Amity Cooper, a seasoned entrepreneur and mental health professional, recently appeared on the Ideal Practice Podcast with Wendy Pitts-Reeves. In the interview, Amity shared her insights on how emerging technologies are reshaping the therapy landscape and offered guidance for mental health professionals looking to embrace these innovations.

Key takeaways from the conversation include:

• The convergence of mental health, entrepreneurship, and cutting-edge technology
• Four essential technologies transforming therapy practices: AI, video/telehealth, virtual reality, and wearable technologies
• The importance of “tech-ing up and caring wide” to expand reach and impact

In the episode, Amity, who is also the founder of Clinical Career Collective, emphasizes the unprecedented opportunities that technology offers mental health professionals.

“We’re all virtually unlimited here. And we have the capability to access one another like never before. We have the power to tech up and care wide, reach people, and help others beyond our wild imagination,” Cooper advises.

Amity says mental health professionals who want to thrive in this new landscape should focus on embracing technology as a tool to enhance, not replace, human connection. She encourages therapists to explore AI-powered tools, telehealth platforms, virtual reality applications, and wearable technologies to expand their practices and improve client care.

The conversation also highlights the need for a mindset shift in the mental health field. Amity says, “Being in business is the best way to be in service. And I want to stress that just because you feel a call to serve doesn’t mean you’re a martyr. You need your own mission pointing you in the right direction to make the biggest impact you can.”

To listen to Amity Cooper’s appearance on Ideal Practice, visit: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/120-how-will-ai-other-tech-change-therapy-a/id1620799347?i=1000668119726

About Amity Cooper

Amity Cooper is a seasoned entrepreneur, trained mental health professional, and entrepreneurial coach.

For over 20 years, Amity has run a variety of businesses, from designing handbags to making and manufacturing gourmet chocolates, which has given her the knowledge and experience to help others start and run their own businesses. Now, as a trained therapist, equine-assisted psychotherapist, and Lifebook facilitator, she is focused on empowering other mental and behavioral health professionals to serve their clients without burning themselves out by becoming what she calls “therapreneurs.”

She does this through her professional development company Clinical Career Collective (C3) and her Do This First 7-Day Bootcamp by not only teaching therapreneurs how to run their own businesses, but also how to embrace new, emerging technology in this post-pandemic world so they can better help the people they serve.

Amity hosted the virtual event Virtually Unlimited… The Healing Entrepreneurship Summit (with Mike Michalowicz as the keynote speaker) where she and other professionals spoke about the advantages of adapting new technologies for a modern mental health practice.

A lover of travel, Amity splits her time between Denver, Colorado and San Diego, California with her husband, two kids, two horses, and their English Shepherd, Beau.