Media
In the past few years I've been featured in a number news outlets about a few of my different projects. I've linked these stories below.
AI-delivered psychotherapy
Syndicated CBC Radio 1 interviews on local morning radio shows, 31 July 2024
(Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Winnipeg, Calgary, Regina, Quebec City, Prince George, Kamloops, Iqaluit, Cape Breton)
Podcast interview about AI and psychotherapy with Dr. Jill Fellows on Cyborg Goddess, 5 July 2024
Could AI help you quit an addiction?, Kurt Kleiner, University of Toronto Magazine, 29 January 2024
'Talking to an affectionate wall': PhD candidate Rachel Katz examines pros and cons of AI-delivered therapy, Sean McNeely, University of Toronto Arts and Sciences Website, 19 July 2023
Television segment on AI and psychotherapy with CTV Kitchener, 7 June 2023
Radio segment on AI and psychotherapy with John Gormley on AM 650 CKOM in Saskatchewan, 5 June 2023
Radio segment on AI and psychotherapy with Shaye Ganam on 770 CHQR/107.3 FM/660 CHED in Alberta, 2 June 2023
A chatbot is no good in a crisis. Why you can't trust AI psychotherapy, Joseph Brean, The National Post, 1 June 2023 (republished in The Recorder and Times, The Cochrane Times-Post, and The Whig Standard)
AI-driven psychotherapy not a cure-all, researcher says, Canadian Healthcare Technology, 31 May 2023
Chatbots, self-guided CBT and other AI-based therapy apps are not the answer to Canada's mental health crisis Swagger, 23 May 2023
Teaching and pedagogy
EngSci and IHPST's Synergy in Interdisciplinary Education, Dr. Pamela Fuentes Peralta, IHPST Website, 10 July 2024
Pain ontology
How do you feel on a scale of 1-10? Why this philosopher thinks she has a better way to quantify pain Joseph Brean, The National Post, 20 May 2022