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In this episode, I sit down with researcher and consultant Dr. Adam Lockwood to explore the rapidly evolving integration of artificial intelligence within psychological assessment and practice. We dissect his empirical research evaluating the quality of AI-generated psychological reports compared to those written by licensed professionals, highlighting the surprising areas where technology outperforms human baseline standards, such as tailored intervention recommendations. Adam shares valuable data from his recent work detailing AI adoption rates across school psychology, health service psychology, and allied health fields, while addressing critical systemic challenges including automation bias, trainee de-skilling, and algorithmic bias. Our conversation offers a grounded, data-driven perspective on how practitioners can responsibly navigate these tools as intellectual thought partners rather than automated replacements.

Main Topics Discussed

00:52: Conflict of interest disclosure and the core motivations behind transitioning from traditional assessment to empirical artificial intelligence research
04:08: Early exploratory findings regarding the mechanical accuracy, APA formatting capability, and citation fabrications of early language models
07:10: Comparing human and AI-generated clinical reports across various diagnostic conditions and evaluating user satisfaction metrics
17:10: Surveying AI adoption rates and professional trends among health service psychologists and allied health professionals
32:32: Navigating the specific risks of professional trainee de-skilling and the clinical pitfalls of automation bias
45:38: Analyzing systemic bias, discrimination patterns, and treatment recommendation disparities in frontier models
53:21: Evaluating the strengths, operational differences, and token allocation limits of major commercial language models
58:40: Identifying the primary ethical, legal, accuracy, and privacy barriers preventing widespread AI adoption among practitioners

Cool Things Mentioned

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Reverb: the premier AI-powered report-writing platform for testing psychologists
National Association of School Psychologists: www.nasponline.org
PAR Psychological Assessment Resources: www.parinc.com
OpenAI ChatGPT: www.openai.com
Anthropic Claude: www.anthropic.com
Google Gemini: gemini.google.com
National Register of Health Service Psychologists: www.nationalregister.org
Bastion GPT | Free 30-day account: (Kent State affiliate): https://bastiongpt.com/kentstate

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About Dr. Adam Lockwood

Adam B. Lockwood, PhD, NCSP is an Associate Professor of School Psychology at Kent State University and founder of Lockwood Educational & Psychological Consulting. His work focuses on the integration of artificial intelligence into psychological practice, including AI-assisted report writing, ethical and governance frameworks, and AI-supported research methods. Dr. Lockwood also serves as a clinical subject matter expert for Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR), where he contributes to the development of AI-supported psychological assessment tools. He chairs the National Register of Health Service Psychologists’ AI and Emerging Technologies Committee and has served on AI task forces for the National Association of School Psychologists and the Ohio School Health Services Association. In 2025, he was selected for the OpenAI Academy: Professors Teaching with AI, and his article Examining the Capabilities of GPT-4 to Write an APA-Style School Psychology Paper was named the 2025 Article of the Year by Contemporary School Psychology.

Get in touch:

Lockwood Educational & Psychological Consulting: https://lockwoodconsulting.net/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-b-lockwood/
OSF: https://osf.io/a95xd/
Read Dr. Lockwood’s blog: https://lockwoodconsulting.net/blog

About Dr. Jeremy Sharp

I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.

As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.

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