Psychotherapy: The Challenge and Power of Consistency

Stemberger, Gerhard

doi:10.2478/gth-2021-0009

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“…However, such applications may risk doing more harm than good if they fail to account for the unique vulnerabilities of mental health patients. For example, one of the most crucial principles in administering psychological therapy is consistency (Stemberger 2021). This notion encompasses not only the continuity of consultation sessions but also the preservation of a consistent treatment pattern.…”

Section: Enhancing Protection Of Vulnerable Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Regulating AI: Applying Insights from Behavioural Economics and Psychology to the Application of Article 5 of the EU AI Act

Zhong,

O'Neill,

Hoffmann

2024

AAAI

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Article 5 of the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act is intended to regulate AI use to prevent potentially harmful consequences. Nevertheless, applying this legislation practically is likely to be challenging because of ambiguously used terminologies and because it fails to specify which manipulation techniques may be invoked by AI, potentially leading to significant harm. This paper aims to bridge this gap by defining key terms and demonstrating how AI may invoke these techniques, drawing from insights in psychology and behavioural economics. First, this paper provides definitions of the terms “subliminal techniques”, “manipulative techniques” and “deceptive techniques”. Secondly, we identified from the literature in cognitive psychology and behavioural economics three subliminal and five manipulative techniques and exemplify how AI might implement these techniques to manipulate users in real-world case scenarios. These illustrations may serve as a practical guide for stakeholders to detect cases of AI manipulation and consequently devise preventive measures. Article 5 has also been criticised for offering inadequate protection. We critically assess the protection offered by Article 5, proposing specific revisions to paragraph 1, points (a) and (b) of Article 5 to increase its protective effectiveness.

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Section: Enhancing Protection Of Vulnerable Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Regulating AI: Applying Insights from Behavioural Economics and Psychology to the Application of Article 5 of the EU AI Act

Zhong,

O'Neill,

Hoffmann

2024

AAAI

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“…Gerhard is represented in each issue of this journal with several contributions of his own. As a special preliminary highlight of the internationalization of GTP, a book edited by Gerhard was published in 2022, with eight original contributions in English by Austrian, American, German, and Italian psychotherapists under the title 'Essentials of Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy" (Stemberger, 2022a).…”

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Laudatio for Gerhard Stemberger on the Occasion of the Award of the Honorary Membership of the GTA

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2022

Gestalt Theory

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at the beginning of the 22nd Scientific Workshop of the International Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications (GTA) in Trieste and shortly after his 75th birthday, the Honorary Membership of the GTA was awarded to Dr. Gerhard Stemberger. He is thus the 19th honorary member of our Society who has been awarded this honor since 1978 (the first GTA honorary members were Wolfgang Metzger, Edwin Rausch, and Mànes Sperber).When the GTA Board decided to propose this honorary membership of the Society to Gerhard, we knew that it would not be easy for him to accept the award; on the one hand, because he himself as a person does not like to be at the center of attention, and on the other hand, because he is still part of the internal active circle of the Society. Indeed, in many respects, he is still in the center of this circle, even if the official positions have gradually passed to others. Should we, if we had in mind the welfare and the external image of the Society, appoint one among the internal active circle as an honorary GTA member? Nevertheless, we have persistently put forward the causes of our decision. And we are grateful that Gerhard finally agreed to accept the honor-he put it this way: He accepts the honorary membership not only as a sign of appreciation for himself personally but also for the "cause" for which he mainly stands, namely, Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy (GTP). At the same time, this is to honor all those who in the past 40 years have contributed continuously and in an organized community-based way to the further scientific development of GTP, to establishing it as a state-recognized therapy, and to making this particular application of Gestalt Theory fruitful in everyday psychotherapeutic practice. I will return later to GTP in more detail. It should be emphasized, however, that in addition to Gerhard's merit for GTP, there are other good reasons to grant him honorary membership in the GTA.First, however, I would like to summarize some aspects of Gerhard's vita and, above all, to name his most important teachers who, by his own account, had a particular influence on him.

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Psychotherapy: The Challenge and Power of Consistency

Cited by 2 publications

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Regulating AI: Applying Insights from Behavioural Economics and Psychology to the Application of Article 5 of the EU AI Act

Regulating AI: Applying Insights from Behavioural Economics and Psychology to the Application of Article 5 of the EU AI Act

Laudatio for Gerhard Stemberger on the Occasion of the Award of the Honorary Membership of the GTA

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