Treat patients using psychological therapies.

Treat patients using psychological therapies. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 6 occupations and seen in 9 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Administer therapeutic treatments. in Assisting and Caring for Others .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 9 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 3 (33%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.002% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Design or provide music therapy experiences to address client needs, such as using music for self-care, adjusting to life changes, improving cognitive functioning, raising self-esteem, communicating, or controlling impulses. · Music Therapists · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Prescribe, direct, or administer psychotherapeutic treatments or medications to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders. · Psychiatrists · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Provide nursing, psychiatric, or personal care to patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities. · Psychiatric Technicians · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Conduct art therapy sessions, providing guided self-expression experiences to help clients recover from, or cope with, cognitive, emotional, or physical impairments. · Art Therapists · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Conduct therapy sessions to improve patients' mental and physical well-being. · Recreational Therapists · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Lead prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures. · Psychiatric Technicians · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Conduct individual, group, or family psychotherapy for those with chronic or acute mental disorders. · Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Engage clients in music experiences to identify client responses to different styles of music, types of musical experiences, such as improvising or listening, or elements of music, such as tempo or harmony. · Music Therapists · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Provide clinical services to clients, such as assessing psychological problems and conducting psychotherapy. · Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Music Therapists
• Psychiatrists
• Psychiatric Technicians
• Recreational Therapists
• Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses
• Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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