We are thrilled to welcome Femma to talk to us about AI in Psychotherapy, and Jutta and Andreas who will talk about AI and Coaching.

Talking with Machines: Making Sense of AI, Bias and Psychotherapy Femma Ashraf

Femma will offer a clear, accessible introduction to AI in psychotherapy, demystifying core concepts and addressing common concerns from a relational, ethical, and cultural perspective. The session explores how technological approaches are beginning to show up in psychotherapy training and practice, and what this might mean for therapists working with difference, power, and trauma.

Using simple, real-life examples, the webinar considers how technology might support therapist reflection, such as noticing an implicit bias during a rupture and repair, or how cultural and social context can shift the meaning of a trauma narrative. These examples ground the discussion in familiar clinical moments rather than abstract or theoretical ideas.

The session also looks briefly at the limitations and risks of AI, including how systemic and societal bias can become embedded in technological tools, and why human judgment, relational ethics, and cultural humility remain central. By the end of the webinar, participants will have a grounded understanding of what AI is (and is not), a realistic sense of how it may support reflective, trauma-sensitive, and anti-oppressive practice, and space to reflect on the cultural, ethical, and identity-based questions that arise as AI becomes more visible in psychotherapy.

  Femma Ashraf

Femma Ashraf is a third-year Transactional Analysis psychotherapy trainee at Metanoia with over twenty years of experience in artificial intelligence and technology. She is the founder of Astronomical AI, a healthcare-focused AI startup, and Clinical Director at Patterns Institute, where she runs trauma-sensitive practice workshops. Her work explores how AI can be used ethically in psychotherapy, with a focus on trauma, cultural attunement and decolonial thinking. She develops AI tools informed by TA theory to support reflective practice and therapist development, and is committed to helping practitioners engage thoughtfully with issues of race, identity and systemic bias in therapeutic work.

AI in Coaching

AI is a powerful tool, which is getting deeper integrated into daily life. Thinking in professional and ethical ways to deal with it becomes increasingly important.

We at PROFESSIO have been thinking about and experimenting with several potential ways to use AI and would like to present our approach and discuss it. We will take a differentiated look at how it can be supportive in the coaching process and where its limitations and potential dangers lie. Our view is that AI can even better be used as a support for the coach in the coaching process and as a learning aid in coaching training and supervision.

This all is work in progress and we are looking forward to new developments!

Jutta Kreyenberg

Jutta Kreyenberg is a certified psychologist and Teaching & Supervising Transactional Analyst (TSTA) in the field of organisations. She has additional training in systemic counselling and brings long-standing experience as a management trainer, team developer and former manager in a large corporation. She has been self-employed since 1995 and has been a teaching trainer at Professio since 1996. In 1999, she founded the Institute for Coaching & Supervision. Her core areas of expertise include coaching, leadership development, international conflict management and the training of coaches.

Andreas Hoffmann

Andreas Hoffmann is Managing Director of PROFESSIO and works as a management consultant, coach, and trainer, with more than 20 years of leadership experience in SMEs and large corporations in an international environment. As a certified Professional Coach practicing systemic Transactional Analysis, he supports leaders and teams in complex professional and personal challenges, combining sharp analytical clarity with a strong focus on the human being. His work bridges change management, leadership and digital transformation, including AI implementations, bringing a practical “how-to” lens to the question of how AI reshapes relational contact, contracting, and responsibility in organisations.