AI Mental Health Consulting and Advisory

My AI Mental Health consulting and advisory service combines 20+ years experience as a psychotherapist with 6 years studying, collaborating and consulting on the philosophy and ethics of Artificial Intelligence for human flourishing.

I work with organisations committed to prioritising wellbeing. I help clarify the Why? of your project, asking questions that introduce new perspectives and provide a more complex understanding of what is at stake.

I help develop roadmaps that never lose sight of the intended human benefit, highlighting risk, mitigating harms, navigating the fast moving global governance landscape and advising on action plans and strategies. By interrogating all the implications and outlier scenarios I can help ensure your product is as safe as it can be for vulnerable users.

WHAT I CAN OFFER:

Helping start ups build in safety from the outset, based on safety-by-design principles
Interrogating intended human benefits and ensuring business models put human flourishing first
Advising on limitations, risks and appropriate use of LLMs in mental health areas
Evaluating products for mental health safety and effectiveness
Development of protocols: distress/risk tier frameworks, escalation process, crisis management
Red teaming LLM mental health products for safe response vulnerabilities
Prompt engineering: creating/designing/developing safer, more effective prompts
Advising on appropriate tone, language and conversation structures for effective wellbeing support
Designing safeguards around early beta testing

I have been offering professional consultancy since September 2025 having spent 5 years exploring the field of AI ethics and mental health both academically and in practical application, specifically:

July 2020: Part of original feedback group for NHS certified clinical AI tool Limbic
2020-22: MA Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence, Northeastern University, London
April 2023: London Generative AI Hackathon – exploring prompt design to develop a mental health app prototype
Sept-Dec 2023: Consulting on grant application for community organisation AI project, providing public access and education on LLMs to enhance digital literacy
2023-24: Developing and implementing a Therapeutic Advocacy tool – helping advocates use LLMs to access information and support neurodivergent parents’ communication with external bodies
Sept-2025-present: Member of the AI Mental Health Collective, enabling cross discipline dialogue and collaboration. Part of the Clinician’s Circle working group developing AI resources and guidance for mental health professionals
Oct 2025-present: Consulting a number of AI wellbeing start ups on safety protocols and exploring safety parameters for LLMs in a mental health setting

Contact dinahpurton@gmail.com for information on fees or a free 30 minute consultation