https://lisner.ai/blog Essays on between-session care and clinician-first AI, plus company news, from the team building Lisner. en-us https://lisner.ai/blog/where-ai-belongs-in-mental-health https://lisner.ai/blog/where-ai-belongs-in-mental-health Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0700 Four reports and rulings from the past week — from SAMHSA to the MHRA to The Lancet Psychiatry — converged on the same answer: keep clinicians in the chair, and put AI in the connective tissue around them. https://lisner.ai/blog/the-2am-problem https://lisner.ai/blog/the-2am-problem Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0700 Every major mental health AI story this month happened at a seam in the system — intake, triage, the hours between sessions. The question isn't whether AI belongs there. It's whether it connects patients back to a clinician or quietly replaces one. https://lisner.ai/blog/engagement-is-the-business-model https://lisner.ai/blog/engagement-is-the-business-model Sun, 16 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0700 This week, a federal courtroom, two statehouses, and a congressional deadline all asked the same question about mental health care: who is responsible for the person on the other end? https://lisner.ai/blog/167-hours-nobody-is-regulating https://lisner.ai/blog/167-hours-nobody-is-regulating Sun, 02 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0700 Five states drew a hard line around the therapist's chair this year. The demand that pushed people toward chatbots in the first place is still sitting outside it. https://lisner.ai/blog/chatbot-therapist-era-is-ending https://lisner.ai/blog/chatbot-therapist-era-is-ending Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:00:00 -0700 This month, the clinical evidence, the law, and the capital markets converged on the same verdict: AI belongs beside clinicians, not in their chair. https://lisner.ai/blog/ai-already-in-the-therapy-room https://lisner.ai/blog/ai-already-in-the-therapy-room Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:00:00 -0700 Patients brought AI to therapy before anyone asked them to. The states are legislating, the clinicians are alarmed — and the real opportunity is the one no one is arguing about.