Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Our lives have already been altered by rapidly expanding access to artificial intelligence (AI). In this week’s episode, we consider how this latest technological revolution might be reshaping the human psyche.
Hosts Lisa Marchiano and Deborah Stewart are joined by a special guest, the author and Jungian analyst Christina Becker, to explore the psychological impact of AI’s incursion into our work, home and relationships.
One of the major AI use cases has been for advice, self-reflection and companionship. Some users are even referring to this as “therapy”. This raises thorny questions: what happens when a sycophantic AI interface constantly mirrors us back to ourselves as being in the right? How does this affect our judgment, our relationships, and our connection to reality?
Christina Becker shares her work exploring the potential of AI to support Jungian dream analysis. Together we ask whether it is possible to use this powerful tool consciously, while also being aware of the fantasies and projections we bring to it, and maintaining the integrity of our inner lives.
Read the dream we analyze in full on our website: thisjungianlife.com/psycheandai
Follow Up
Read Christina Becker’s book, Soul-Making: A Journey of Resilience and Spiritual Rediscovery: https://a.co/d/0hwfX5BP
Request Christina Becker’s Jungian-based dream interpretation prompt on her website: cjbecker.com/digital_daimon
Read Lisa Marchiano’s article, “ChatGPT-Induced Psychosis and the Good-Enough Therapist”, Psychology Today, July 2025: psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-archetypal-angle/202507/chatgpt-induced-psychosis-and-the-good-enough-therapist
Download our free Dream Recall Meditation Guide: thisjungianlife.com
Send a dream for us to analyze on the show: tinyurl.com/senddream
Our lives have already been altered by rapidly expanding access to artificial intelligence (AI). In this week’s episode, we consider how this latest technological revolution might be reshaping the human psyche.
Hosts Lisa Marchiano and Deborah Stewart are joined by a special guest, the author and Jungian analyst Christina Becker, to explore the psychological impact of AI’s incursion into our work, home and relationships.
One of the major AI use cases has been for advice, self-reflection and companionship. Some users are even referring to this as “therapy”. This raises thorny questions: what happens when a sycophantic AI interface constantly mirrors us back to ourselves as being in the right? How does this affect our judgment, our relationships, and our connection to reality?
Christina Becker shares her work exploring the potential of AI to support Jungian dream analysis. Together we ask whether it is possible to use this powerful tool consciously, while also being aware of the fantasies and projections we bring to it, and maintaining the integrity of our inner lives.
Read the dream we analyze in full on our website: thisjungianlife.com/psycheandai
Follow Up
Read Christina Becker’s book, Soul-Making: A Journey of Resilience and Spiritual Rediscovery: https://a.co/d/0hwfX5BP
Request Christina Becker’s Jungian-based dream interpretation prompt on her website: cjbecker.com/digital_daimon
Read Lisa Marchiano’s article, “ChatGPT-Induced Psychosis and the Good-Enough Therapist”, Psychology Today, July 2025: psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-archetypal-angle/202507/chatgpt-induced-psychosis-and-the-good-enough-therapist
Download our free Dream Recall Meditation Guide: thisjungianlife.com
Send a dream for us to analyze on the show: tinyurl.com/senddream
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