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🧠 Before You Prompt: Train ChatGPT to Understand You

ChatGPT is smart, but it’s not psychic. If you want answers that sound like they came from your brain, you’ve got to give it a little context. Think of it like onboarding a new assistant — you wouldn’t just hand them your calendar and say, “figure it out.”

Instead, train the AI by sharing a bit about your practice, your tone, and who you’re talking to. You only need to do this once at the beginning of your session, and it will make your prompts ten times more effective.

Here’s a sample “training” prompt therapists can copy and paste to start any conversation:

🧩 Sample Setup Prompt

“You are now my assistant for my private practice therapy business. I’m a licensed [insert your credentials] and I specialize in [insert niche, like anxiety, couples therapy, trauma]. My tone is [warm, conversational, encouraging, etc.]. I mostly work with [millennials, teens, couples, women, etc.] and I want my content to sound human, not too clinical. When I ask for content ideas or help writing, please keep all this in mind.”

🛠 Pro Tip from Dan at A2dd

When I work with therapists on branding and content, I always say: “Pretend the AI is your intern. It’s fast and never takes a lunch break, but it doesn’t know you yet. So help it out.”

Once you give ChatGPT this context, everything that follows — from emails to Instagram captions to blog ideas — will sound more like you. Try it once at the top of your conversation and reuse it every time you start a new chat.