Dr. Sofia Consulting PLLC

02/27/2026

🎙️ Upcoming American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Live Webinar March 13, 3-4pm EST
The AI Your Clients Are Already Using: Clinical and Ethical Considerations

⭐ Excited to present alongside my colleague Dr. Jay Burke on engaging clients in open conversations about their AI use.

We will share with you the latest research in the AI X Mental health space and address four critical areas:
1) crisis safety and privacy concerns
2) emotional attachment and relationship formation with AI companions
3) AI hallucinations and misinformation
4) patterns of overuse or dependence.

👉 Register for this 1-hour CE Webinar sponsored by AAMFT's Telehealth & Technology Interest Network here: https://www.aamft.org/Shared_Content/Events/Event_display.aspx?EventKey=TELEJANWEB&WebsiteKey=8e8c9bd6-0b71-4cd1-a5ab-013b5f855b01&_zs=Lgxgc1&_zl=bAccA

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Clients are already using AI tools like ChatGPT, Woebot, Wysa, and Character.AI for mental health support (Rousmaniere et al., 2025), often without discussing this with their therapists. While research shows promising outcomes including symptom reduction (Mehta et al., 2021), concerning safety gaps....

09/18/2025

Today I am sharing some of the amazing Therapy That Works Institute courses led by Dr. Diane Gehart. All of them are the best CE investment for Counselor and MFT trainees, and clinicians:

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08/01/2025

🚨 New Self-Study CE Course! 🚨
👉 Ethics & AI Clinical Documentation Tools

Curious about how AI note-taking tools like Upheal, Mentalyc AI, Twofold Health, Blueprint, Clinical Notes AI and Berries AI are retaining, storing, deleting and using "deidentified" client data and how using their platform may impact therapy?
🧠💻 Wondering what's ethically sound, and what raises red flags?
In this 1.75-hour self-paced CE course ($20), you'll get:
✅ A side-by-side comparison of 6 leading AI documentation tools
✅ An analysis of ethical risks and HIPAA compliance; we went deep into their Terms of Use to read the fine print of how client data is stored, retained and what your opt-out options are
✅ Real-world testing results from mock therapy sessions (in English & Spanish!)
✅ Practical guidance for supervisees, supervisors, and educators
✅ We show you exactly what to look for when you vet AI note-taking tools to use in your own practice and how to fully inform your clients of risks+benefits
🎯 This course is for YOU if you are a therapist, clinical supervisor, or educator. We give you exactly what you need to stay informed, intentional, and ethical as you explore AI clinical documentation tools.
📥 Preview & Enroll Now. Course link is below and in the comments. https://drsofiageorgiadou.podia.com/behavioral-health-ethics-and-ai-clinical-documentation-tools

This course focuses on how to use AI-generated clinical notes in alignment with the AAMFT Ethics principles, ethical recommendations, as well as HIPAA regulations. Based on comparative analysis and testing of six leading AI note-taking tools, Dr. Sofia Georgiadou along with two her Master's level st...

07/31/2025

📣 New live online course for all behavioral health colleagues

The integration of AI documentation tools into our therapy rooms has presented new ethical challenges for us as clinicians (counselors, family therapists, social workers, psychologists).

Are you prepared to navigate the complexities of client consent, data security, and HIPAA compliance within these rapidly evolving AI note-taking platforms?

Join me to learn more in my "Behavioral Health Ethics and AI Clinical Documentation Tools" course, presented via a live webinar on September 5, 2025, from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (1.5 Ethics CE).

I will help you identify key legal and ethical risks of AI clinical documentation tools. You will learn how to hold meaningful informed-consent conversations with clients, and most importantly, how to evaluate AI note-taking vendor claims regarding HIPAA compliance and data use.

View course details and registration options here:
https://www.telementalhealthtraining.com/behavioral-health-ethics-and-ai-clinical-documentation-tools

07/31/2025

📣 New podcast episode alert!

MFT colleagues, you can now listen to me geek out during an amazing conversation with Dr. Kate Owen, a colleague from Australia 🇦🇺 I have long admired, as we discuss her ideas around experiential learning, brain-informed workshop design, and innovative teaching in systemic therapy.

Listen now (on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Audible Amazon and wherever else podcasts are available): https://georgiadou.podbean.com/e/experiential-learning-in-systemic-therapy-an-australian-perspective-with-dr-kate-owen/

Please follow, like and rate with 5 stars if you enjoy this podcast 📲
PM me with your feedback, thoughts, comments about the podcast!
If you are interested in participating in the podcast, share your interest here: https://lnkd.in/g52cQcd6
If you are a doctoral student or early-career Faculty and feel apprehensive about being on the podcast, but have a question you would like to submit for an experienced MFT educator, submit it here: https://lnkd.in/gSyTWShk

Today's very special guest is Dr. Kate Owen! Dr Kate Owen is a Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Family Therapist based in Australia. She runs a private practice supporting individuals, couples, and families, and provides clinical supervision to practitioners, and both government and non-government...

06/14/2025

Supervisor colleagues,

New Upcoming Course - 4 NBCC CEs course - Live on Zoom
August 15, 2025

Effective clinical supervision goes far beyond just case consultation. It’s about creating spaces that are safe, reflective, and equity-informed.

I’m excited to invite you to my course, Engaging supervisees from equity-deserving communities with histories of trauma. This 4-hour CE course is designed for clinical supervisors who want to deepen their capacity to support supervisees navigating both trauma and systemic inequities.

We’ll explore how power, positionality, and trauma intersect in supervision; and how to show up in ways that are truly attuned to your supervisees’ lived experiences.

If you’re working with BIPOC clinicians, LGBTQIA2S+ supervisees, or those navigating other marginalized identities, you will find this course extremely helpful because I will give you the framework, tools, and true-and-tested strategies to help you cultivate trust, repair harm, and strengthen your supervisory alliance.

If you're committed to supervision that is both clinically rigorous and rooted in social justice, this course is for you.
Learn more and register here: https://resonantequity.org/2025-august-supervision/?program=4359

06/14/2025

*New Self-Study CE Course!*
MFT Ethics & AI Clinical Documentation Tools

Curious about how AI note-taking tools like Upheal, Mentalyc AI, Twofold Health, Blueprint, Clinical Notes AI and Berries AI are retaining, storing, deleting and using "deidentified" client data and how using their platform may impact therapy?
🧠💻 Wondering what's ethically sound, and what raises red flags?
In this 1.75-hour self-paced CE course ($20), you'll get:
✅ A side-by-side comparison of 6 leading AI documentation tools
✅ An analysis of ethical risks and HIPAA compliance; we went deep into their Terms of Use to read the fine print of how client data is stored, retained and what your opt-out options are
✅ Real-world testing results from mock therapy sessions (in English & Spanish!)
✅ We show you exactly what to look for when you vet AI note-taking tools to use in your own practice and how to fully inform your clients of risks+benefits
🎯 This course is for YOU if you are a therapist, clinical supervisor, or educator. We give you exactly what you need to stay informed, intentional, and ethical as you explore AI clinical documentation tools.
📥 Preview & Enroll Now:

This course focuses on how to use AI-generated clinical notes in alignment with the AAMFT Ethics principles, ethical recommendations, as well as HIPAA regulations. Based on comparative analysis and testing of six leading AI note-taking tools, Dr. Sofia Georgiadou along with two her Master's level st...

05/11/2025

New Webinar Alert!
🧠✨ Ethics + AI Clinical Documentation Tools
📅 June 13, 2025 | 🕐 1–3 PM CT / 11a-1pm PT / 12-2 PM MT / 2-4 PM ET | 💻 Live via Zoom
Join me, Xena Wooley, and Karen Resendez for a cutting-edge webinar on how AI is transforming clinical documentation, and what you need to know about its ethical and practical implications.
We compared 6 different AI note-taking tools and we are bringing all our discoveries, concerns and precautions to you!
🔍 Learn how to:
✔️ Compare AI documentation tools
✔️ Discuss AI tools and their HIPAA compliance, consent, and confidentiality considerations with your clients
✔️ Assess for impacts on informed consent for clients, therapy & supervision
✔️ Evaluate the tools you use against AAMFT ethics for technology, informed consent and research
🎟️ $50 for COAST members | $60 for non-members
🔗 Register now: https://coastmft.org/ai-and-documentation/

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04/06/2025

Did you know that for the last year I have been creating, editing and hosting my own podcast called "Learning and Teaching Systemic Therapy?" I interview other relational therapy educators with questions sourced from early-career instructors, PhD and MA students in family therapy. Check out the first 10 episodes here: https://georgiadou.podbean.com and show me some love by liking, following and rating the podcast on your favorite plaforms (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Youtube, Amazon music and more).

Welcome to the Society for the Teaching of Marriage and Family Therapy (STMFT) podcast hosted by Dr. Sofia Georgiadou. Dr. Sofia facilitates dialogues between seasoned Marriage and Family Therapy educators and PhD students. The experienced MFT Educator(s) ...

03/19/2025

Do you work with LMFT/LPC supervisees from equity-seeking communities and wonder how you can best support them through trauma-informed supervision?

Are your supervisees facing microaggressions in their personal and professional life that impact their health and work?

Are they experiencing imposter syndrome, hypervigilance and vicarious trauma?

I can teach you how to best support your supervisees with histories of trauma, and broach the topic of systemic oppression in supervision.

Join me for an interactive 3-CE supervision (LMFT/LPC) course, April 25th, 11a-2:20pm CST on Zoom!

02/24/2024

Based in Texas, I specialize in providing AAMFT-approved clinical supervision nationwide.

I also provide trauma-informed and culturally responsive supervision for LPC and LMFT Associates in Texas.

As a Fulbright Scholar and a former international graduate student in the US with an MA and a PhD in Family Therapy, I mentor international students interested in pursuing admission to a US program in Counseling or Family Therapy.

Thanks to my academic career, I can craft culturally sustaining and trauma-informed graduate courses and curricula for English-speaking Counseling, Family Therapy, and Psychology programs worldwide.

Clients may also do a free consult with me to see how they can capitalize on my grant research and application services, designed for both for-profit and non-profit organizations.

As a clinical supervisor, curriculum developer and grant expert, I am dedicated to helping YOU shape the future of mental health professionals and educational programs worldwide. Contact me today for a consultation at [email protected]!