinkedIn as it becomes available. Please follow me there: www.linkedin.com/in/karacatrelle
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