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Psychology In Seattle Podcast

AI Tools for Therapy

Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Kirk Honda

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Dr Kirk Honda interviews Gregg Spiridellis (founder of JibJab, etc.) about his AI tools for therapists and clients.

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/KIRK to get 10% off your first month.

00:00 Introducing Gregg Spiridellis
04:19 What inspired Moments?
14:33 How private is my data?
25:40 What feedback have they received?
26:33 What is Moments for Therapists?  
43:47 Could this app be useful?
52:25 Why are prompts so important?
58:28 What do you lose with AI? 

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October 27, 2025

The Psychology In Seattle Podcast ®

Trigger Warning: This episode may include topics such as assault, trauma, and discrimination. If necessary, listeners are encouraged to refrain from listening and care for their safety and well-being.

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0:00.0

Hey, Desirvin listeners. We have a really special guest with us today, Greg Spiridellis.

0:05.1

He reached out to me wanting to talk about a app that he has developed that uses AI that helps clients and

0:16.0

therapists. And we talked prior to this recording and it was an interesting conversation and I want to get

0:23.2

into this. I want to talk about what this app exactly does, but also I want to talk about some of

0:31.0

the concerns that I and a lot of people have. So let's get into it. Welcome to the podcast, Greg

0:36.6

Spirid Ellis. Thank you so much. It's great to be here, fan of the show. So let's get into it. Welcome to the podcast, Greg Spirid Ellis. Thank you so much.

0:38.5

It's great to be here. Band of the show. So for people to give context, Greg and his brother, I believe,

0:45.5

you told me, developed jib jab, which is a famous online app service thing. People might associate

0:53.2

it with uploading photos, right? And you can have

0:57.6

these dance routines, these little gifts or whatever flash kind of animation. But also prior to

1:05.1

that becoming famous, you were doing online comedy flash videos and whatnot in the early internet age. Tell me about that.

1:15.6

Yeah. Actually, I come from a more traditional background. I was doing my MBA at work, and I had been an investment banker for four years. I was doing my MBA. My brother was out of art school and doing film

1:29.9

festivals and the internet came around. And I remember while I was at business school, I saw

1:35.4

a full motion cartoon with sound streaming over a phone line. And it just, it just blew my mind.

1:41.8

And I called my brother and I was like, stop looking at television, like, look at this.

1:47.1

This is the future.

1:48.3

The, you know, as he always reminded me,

1:50.7

he said, don't bang out horseshoes.

1:53.0

The Model T's coming off the line.

1:54.7

Like this is where you can actually create something

1:58.4

and reach an entire global audience without anybody in between you and that

2:03.2

audience. So I mean, now this is just the fact of life, TikTok, and everything else, but back

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