JUNE 9, 16, 23, 30: Integrating AI Safely Between-Sessions and for Deliberate Practice with Dr. Alex Vaz, PhD

AI is no longer just a topic to understand, it’s a set of skills you can practice, structure, and teach. With the appropriate guidance, clinicians, teachers and trainees can use AI safely and ethically in two high-impact ways:

1. As a deliberate practice partner to build psychotherapy micro-skills through roleplay and feedback, and

2. As a between-session homework partner to support clients carrying therapy tasks into daily life.

But without a clear structure, AI use tends to become generic, inconsistent, or ethically blurry. This advanced certification gives you a practical, repeatable framework for doing both — with templates, guardrails, and live guided practice.

The course draws directly from two forthcoming APA books by Dr. Alexandre Vaz and Dr. Tony Rousmaniere — The AI Homework Partner for Clinicians and The AI Practice Partner for Therapists — giving participants early access to structured frameworks and exercises developed for those texts.

Course & Certification Details

• Live Zoom Sessions: 4 weeks, 1 hour/week

• Dates: Tuesdays — Starts June 9th, 2026 (June 9, 16, 23, 30)

• Time: 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST / 18:00 CET

• Cost: $300

• Spots: Limited to ensure live interaction and feedback

• CEUs: LMFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs in California will earn 36 Continuing Education Credits upon completion.
  (Sentio offers CE credits only for therapists licensed in California.)

Includes

• Certificate of Attendance

• Live training access plus post-course access to recordings and all materials (slides, handouts, resources).

• Early-access content from two forthcoming APA books

• Sentio-exclusive handouts, clinical scripts, and prompt templates

What You’ll Learn — Week by Week

Week 1: AI as a Deliberate Practice (DP) Partner — Core Workflow

• A Framework for AI-assisted Deliberate Practice

• Plug-and-play templates for practicing common psychotherapy skills

• Keeping practice concrete with behavioral checklists and tight skill targets

Week 2: Personalized Deliberate Practice — Client-Specific Skill Building

• Templates for entering de-identified client context + clinical challenge

• AI-guided DP roleplays tailored to that case and the therapist’s skill target

• Creating a personalized DP plan and routine

Week 3: AI as a Between-Session Homework Partner — Evidence + Safety + Templates

• Why psychotherapy homework can matter for outcomes (and what makes it more likely to work)

• How to discuss AI use with clients and set clear boundaries and guardrails

• Client-facing prompt templates for common targets (emotion regulation, exposure, assertiveness, etc.)

Week 4: Personalized Between-Session AI Support — Task Fit + Monitoring

• How to personalize prompts to a client’s goals while keeping AI therapy-anchored

• Using AI to help therapist and client agree on a realistic between-session task

• “Bring it back to session” debriefing + warning signs that boundaries should tighten

Who This Is For

• Therapists and trainees ready to integrate AI into deliberate practice skill building and between-session work in a structured, ethical way

• Educators, supervisors and program directors preparing to embed AI competencies in training

About the Trainer

Alexandre Vaz, Ph.D. is Co-Founder and Chief Academic Officer of Sentio University, and co-editor/author (with Tony Rousmaniere, Psy.D.) of 20 books on psychotherapy training and The Essentials of Deliberate Practice series (American Psychological Association Books). Dr. Vaz also directs Sentio’s AI Research Initiatives, pioneering one of the world’s first graduate-level AI and mental health curricula.