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
- chatbots
- digital afterlife
- AI chatbots
- mental health
- AI companions
- AI therapy
- anthropomorphisation
- platformisation
- screentime
- AI
- emotional regulation
- AI relationships
- mental health technology
- griefbots
- ELIZA effect
- human agency
- LLM
- computer-human interaction
- doomscrolling
- agentic AI
- therapeutic alliance
- therapeutic relationship
- digitalwellbeing
- grief bots
- technology ethics
- human behaviour
- Digital ethics
Therapy without a Therapist: Are Therapy Bots Good for Us?
They're available at 3am, they never judge, and they’re incapable of caring about you. A cyberpsychologist’s take on what we stand to gain and lose from therapy bots.
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.
Digital Wellbeing: How to Use Technology Without Losing Yourself
The tech industry and the wellness industry both want your business. One wants you always on. The other's selling disconnection and detox. The main loser in this tug of war is you. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on how to take back control.
Leadership in the Digital Age: AI, Human Agency, and What Your People Need
AI is a freight train, and many workers feel tied to the tracks. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on what happens to agency, mastery, and desire when people feel dispensable, and how great leaders centre their people's humanity.
Sharenting Explained: How Sharing Online Shapes Children's Privacy and Trust
Every photo you post of your child is training data for a future you can't predict. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on sharenting, children's digital rights, and why the stakes are now high.
Phubbing: Your Phone is the Third Wheel in Your Relationship
You’re a nice person. You wouldn’t invite someone to dinner and ignore them all evening. But your phone might be doing it for you.. Phubbing — phone snubbing — can erode the closest relationships.
AI Relationships: What They Are, Why They Matter, and the Psychological Risks
We’re hearing stories about AI marriages, AI soulmates, and AI breakups. But beneath the provocative headlines sit layers of quieter, more nuanced, and yet essential questions.
Cyberpsychology Explained: How Technology Shapes Us
Who you are shapes the technology you build. The technology you build shapes who you are. Cyberpsychology studies the loop that we’re increasingly caught in, and what it means for how we think, relate, and live.
Grief Bots and the Future of Mourning
Someone could use your data to bring you back after you die. You might also be tempted to resurrect someone you love. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on grief bots, consent, and digital remains.
Digital Afterlife: What Happens to Our Data When We Die
Everything you've ever posted, searched, or stored online will outlive you. What happens to it, and who decides, is up for grabs. It shouldn't be. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on digital afterlives, from grief bots to data rights.