Run Your Private Practice with AI (Artificial Intelligence)

Every membership owner knows this problem. Someone posts in your Facebook group asking how to log in. Again. You go find the link, post it, tell them to bookmark it, and three weeks later it happens again.

In this episode of Run Your Private Practice with AI, I walk you through how I used Claude CoWork to build and publish a custom Chrome extension for my members, without touching a single line of code and without hiring anyone on Fiverr. We're talking a real, downloadable Chrome extension, live in the Chrome Web Store, built for less than $5. If you've got a membership, a course, or honestly just a recurring task that makes you want to scream, this one's going to get your brain spinning.

AI Tips You Don’t Want to Miss:

• How to describe a problem to Claude CoWork and let it do the technical work, even when you have no coding background.
• Why reducing login friction directly impacts membership retention (and what you can do about it today).
• The step-by-step process Claude used to build, design, and submit the Chrome extension to the Google Web Store.
• How to think about your own business bottlenecks as potential Chrome extension ideas for clients or internal use.
• Why the $100/month Claude plan handled everything a $1,000 Fiverr developer would have.

Mentioned in this episode:

Freebie 100 AI side hustles for therapists: https://kymtolson.kartra.com/page/opt-in-100-side-hustles

Chrome extension for members: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/aammopfhfdnfmfhldfhdflbaggolnmkd

TheraAI Hub + Clinical AI Club
Unified sales page (Hub, Club, and bundle on one page): https://kymtolson.kartra.com/page/AI-Tools-for-Therapists

Bill Like A Boss
Or Kartra: https://kymtolson.kartra.com/page/blab

Run Your Private Practice with AI (free Facebook group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/aiprivatepractice/

Email mentioned in the episode: [email protected]

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Connect with me:

• Instagram: @thetravelingtherapist_kym
• Website: AIfortherapists.com
• Clinical AI Club and Thera AI Hub are merging into one larger program. Join the waitlist to be the first to hear about it: www.theraaihub.netlify.app

Sponsored by Alma: www.helloalma.com/kym
Sponsored by Berries: Use code 50FromKym for $50 off your first month www.heyberries.com/therapists

AI tools have made it easier than ever to build, create, and scale, but they've also made it harder to protect what you build. In this episode of Run Your Private Practice with AI, I'm getting into something I've genuinely been wrestling with: what happens when anything can be replicated with a quick deep research session and a vibe coding tool?

I'll walk you through exactly what I did when I didn't want to pay $39 for an app, how it spiraled into a real question about trademarks, intellectual property, and integrity in the age of AI, and where I've landed on all of it.

AI Tips You Don’t Want to Miss:

• How vibe coding tools like Manus can build a fully customized app in under 10 minutes.
• What "deep research" in AI actually pulls together and why that raises real IP questions.
• How to use the 100 Side Hustles for Therapists freebie with your brand guide to generate personalized income ideas.

Mentioned in this episode:
100 side hustles https://kymtolson.kartra.com/page/opt-in-100-side-hustles
AI for therapists https://kymtolson.kartra.com/page/AI-Tools-for-Therapists
Manus: https://manus.im/invitation/KQM69QAMNAOQGH8

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Connect with me:

• Instagram: @thetravelingtherapist_kym
• Website: AIfortherapists.com
• Clinical AI Club and Thera AI Hub are merging into one larger program. Join the waitlist to be the first to hear about it: www.theraaihub.netlify.app

Sponsored by Alma: www.helloalma.com/kym
Sponsored by Berries: Use code 50FromKym for $50 off your first month www.heyberries.com/therapists

Most therapists aren't doing much with images in the therapy room. Unless you're a somatic or art therapist, it's a whole category of intervention that just goes untapped. But the ChatGPT image generator just got a major upgrade, and it might change that.

In this episode of Run Your Private Practice with AI, I'm sharing a prompt I found online that stopped me in my tracks and made me think about how we could bring this into the therapy room in a really meaningful way. From younger self and future self visualizations to parts work, grief, and boundary practice, I walk through a handful of ideas that came out of one powerful image and a lot of brainstorming.

AI Tips You Don't Want to Miss:

• How to use the younger self and older self prompt to create a powerful therapeutic image with your clients.
• Creative ways to generate therapeutic images around grief, inner critic work, parts work, and boundary practice.
• Why you should have clients use their own ChatGPT to upload their own photos and keep PHI out of the process.

Mentioned in this episode:
Link to the post in the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aiprivatepractice/posts/797556009854363
To grab the prompt, head over to: https://clinicalaiclub.com/episode/98-how-to-use-the-chatgpt-image-generator-in-your-private-practice

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Connect with me:

• Instagram: @thetravelingtherapist_kym
• Website: AIfortherapists.com
• Clinical AI Club and Thera AI Hub are merging into one larger program. Join the waitlist to be the first to hear about it: www.theraaihub.netlify.app

Sponsored by Alma: www.helloalma.com/kym
Sponsored by Berries: Use code 50FromKym for $50 off your first month www.heyberries.com/therapists

AI is cutting jobs everywhere, and the disruption is closer than most people think. Ghost job listings, instant rejections from AI scanners, applications disappearing into a void. Sound familiar?

In this episode of Run Your Private Practice with AI, I walk through exactly what I built to help fight back against that noise. Two custom AI agent skills, developed inside Claude Cowork, that automate the job search process from finding qualified listings to rewriting a resume for each one. And yes, this applies to you too, whether you are pivoting your practice, building tools for clients, or just trying to understand what is actually possible with AI right now.

AI Tips You Don’t Want to Miss:

• How to build a job search agent that scans 50+ sites every morning and rates listings by fit.
• Why transferable skill files let you move your AI workflows between platforms when credits run out or performance drops.
• How therapists can package these same agent-building skills to create tools, sell them, or distribute them at scale.

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Connect with me:

• Instagram: @thetravelingtherapist_kym
• Website: AIfortherapists.com
• Clinical AI Club and Thera AI Hub are merging into one larger program. Join the waitlist to be the first to hear about it: www.theraaihub.netlify.app

Sponsored by Alma: www.helloalma.com/kym
Sponsored by Berries: Use code 50FromKym for $50 off your first month www.heyberries.com/therapists

Most therapists using AI in their practice think they've got HIPAA compliance covered. HIPAA compliance AI tools are more complicated than most of us realize, and in 2026, the landscape has shifted enough that the old rules no longer cover what we're actually doing.

In this episode of Run Your Private Practice with AI, I'm walking through the blind spots I keep seeing, from AI agents that can see your screen to browser extensions sitting in the same profile as your EHR. These are the exact questions that keep coming up in my mastermind calls, and they're the reason I'm bringing in HIPAA compliance consultant Samantha Schalk for a free 90-minute webinar on May 5th so you can get real answers to the scenarios you're actually dealing with.

AI Tips You Don’t Want to Miss:

• Why having a BAA doesn't automatically cover every tool or feature that company offers.
• What actually counts as PHI and why removing a client's name isn't enough.
• How browser sidebar assistants create HIPAA exposure even when the base platform is compliant.
• Why AI agents on your computer may have access to more than you realize.
• How browser extensions can quietly access clinical content in your profile.

Mentioned in this episode:
Run Your Private Practice with AI FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aiprivatepractice
AI + HIPAA: Where Therapists Are Getting It Wrong. Free Webinar: https://kymtolson.kartra.com/page/AI-and-HIPAA
Samantha Schalk: https://www.guardianclinicalessentials.com/

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Connect with me:

• Instagram: @thetravelingtherapist_kym
• Website: AIfortherapists.com
• Clinical AI Club and Thera AI Hub are merging into one larger program. Join the waitlist to be the first to hear about it: www.theraaihub.netlify.app

Sponsored by Alma: www.helloalma.com/kym
Sponsored by Berries: Use code 50FromKym for $50 off your first month www.heyberries.com/therapists

AI is replacing therapists, and if you've been noticing fewer new intakes or a lighter caseload, this might be exactly why. Clients are already turning to ChatGPT between sessions to vent, process, and get quick support. Fast, free, and available on demand. That's a hard thing to compete with if we keep running the same model.

In this episode of Run Your Private Practice with AI, I'm sharing what I've been reading and thinking about this week, including a policy document from OpenAI proposing a robot tax, a national wealth fund, and a four-day work week. I'm also talking about what I think therapists need to start doing now to stay relevant, profitable, and actually useful to clients in a world where AI is moving faster than most of us are ready for.

AI Tips You Don’t Want to Miss:

• Why clients are turning to AI for bite-sized support and what that means for your caseload.
• How offering shorter, more accessible sessions could help you compete with on-demand AI tools.
• Why diversifying your income now, before the disruption peaks, is one of the smartest moves you can make.

Mentioned in this episode:
Run Your Private Practice with AI FB Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/aiprivatepractice
Post about Sam Altman - https://www.facebook.com/groups/aiprivatepractice/posts/780688311541133
Newsletterhttps://kymtolson.kartra.com/page/Join-AI-Newsletter

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Connect with me:

• Instagram: @thetravelingtherapist_kym
• Website: AIfortherapists.com
• Clinical AI Club and Thera AI Hub are merging into one larger program. Join the waitlist to be the first to hear about it: www.theraaihub.netlify.app

Sponsored by Alma: www.helloalma.com/kym
Sponsored by Berries: Use code 50FromKym for $50 off your first month www.heyberries.com/therapists

Computer Mode is here, and it's changing everything about how I run my practice. If you've heard me mention it before and weren't quite sure what I meant, this episode is where it all clicks.

In this episode of Run Your Private Practice with AI, I'm walking you through exactly how I'm using Computer Mode across Claude Cowork, Perplexity, and Manus to handle real tasks in my business without me being there. From renaming 67 files while I was at the gym to publishing a fully SEO-optimized blog post while I was getting ready for a podcast interview, these tools are taking time-consuming tasks off my plate.

AI Tips You Don't Want to Miss:

• How Claude Cowork and the Dispatch app let you direct your computer from your phone while you're away.
• How Perplexity Computer Mode wrote, researched, and published a full SEO-optimized blog post to WordPress without you at your desk.
• How Manus Computer Mode pulls a daily ClickUp roundup and delivers it as an organized report.
• Why giving your agents feedback after each task makes them smarter over time.
• What to avoid when using Computer Mode, including keeping PHI out of the workflow.

Mentioned in this episode:
AI Tools for Therapists - https://kymtolson.kartra.com/page/AI-Tools-for-Therapists
Perplexity - https://pplx.ai/hypnotrans66501
Manus - https://manus.im/invitation/KQM69QAMNAOQGH8

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Connect with me:

• Instagram: @thetravelingtherapist_kym
• Website: AIfortherapists.com
• Clinical AI Club and Thera AI Hub are merging into one larger program. Join the waitlist to be the first to hear about it: www.theraaihub.netlify.app

Sponsored by Alma: www.helloalma.com/kym
Sponsored by Berries: Use code 50FromKym for $50 off your first month www.heyberries.com/therapists

AI myths are stopping a lot of therapists from even getting started, and in this episode, I'm breaking down the ones that come up most. From fears about client data and environmental impact to the bigger question of whether AI is actually going to replace us, this conversation gets into all of it.

In this episode of Run Your Private Practice with AI, I'm joined by Lisa Mustard of The Therapy Show Podcast. Lisa is also the course administrator for a free four-part CE course I created through Berries Academy called The Power of AI for Mental Health Professionals.

AI Tips You Don't Want to Miss:

• Why the environmental impact of AI is much smaller than most therapists think.
• How to vet an AI platform to make sure your client data stays protected.
• What the research actually says about AI and clinical skill delivery, and what it means for your practice.
• How AI is already being used to audit clinical notes and why your documentation needs to be airtight.
• The first step to take if you have been putting off trying AI in your practice.

Mentioned in this episode:
Free CE you can earn with Berries + Kym Tolson https://mustardconsulting.freshlearn.com/checkout/Course/39430

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Connect with me:

• Instagram: @thetravelingtherapist_kym
• Website: AIfortherapists.com
• Clinical AI Club and Thera AI Hub are merging into one larger program. Join the waitlist to be the first to hear about it: www.theraaihub.netlify.app

Sponsored by Alma: www.helloalma.com/kym
Sponsored by Berries: Use code 50FromKym for $50 off your first month www.heyberries.com/therapists

A new study in Nature Medicine found that AI-delivered CBT outperformed human therapists, and before you panic or dismiss it entirely, there's a more interesting conversation to have here.

In this episode of Run Your Private Practice with AI, I'm breaking down what the study actually looked at, why it's not the threat it sounds like, and how you can use this same idea right now to work smarter in your practice. There's also some important news about AI chatbot legislation rolling out across the country that every therapist needs to know about.

AI Tips You Don’t Want to Miss:

• Using Auralink Pro's Ava for between-session check-ins and pre-session client summaries.
• How AI handling structured CBT frees you up for deeper clinical work.
• Generating custom CBT exercises and worksheets with ChatGPT or Berries, no PHI needed.
• A simple upsell model using AI tools to add a VIP tier to your practice.
• What the new state-level AI chatbot legislation means for your practice.

Mentioned in this episode:
Auralink Pro https://www.auralink.com/pro?via=kym  coupon code for 20% off KYMTOLSON
The Nature Medicine study https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04278-w
Run Your Private Practice with AI Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/aiprivatepractice

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Connect with me:

• Instagram: @thetravelingtherapist_kym
• Website: AIfortherapists.com
• Clinical AI Club and Thera AI Hub are merging into one larger program. Join the waitlist to be the first to hear about it: www.theraaihub.netlify.app

Sponsored by Alma: www.helloalma.com/kym
Sponsored by Berries: Use code 50FromKym for $50 off your first month www.heyberries.com/therapists

If the idea of writing a sales page makes you cringe, you are not alone. In this episode of Run Your Private Practice with AI, we are breaking down how to create a high-converting sales page using AI in a way that actually feels aligned with your work as a therapist. Instead of feeling pushy or salesy, you will learn how to reframe your sales page as an extension of your clinical skills, while using AI to simplify the entire process and finally get your ideas out into the world.

AI Tips You Don’t Want to Miss:

• Reframing the sales page so it feels aligned instead of salesy.
• Using AI to understand your ideal client’s pain points and language.
• Writing headlines that actually grab attention and keep people reading.
• Turning your offer into a clear, compelling transformation.
• Simplifying the entire sales page process using AI tools.

Mentioned in this episode:
Speedy Sales Page with AI https://aicoachondemand.com/speedy-ai-collab-kym?am_id=kymtolson2599

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Connect with me:

• Instagram: @thetravelingtherapist_kym
• Website: AIfortherapists.com
• Clinical AI Club and Thera AI Hub are merging into one larger program. Join the waitlist to be the first to hear about it: www.theraaihub.netlify.app

Sponsored by Alma: www.helloalma.com/kym
Sponsored by Berries: Use code 50FromKym for $50 off your first month www.heyberries.com/therapists