Will AI Replace Marriage and Family Therapists?

Encourage individuals and family members to develop and use skills and strategies for confronting their problems in a constructive manner.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Ask questions that will help clients identify their feelings and behaviors.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Develop and implement individualized treatment plans addressing family relationship problems, destructive patterns of behavior, and other personal issues.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Maintain case files that include activities, progress notes, evaluations, and recommendations.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Counsel clients on concerns, such as unsatisfactory relationships, divorce and separation, child rearing, home management, or financial difficulties.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Collect information about clients, using techniques such as testing, interviewing, discussion, or observation.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Confer with clients to develop plans for posttreatment activities.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Confer with other counselors, doctors, and professionals to analyze individual cases and to coordinate counseling services.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Determine whether clients should be counseled or referred to other specialists in such fields as medicine, psychiatry, or legal aid.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Provide instructions to clients on how to obtain help with legal, financial, and other personal issues.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Provide public education and consultation to other professionals or groups regarding counseling services, issues, and methods.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Follow up on results of counseling programs and clients' adjustments to determine effectiveness of programs.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Supervise other counselors, social service staff, and assistants.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Gather information from doctors, schools, social workers, juvenile counselors, law enforcement personnel, and others to make recommendations to courts for resolution of child custody or visitation disputes.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Write evaluations of parents and children for use by courts deciding divorce and custody cases, testifying in court if necessary.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.