AI Therapy: Does It Work? Dr. Juna with Dartmouth Researcher Benjamin Kaveladze

<p>What if the most powerful mental health tool isn't more therapy or a smarter app — but the right skill at the right moment?</p><p><strong>Can just ten minutes change your mental health?</strong></p><p>The first time Benji Kaveladze came on the show, that was the question. Since then he's moved to Dartmouth's Jacobson Lab, deep in the fast-moving world of AI and mental health — and he's back to tell me what the science actually shows.</p><p>We get into Benji's crowdsourced "megastudy," where 7,500 people were each given one of 12 different 10-minute interventions — and two of them measurably reduced depression a full month later. What made those two work wasn't meditating for its own sake; it was learning one real, repeatable skill you can actually use in the moment. We also talk honestly about AI therapy chatbots — what they're good at and where they get risky — why <em>forcing</em> wellness on people tends to backfire, and why choice, agency, and even suffering are part of the real story of mental health.</p><p>Benji also shares 3 things to try this week.</p><p>🧠 Benji Kaveladze, PhD — Dartmouth (Jacobson Lab)</p><p><em>If caring for your mindbodyspace has ever felt like one more big project, grab the </em><em><strong>RELAX TO SOAR™ 6 mo guided planner </strong></em><em>and</em>📓 put your <strong>micro-habits of wellness on autopilot</strong> → <a href="https://mindbodyspace.shop/pages/planner" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">mindbodyspace.com/store</a><br />🎧 With Dr. Juna — Mom · MD · EdM</p><p>© MindBodySpace · IG @mindbody_space</p><p>YouTube @MINDBODYSPACE</p><p>TikTok @doctorjuna</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the apps mentioned in the interview: </p><p>https://soniahealth.com/</p><p>https://www.myflourish.ai/</p><p>https://www.talktoash.com/</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Benji's SSIs megastudy: </p><p>https://osf.io/agvh6/files/nqdte</p><p>The ones mentioned are "interactive cognitive reappraisal" and "mindful attention skills"</p><p><br /></p>