September Dispatch: GQ Article on the "otrovert", new Substacks, and Upcoming Event on AI and Psychotherapy.
- Aaron Balick
- Sep 8, 2025
- 2 min read
In the Media: Check out my latest article for GQ Magazine:
A new personality type - ‘Otrovert’ - is here to make life even more confusing.
Whether you’re an introvert or an extravert, neurodivergent or neurotypical, left or right brained, from Venus or from Mars, the smorgasbord of personality types on offer today could give the most securely attached person an anxiety disorder. If this crowded room is already making the INTPs (Myers-Briggs) and Type 4s (Enneagram) among us nervous, the latest addition will only make things worse.
[excerpted from GQ]
On Substack:
Why You Still Feel 25 Even Though You're Actually mumble SOMETHING
Your actual age and your subjective age are only in sync for the briefest of periods around your mid-twenties. Here's why we spend most of our lives in asynchronous age delusion.
AI Therapy and Mental Health, Part One: What we know, what we fear
We’ve seen the headlines and felt the winds of a moral panic – but what is the real state of play of AI therapy and mental health today? Make sense of this rapidly changing landscape in my new series.
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Upcoming Event
The Intersection of AI and Psychotherapy with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.
Join us at our upcoming webinar where we explore the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in psychotherapy. We’ll dive into the potential benefits of AI on psychotherapy practice, as well as the ethical concerns it poses for those working in the psychotherapy professions.
AI is reshaping how we see ourselves, connect with others, and experience the world, bringing with it profound challenges to psychotherapy. For many clinicians, the pace of change feels both exciting and unsettling. Our webinar aims to help you understand how AI technologies are being used in practice and how these can enhance your work while remaining mindful of the ethical considerations that AI presents.
Join Dr. Aaron Balick for a grounded look at today’s digital culture and its implications for therapeutic practice, and Julie Stone as she explores some of the potential ethical implications of AI in psychotherapy. This webinar will delve into the ethical, emotional and symbolic challenges AI presents. Attendees will gain insights into how AI can complement traditional therapeutic practices while maintaining ethical and professional standards, and discover how to navigate these with confidence.
