Shafran, Roz;
Bond, Laura;
Carlbring, Per;
Cohen, Zachary;
Creed, Torrey A;
Davey, Emily;
Egan, Sarah J;
... Wade, Tracey D; + view all
(2025)
From Innovation to Implementation: Artificial Intelligence in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Training and Supervision.
Behaviour Research and Therapy
, Article 104945. 10.1016/j.brat.2025.104945.
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Abstract
Artificial intelligence (AI) can transform mental health care globally by improving the efficiency, consistency, effectiveness and accessibility of training and supervision in evidence-based psychotherapies, including cognitive and behavioural therapies. This paper describes the potential role of AI in the training and supervision of clinicians and the associated gains, challenges and risks. AI could revolutionize the process of training and supervision by simulating patients in assessment and therapy sessions, providing real-time personalised fidelity feedback, and helping trainees to develop cultural sensitivity. However, key challenges remain, including the identification and curation of high-quality datasets and algorithms, ethical considerations, implementation in low-resource settings and lack of rigorous research. It concludes by outlining guidelines for the future development, evaluation, and implementation of AI in CBT training and supervision, with the goal of maximizing its potential benefits while mitigating associated risks.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | From Innovation to Implementation: Artificial Intelligence in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Training and Supervision |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.brat.2025.104945 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2025.104945 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2026 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. under a Creative Commons license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | cognitive behaviour therapy, training, supervision, artificial intelligence, AI, global, guidelines, mental health |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10219686 |
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