Seph Fontane Pennock is a digital mental health entrepreneur and a leading voice on the use of artificial intelligence in mental health. He founded PositivePsychology.com and grew it into one of the world's largest evidence-based resources for practitioners and coaches before its acquisition, and he is a co-founder of Quenza, the therapy and coaching software used by clinicians in dozens of countries. For more than a decade he has worked at the intersection of psychology, technology, and the tools that help people get support.
At Psychology.com he leads the site's AI therapy coverage. He tracks the peer-reviewed research, the market, the safety debates, and the fast-moving state and federal regulation of AI mental health tools, and he compiles and maintains the site's AI therapy statistics. His focus is separating what the evidence actually shows from the marketing: where purpose-built, clinically supervised tools genuinely help, where general-purpose chatbots fall short, and where AI should never stand in for a human clinician.
Seph reviews the site's AI therapy guides for accuracy, balance, and clarity, drawing on both the published literature and first-hand experience building AI-assisted mental health products. He believes AI can meaningfully widen access to support, but only when it is honest about its limits and built around human care rather than in place of it.
Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Background
Seph's background spans building and scaling digital mental health platforms. He founded PositivePsychology.com, co-founded the coaching and therapy software company Quenza, and has launched and operated a range of health and technology ventures. His work today centers on Psychology.com and the responsible application of artificial intelligence to mental health, from consumer AI therapy tools to the research and policy shaping the field.
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Content reviewed by Seph Fontane Pennock
67 pages across 1 section, reviewed for accuracy and clarity before publication.
AI Therapy (67)
- AI and Art Therapy: What It Is and What AI Can and Cannot Do
- AI and DBT: Can AI Help With Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills?
- AI and EMDR Therapy: What It Is and What AI Can Safely Do
- AI and Grief: Can AI Tools Help You Cope With Loss?
- AI and Music Therapy: What It Can and Cannot Do (2026)
- AI and Trauma Therapy: What Helps and What to Avoid
- AI CBT: How Chatbots Deliver Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- AI Couples Therapy: Tools, Benefits, and Limits
- AI for Mental Health: Uses, Evidence, and Limits
- AI in ABA Therapy: How It Supports Practitioners and Families
- AI in Autism Therapy and Support: An Overview
- AI Journal Therapy: How AI-Assisted Journaling Helps
- AI Psychotherapy: What It Means and How It Is Used in Practice
- AI Relationship Therapy: Help for Your Patterns, Dating, and Attachment
- AI Therapist for Inmates: Promise, Risks, and Responsible Use
- AI Therapist Prompts: Examples and How to Use Them
- AI Therapist Reviews: How to Read Them and What Users Report
- AI Therapist Statistics: Who Uses AI for Therapy (2026)
- AI Therapist vs a Human Therapist: Which Should You Choose?
- AI Therapists for Kids and Teens: A Parent Safety Guide
- AI Therapists for Schools: What's Safe for Students (2026)
- AI Therapy Chatbots: How They Work and What to Know
- AI Therapy Ethical Guidelines: The Key Issues Explained
- AI Therapy for Anxiety: What Helps and What to Watch For
- AI Therapy for Police and First Responders: A Practical Guide
- AI Therapy News: Latest Developments in AI Mental Health
- AI Therapy Studies: What the Research Actually Shows
- AI Therapy: How It Works, Is It Safe, and the Best Tools
- AI Therapy: Pros and Cons
- AI Tools for ADHD: What Helps, What Doesn't, and How to Use Them
- AI Twin Therapy: What It Is and What It Can and Cannot Do
- Applications of AI in Therapy and Counseling: A Structured Overview
- Ash AI Therapy Review (2026): Features, Cost, and Is It Worth It?
- Best AI Therapy Apps (2026): Tested and Compared
- Best Practices for AI Chatbots in Therapy: A Safe-Use and Design Guide
- Character.AI as a Therapist: What It Is and Why to Be Careful
- Does AI Therapy Work? What the Evidence Says
- Earkick Review (2026): The Panda AI Mental-Health App, Tested
- ELIZA: The First AI Therapist and Why It Still Matters
- Free AI Therapy: The Best No-Cost Options in 2026
- Gen Z and AI Therapists: Why Young People Turn to AI (2026)
- Grok AI Therapist Mode: What It Is and Why to Be Careful
- How to Use AI as a Therapist: A Practical, Responsible Guide
- Illinois Banned AI Therapy: What the Law Actually Means
- Is AI Therapy Private? Data, Confidentiality, and What to Check
- Is AI Therapy Safe?
- Kaiser Permanente and AI Mental-Health Tools: What to Know
- Most Affordable AI Therapy Tools: A 2026 Value Guide
- Noah AI Therapist Review: What It Is and Who It Suits
- Pi AI Therapy (2026): Using Inflection's Empathetic AI for Support
- Sonia AI Therapist Review (2026): What It Is and Who It Suits
- Tess (Cass) Review (2026): The Mental-Health Chatbot Behind Many Organizations
- The Best AI to Use for Therapy and Emotional Support (2026)
- The Future of AI in Therapy
- The Limitations of AI Therapy Chatbots: An Honest Account
- Therabot: The Dartmouth AI Therapy Study, Explained
- Using ChatGPT as a Therapist
- Using Claude AI for Therapy and Emotional Support
- Using Google Gemini for Therapy and Emotional Support
- Voice and Phone AI Therapists (2026): Talking to an AI Out Loud
- What Is AI Therapy? A Plain-English Definition
- What Reddit Really Thinks About AI Therapy
- Why Building (and Trusting) an AI Therapist Is So Hard
- Will AI Replace Therapists?
- Woebot Review (2026): The Pioneering CBT Chatbot, and What Happened to It
- Wysa AI Therapy Review (2026): Features, Cost, and Verdict
- Youper Review (2026): The AI Emotional Health Assistant, Tested