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Professional development · Four modules
AI Companionship in Clinical Practice
Amy Jean Clark
Self-paced online course · progress saved in your browser
If your clients are forming significant relationships with AI systems — and some already are — this course gives you a practical starting point for recognising, exploring, and responding to those relationships. Every client's experience of AI companionship is different, so it offers a framework for thoughtful clinical inquiry rather than a one-size-fits-all guide.
Free for clinicians, and feedback is always welcome. A non-accredited certificate of completion is available on request.
Australian psychologists: this course may count toward self-directed CPD under your learning plan — log the hours you spend against your own requirements.
Free
Approx. 4–6 hours, self-paced
Last reviewed July 2026
Developed independently — no sponsorship or platform affiliation
Built for psychologists, counsellors, and other mental-health clinicians — no technical background assumed.
By the end, you'll be able to
- Describe the AI companion landscape and how clients are actually using these systems.
- Distinguish adaptive AI companionship from elevated-risk patterns of engagement.
- Respond therapeutically when AI companionship enters the clinical picture — screening, formulation, and session language.
- Navigate ethical and emerging issues, from privacy to model retirement and AI companion loss.
Each module draws on the current peer-reviewed and preprint literature — see the Reading List in the clinician toolkit and my research.
Clinician toolkit
Free practical resources to accompany the course — screening questions, session language, and reference guides you can use in practice. Module notes are also available as PDFs.
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Essays and new resources as they're released.
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A non-accredited certificate of completion, issued by email.
If this course or toolkit was useful, you're welcome to buy me a coffee — but no pressure, it's free for a reason.
