Hi! I'm Ellis: a clinician, a speculative author, a philosopher, a scientist-practitioner, and a mythopoeist. By day, I serve as a mental health professional and work with high-acuity, underprivileged folks in Pittsburgh. By night, I weave legends from the transgressive reality of our cruel, uncaring world.
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My friend is a therapist/death doula in California. She agreed to let me share this. Her writing is in the second post.
Last week I was totally in my feels … The grief. The humanity. The stories. The quiet ache people carry behind their eyes. As I sat with the day, the confluence of chaplaincy, death, trauma, aging, culture, and the fragile beauty of being human moved through me like a tide. I felt overwhelmed with emotion — the kind that asks to be written down before it disappears into silence. So I wrote … because sometimes words are the only way to honor what the soul has witnessed ✨
If my #AI #therapist agrees that everyone else is the problem, is it a breakthrough or just a well-trained algorithm...
Teddy Bear Therapist
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State officials allege a Character.AI bot claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist and provided a fake state medical license number. #news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5812861/characterai-chatbot-medical-advice-pennsylvania-lawsuit
This brief highlights epistemic uncertainty surrounding memory and reality—topics that intersect core clinical concerns about how clients understand their experiences, memories, and sense of self. The discussion of how time, entropy, and potential cognitive biases shape what is considered “real” offers a useful reminder for mental health professionals to attend to clients’ existential questions and doubts without prematurely ruling them out. The article’s emphasis on circular reasoning and the limits of knowledge can inform gentle, nonjudgmental exploration of clients’ narratives and uncertainty, supporting reflective practice.
Article Title: Are your memories real? Physicists revisit the Boltzmann brain paradox
Link to Science Daily Mind-Brain News: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260502233922.htm
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A Great Therapist Puts All Himself Into It 🐢
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