Insights on Digital Wellbeing, AI Ethics and the Psychology of Technology
Cyberpsychology Basics
Clear, accessible explanations of core concepts in the psychology of technology, from phubbing to grief bots, digital wellbeing to leadership in a time of AI. These posts are starting points that are grounded in research and the overall landscape of what’s happening in cyberpsychology, written for anyone who wants to understand how digital life affects the way we think, feel, work, and relate.
Thought Leadership
Deeper dives into the questions shaping our digital future. These pieces draw on my clinical experience, academic research and cultural commentary to examine what's happening at the intersection of AI, human psychology and society.
- AI ethics
- digital wellbeing
- cyberpsychology
- technology and relationships
- ChatGPT
- digital afterlife
- AI chatbots
- AI companions
- chatbots
- anthropomorphisation
- platformisation
- screentime
- AI
- emotional regulation
- AI relationships
- mental health technology
- griefbots
- LLM
- computer-human interaction
- doomscrolling
- mental health
- agentic AI
- therapeutic relationship
- digitalwellbeing
- grief bots
- technology ethics
- human behaviour
- Digital ethics
- AI therapy
- screen time
Doomscrolling: Definition, Impact, and How to Stop
The algorithms feed your distress because your anxiety is profitable. You're not weak for doomscrolling; you're a victim of deliberate design. A cyberpsychologist on how to reclaim your attention.