AI, Mental Health, and Human Connection: Adam Mendler and Dr. Joseph Lee, Hazelden Betty Ford

About this session

AI is moving into the most private parts of human life, reshaping how we connect, how we cope, and how we understand ourselves. Its impact on mental health is neither simple nor settled. AI can deepen isolation, distort relationships, and create new risks to wellbeing. It can also expand access, offer support, and open new pathways to connection and healing. In this fireside chat, Adam Mendler and I will explore how AI is already changing our inner lives, how to distinguish meaningful support from harmful dependence, and how to navigate a future where technology plays a larger role in mental health without losing what makes care, connection, and healing human.