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Skye Wheatley: ChatGPT is ‘fave therapist'

Skye Wheatley: ChatGPT is ‘fave therapist'

Perth Now22-07-2025
I'm A Celebrity winner and influencer Skye Wheatley has revealed she has been using AI for mental health support.
The 30-year-old reality star shared with her 646,000 Instagram followers that she had been asking ChatGPT for advice on complex mental health issues such as ADHD and rejection sensitivity disorder.
'I've been to therapy and ChatGPT is my favourite counsellor,' she said in a post of the OpenAI chat bot providing advice to her. skye wheatley chatgpt Credit: @skye.wheatley / Instagram
The screenshot posted by Wheatley shows the chat bot gave a list of coping strategies for her to utilise, including 'self-forgiveness' and 'connecting with other ADHD women or parents'.
The social media star got vulnerable about her mental health during a recent episode of her podcast, Skye & Callum.
'Back in my day, ADHD wasn't like a well-known thing and it wasn't a positive thing,' she said, revealing to co-host Callum Hole that she was diagnosed at age five.
'Nowadays I feel like it's a strength because it means that you're good creatively, or you're good at social stuff like this, and there's more job opportunities for people who do struggle intellectually.' The reality star spoke out about her mental health during a recent episode of podcast Skye & Callum. Credit: Supplied
The I'm a Celebrity alum isn't alone in using AI as a therapist, with practitioners noticing a rise in Australians using ChatGPT as a counsellor.
Dr James Collett, a psychologist and lecturer at RMIT, told the Royal Australian College of GPs that AI therapies are 'here to stay', however they could lead to patients 'not getting the best support'.
'There might be cases where people are talking about topics that they realistically need support with, and we would be worried about their welfare, but that's not coming to light because they're using ChatGPT.
'There's probably some superficially useful therapeutic advice that it can draw on, but it's not necessarily matching that to a client's individualised needs.'
The Head of the UWA School of Social Sciences Amanda Davies said while psychologists might harbour concerns, the AI chatbot can be a strong asset to individuals who face barriers trying to access mental health support, such as high costs and long wait times.
'Therapy is a luxury item for some people, although it's an essential,' Ms Davies told the Australian Psychological Society.
'People are having to cut those sorts of things out of their household budgets, and that's where ChatGPT can fill in a gap, which is an unfortunate truth.'
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