AI for therapists: what it can do for your sessions

For a therapist, AI is mostly useful for notes and follow-up. No more writing during the session, knowing where you are with each patient, preparing the next session. It can save time, as long as you know what it does well and what it cannot do.

What AI can do for you

Session notes

During the session, a note-taking tool transcribes what is said, then writes a summary. You can also dictate your observations right after. You stay fully available to the patient, and the note is ready at the end. See our article on AI note-taking in sessions.

Tracking the work

Exercises given, topics worked on, what is improving and what is stuck. When every session sits in the same record, you see the progress without rereading each note.

Preparing the next session

AI can pick out topics to come back to and points left open. You arrive at the session knowing where you are.

Documents for patients

An exercise or explanation sheet, written simply. You choose the content, AI formats it.

What about ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is useful for anything that contains no patient data. A general exercise sheet, a description of your practice, a text for your website.

Patient data, however, does not belong there. The consumer version is not certified to host health data. According to OpenAI's help centre, content from personal accounts may be used to train models unless you turn off the « Improve the model for everyone » setting. And no data processing agreement protects you.

Removing the name is not enough. Age, occupation, town or a life event often make someone recognisable. The details are in our article on ChatGPT and patient data, which applies to therapists too.

Telling patients

Before using a note-taking tool, inform the patient. Explain simply how it works and ask whether they are comfortable with it. See our article on patient consent.

You remain responsible

The French National Authority for Health (HAS) and the data protection authority (CNIL) stress this point in their February 2026 working document on AI in care. The professional checks what the tool produces and compares it with their own clinical reasoning. Responsibility remains theirs.

Where to start

1. Pick one use, the one that costs you the most time. For many therapists, that is session notes.
2. Choose a tool designed for health care, with certified hosting and a clear contract. Our article on choosing software sets out the criteria.
3. Inform your patients before you start.
4. Review everything the tool produces, especially at the beginning.

To go further, our article on AI in psychology covers the same questions for psychologists.

How Delta works

Delta is an AI assistant designed with therapists. During the session, Delta transcribes what is said, then writes the session report, taking your specialty and therapeutic approach into account. You can also dictate your observations right after the session. The report is added to the patient's record, with topics to pick up at the next session. You keep track of the work from one session to the next.

Data stays in Europe, on infrastructure certified for health data (HDS), and AI processing runs on servers located in France. The patient's name and any information that could identify them are pseudonymised before reaching the AI, no audio file is kept, and the data is never used to train models. Delta works on computer, tablet and phone. More details on the Delta for therapists page.