AI in Psychology

Monday, February 2, 2026

Speaker: Shara Sand, Psy.D

Date: Monday, February 2, 2026

Time: In-Person: 6:00pm to 9:30pm | Virtual attendees: 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Where: In Person at Artisan Works OR Virtually

Details

Join us for insights on clinical uses and educational concerns in AI technology.

This event is open to everyone. 2 CEs will be offered and more details to follow.

Program Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Explain 3 ways in which LLM’s (large language models) used by generative AI are different from your parents’ search engines These include identifying how algorithms for AI are constructed, how AI “hallucinations occur and how machine programming is different from human programming.
• Demonstrate knowledge of how psychology is used in the development of AI algorithms, specifically 2 primary constructs, cognitive and memory models.
• Verbalize 3 positive and 3 negative contributions that AI can make to the educational and clinical aspects of psychology.

Assessment of Participant Learning

Participants will engage in a structured Q&A session following the presentation to assess participant learning.

Program content is focused on topics related to psychological practice, education and training, or research OTHER THAN assessment and intervention/therapy and is supported by empirical research.

Sources for Proposed Session

• Gigerenzer, G. (2023). Psychological AI: Designing algorithms informed by human psychology. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 19(5), 839-848. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231180597 (Original work published 2024)
• Mariani, M. M., Perez-Vega, R., & Wirtz, J. (2022). AI in marketing, consumer research and psychology: A systematic literature review and research agenda. Psychology & Marketing, 39, 755–776. https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.21619
• Spytska, L. (2025). The use of artificial intelligence in psychotherapy: development of intelligent therapeutic systems. BMC psychology, 13(1), 175.
• Zhang, Z., & Wang, J. (2024). Can AI replace psychotherapists? Exploring the future of mental health care. Frontiers Psychiatry, 15, 1444382.

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