About this episode

Michael interviews the founders of Care Assist Pro about their platform designed to enhance biblical counseling through technology.

Michael interviews new exhibitor Dr. Jeffrey M. Kelly, a full-time biblical counselor and former church planter, and David Driskill, a veteran software developer and Care Assist Pro’s CTO, about their platform (careassist-pro.com). They explain that Care Assist Pro was built to address the shortage of soul care in local churches by reducing counseling roadblocks and increasing counselor confidence through secure, HIPAA-compliant tools such as note organization, encrypted communication, built-in video conferencing with transcripts, summaries, and AI-driven feedback on counseling skills over time. They emphasize AI is never the counselor but a tool with biblical guardrails, using a curated RAG knowledge base of about 800 documents (e.g., ACBC, CCF, ABC, Counseling Coalition) and features like notebooks, multilingual outputs, and training “personas” for seminary practicums and skill development. 00:00 Conference Introduction 01:02 Meet the Guests 01:16 Dr Kelly Background 01:48 David Driskill Tech Story 03:09 How Care Assist Began 05:49 Redemptive Use of AI 08:31 AI Training Practicum 11:19 Notebooks Language Features 15:30 Guardrails Not Replacement 19:58 Counselor Growth Analytics…

People in this episode

Host: Michael

Guests: Dr. Jeffrey M. Kelly, David Driskill

Topics covered

• biblical counseling
• AI in counseling
• church support
• counselor training
• mental health tools

Keywords

• Care Assist Pro
• biblical counseling
• AI tools
• counselor training
• HIPAA-compliant
• note organization
• encrypted communication
• video conferencing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Care Assist Pro, ACBC, CCF, ABC, Counseling Coalition

More episodes of Speak The Truth

• EP. 219 Counseling Through Colossians: Living a Christ-Ruled Life W/Nathan Scroggins · July 10, 2026 · 34 min
• EP. 218 Biblicare: Everything You Need to Run Your Counseling Ministry W/Founder Dr. Bob Olender · July 3, 2026 · 30 min
• EP. 217 Recognizing Bitterness: When Pain Turns to Resentment W/Author & Biblical Counselor Shannon McCoy · June 29, 2026 · 27 min
• EP. 216 After Church Hurt: Rebuilding Healthy Churches W/Pastor Tim St. John · June 19, 2026 · 19 min

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Speak The Truth podcast page.