The Testing Psychologist Podcast 542. AI is Diagnosing Your Clients
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In this episode, I break down the rapid rise of consumers treating AI systems as medical advisors and what this means for us as psychologists and assessment clinicians. I walk through the drivers of this shift, the risks, the impact on client expectations, and the practical steps practices must take now. I also dig into how AI can support our workflows, why our uniquely human skills are more valuable than ever, and how to position your practice for a future in which AI shapes, but does not replace, clinical assessment.
Main Topics
- What’s actually happening in AI-driven medical and mental health advice (00:01)
- Why patients are turning to AI: speed, confidence, cost, UX (01:00)
- The false sense of safety and credibility consumers place on AI (02:25)
- Accuracy problems: structured vs. real-world data in diagnosis (03:30)
- Why mental health advice from AI can be inconsistent and risky (05:00)
- Implications for assessment clinicians: confidence, expectations, and misinformation (06:00)
- What AI cannot do: nuance, context, nonverbal cues, effort, standardized testing (08:00)
- Rising clinical risk and downstream consequences for practitioners (09:12)
- Business implications: redefining value, communication, and pricing (10:00)
- How AI can streamline intake, records review, background gathering, and admin tasks (12:30)
- Rethinking pricing to reflect high-value human judgment (13:21)
- Risk management: informed consent, PHI handling, AI disclosure (14:30)
- Ethical limits, liability, and the clinician’s responsibility (16:00)
- Concrete steps: updating intake, integrating AI intentionally, staff training (17:29)
- Client-facing education on safe AI use (19:49)
- Re-centering values and reinforcing human expertise (21:00)
- Preparing your team and staying future-focused (22:15)
Cool Things Mentioned
- The Testing Psychologist mastermind groups and business consulting
- Reverb: the premier AI-powered report-writing platform for testing psychologists
- Testing Psychologist AI Competencies episode
- Source article from the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/well/ai-chatbot-doctors-health-care-advice.html
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About Dr. Jeremy Sharp
I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.
As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.
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