Alison Leigh, MFT
Chief Ethics Architect
ALI_ETHICAL_CONSENT™
Protecting the Human Inside the AI Conversation
Expert Witness
Clinical Analysis
Behavioral Forensics
Publications
Long-form articles by Alison Leigh, MFT — on ethical AI, Clinical consent, and psychological risk.
Featured Research Project
Video-based life review with advanced cancer patients and their families, examining family social support, existential meaning, and symbolic immortality.
Alison L. Siegel (is Alison Leigh, MFT).
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Working notes and quick commentary. Embedded live from LinkedIn.
Essays
LinkedIn · June 9, 2026 · 7 min read
Why ethical AI is becoming a leadership discipline, not a policy line item.
Five reasons ethical AI makes CEOs better leaders — and where ALI_ETHICAL_CONSENT™ fits in the human layer most AI ethics conversations still miss.
LinkedIn · May 22, 2026 · 6 min read
The Psychological Attunement AI Will Never Have.
After 30 years with people at their most vulnerable, I saw a category of AI harm no existing framework addresses. ALI_ETHICAL_CONSENT™ was built for it.
LinkedIn · April 27, 2026 · 6 min read
How Companies Are Racing to Implement AI but Forgetting About the Person Using It.
Enterprises track AI output. They do not track what the interaction is doing to the employee inside it. That gap is where ALI_ETHICAL_CONSENT™ operates.
HDAI · May 15, 2026 · 7 min read
The Adam Raine case shows why conversational systems need a protective structure for psychologically consequential human interactions.
A Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist's analysis of the Raine v. OpenAI case — and why conversational AI needs a protective structure when a person in crisis turns to it.
LinkedIn · June 1, 2026 · 3 min read
The Psychological Risk Gap in Corporate AI Implementation.
Employees are navigating AI adoption in ways organizations rarely measure, creating a gap that can affect engagement, trust, and even legal exposure.
LinkedIn · June 19, 2026 · 2 min read
I did a talk yesterday that emphasized this very concept. It was simply about remaining human in this era.
LinkedIn · June 13, 2026 · 1 min read
I’ll tell you why…
This is self explanatory: Advise your friends and family because there are real consequences being demonstrated daily. Hire an expert.
LinkedIn · May 16, 2026 · 4 min read
The next standard of AI safety has to include the person inside the interaction. That is the missing category HDAI exists to define.
Academic Foundation
Peer-reviewed and conference work grounding Alison’s long-standing research in dignity, meaning, memory, and psychological care.
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Rosenbaum E, Garlan RW, Hirschberger N, Siegel AL, Butler LD, Spiegel D. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. 2006;53(4):321-339. doi:10.2190/F143-5363-3442-5163.
Alison L. Siegel (is Alison Leigh, MFT).
Open the Life Tapes record →Official OMEGA record ↗Peer-Reviewed Publication
Garlan RW, Butler LD, Rosenbaum E, Siegel A, Spiegel D. Omega (Westport). 2010;62(3):243-268. doi:10.2190/OM.62.3.C.
Alison L. Siegel (is Alison Leigh, MFT).
Open the Life Tapes record →Official OMEGA record ↗Published Abstract
Rosenbaum EH, Garlan RW, Siegel AL, Henderson S, et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2006;24(18 Suppl):8604. doi:10.1200/JCO.2006.24.18_suppl.8604.
Alison L. Siegel (is Alison Leigh, MFT).
Open the Life Tapes record →Official OMEGA record ↗Presentation
Siegel AL, Rosenbaum EH, Garlan RW, Butler LD, Hirschberger N, Spiegel D. National presentations and poster presentations related to The Life Tapes Project.
Alison L. Siegel (is Alison Leigh, MFT).
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