Hi Friends!

I’m Jocelyn Skillman, LMHC — a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Educator, Clinical Supervisor, and AI Ethics Innovator working at the intersection of psychotherapy and Artificial Intelligence.

My work brings clinical depth, trauma-informed care, and relational wisdom into conversations about AI—especially where technology meets human vulnerability and connection.

TendMessages.io

I’m creating a beautiful app that leverages AI to serve human relationship. Join our beta launch list to support this work. 

Assistive Relational Intelligence (ARI) Tools

I develop experimental practice environments like Practice Difficult Conversations — bounded, clinician-designed simulations that scaffold relational capacity without performing synthetic intimacy.

Substack

Read my latest essays and frameworks on synthetic relationships, ethical AI design, Semantic Isolation Drift, and the future of care.

May we center human relationship, mental health, and Love as we explore and innovate at the frontier of Artificial Intelligence.