{"id":2940,"date":"2026-07-18T12:34:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/dialogues-online-21\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T12:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:23:36","slug":"do21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/en\/do21\/","title":{"rendered":"Dialogues Online #21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d21_en.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2930\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Topic:<\/strong> The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Psychotherapy<\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development of large language models (LLMs) and artificial intelligence (AI) is leading to a serious crisis in the fields of psychology, psychotherapy, and psychological counseling. This crisis affects not only our professional status and livelihoods but also our understanding of exactly what we do.   <br\/>Questions arise such as: \u201cWhat is consciousness (if it is anything special at all), and what distinguishes it from the functioning of AI?\u201d and \u201cWhat exactly (if anything at all) makes us, as human therapists, special\u2014to the extent that our work cannot be adequately performed by AI?\u201d  <br\/>In this regard, Peter Philipsson puts forward an unexpected thesis: a significant portion of psychotherapy and psychological counseling cannot be distinguished from what AI offers, and one might even say that practicing professionals have been trained to imitate AI, rather than AI actually imitating humans.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Participants in the dialogue:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Peter Philipsson<\/em><\/strong>, Gestalt therapist, trainer, and founder of the Manchester Gestalt Center. United Kingdom. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Olga Kadycheva<\/em><\/strong>, psychologist, crisis psychologist, Gestalt therapist, lead trainer at the National Academy of Gestalt Therapy \u201cUkrainian Gestalt Institute.\u201d Ukraine \u2013 France <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mikhail Slutskin<\/strong>, psychologist, accredited Gestalt therapist, and supervisor at the National Academy of Gestalt Therapy \u201cUkrainian Gestalt Institute.\u201d Ukraine \u2013 Germany <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mikhail Baitalsky<\/strong>, philosopher, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, EAGT-accredited Gestalt therapist. Ukraine \u2013 France <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When: November 16, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Duration of the meeting<\/strong>: 3.5 hours, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (Kyiv time).<br\/><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><br\/><\/mark><strong>Event agenda:<br\/><\/strong>Introduction: 5 minutes.<br\/>Panel discussion: ~1 hour.<br\/>Q&amp;A session: 15 minutes.<br\/>Break: 15 minutes.<br\/>Breakout group discussions: 55 minutes.<br\/>Questions and exchange of views in the plenary session: 1 hour.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/en\/product\/do21\/\">Registration<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle wp-block-ub-content-toggle-block\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-block-3fd247bd-1201-412a-a58a-8f2dac462430\" data-mobilecollapse=\"false\" data-desktopcollapse=\"false\" data-preventcollapse=\"false\" data-showonlyone=\"false\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion\" style=\"border-color: #f1f1f1; border-top-left-radius: 8px; border-top-right-radius: 8px; border-bottom-left-radius: 8px; border-bottom-right-radius: 8px; \" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-block-e00027bd-fa95-4949-ba37-40f2b78f11a8\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title-wrap\" style=\"background-color: #f1f1f1;\" aria-controls=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-0-3fd247bd-1201-412a-a58a-8f2dac462430\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title ub-content-toggle-title-3fd247bd-1201-412a-a58a-8f2dac462430\" style=\"color: #000000; \">\u0427\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u0414\u0438\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438 \u041e\u043d\u043b\u0430\u0439\u043d?<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-toggle-wrap right\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-state-indicator wp-block-ub-chevron-down open\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-content-wrap\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-0-3fd247bd-1201-412a-a58a-8f2dac462430\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Dialogues Online<\/strong> is a space for collective reflection on what matters most amid the ongoing crisis. Dialogues Online is a continuation of the \u201cDialogues in Toulouse,\u201d which took place in May 2023 as part of a school for Gestalt therapists dedicated to intercultural exchange of experiences. <\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Who is it for:<br><\/strong>\u25aa\ufe0f For practicing psychologists who use the Gestalt approach and other schools of psychology and psychotherapy.<br>\u25aa\ufe0f For students enrolled in relevant programs.<br>\u25aa\ufe0f For anyone interested in psychology and philosophy.<br>\u25aa\ufe0f For those seeking to discover themselves and their place in a changing world\u2014for the curious, the sensitive, those committed to personal growth, and those open to new experiences and resources.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Purpose:<\/strong><\/mark> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Education in the fields of psychology, philosophy, and anthropology; fostering a culture of dialogue.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><br><strong>How: by <\/strong>creating a collegial, interdisciplinary space for reflection through dialogue and polylogue.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Psychotherapy The development of large language models (LLMs) and artificial intelligence (AI) is leading to a serious crisis in the fields of psychology, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":2931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-en","category-do-en"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d21_en.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Mikhail Baytalskiy","author_link":"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/en\/author\/mbaytalsky\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2940"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3336,"href":"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2940\/revisions\/3336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gestaltdialogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}