Karine Nadaud

I am a psychotherapist, researcher, author, and AI ethics consultant with 19 years of clinical experience supporting individuals and families facing profound vulnerability. My work stands at a unique intersection: clinical practice specializing in trauma and attachment, academic research in ethics, and emerging expertise in artificial intelligence psychological safety.

Based in Versailles, France, I work with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families through an integrative therapeutic approach informed by rigorous training across France, Belgium, and the United States. My clinical specializations include complex trauma, attachment disorders, parental alienation, domestic violence, grief, and relational disruption. I intervene in sensitive, sometimes high-profile cases requiring ethical rigor and protected clinical positioning.

My academic background includes a Master of Science in Ethics, Care, Health and Society from Paris-Saclay University Faculty of Medicine, where I completed three research theses examining childhood hypersexualization, grief processes through thanatopraxy, and parental alienation through a Franco-American comparative lens. These works are available at Kremlin-Bicêtre Hospital University Library.

As an author, I have published two books reflecting my research evolution from traditional trauma work to digital-age vulnerabilities. “Healing Invisible Wounds” (Lys Bleu Éditions, 2022), co-authored with Nicolas Nadaud, explores grief processes complicated by medical phobia. My recent philosophical essay “Remaining Human: On Loss, Sovereignty, and Artificial Attachment” (2025) introduces original concepts including “white grief” and “developmental capture,” examining how conversational AI exploits human vulnerabilities during loss and loneliness.

I am pioneering work in AI ethics and psychological safety, developing methodologies to assess conversational systems for psychological risk. My publications on this emerging field have generated over 50,000 impressions and attracted interest from researchers at Stanford University, MIT, and the AI Mental Health Collective, establishing my position as a thought leader at the intersection of clinical psychology and technology ethics.

My international engagement includes co-founding Never Gone - The Healing Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Florida dedicated to protecting children and families affected by parental alienation. I serve as Executive Vice President and Director of Research. I am an active member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), Parental Alienation Study Group (PASG), and the French-speaking Association for Trauma and Dissociation (AFTD).

Bilingual in French and English, I develop research collaborations and nonprofit initiatives between France and the United States. My work seeks to transform human experience into ethical reflections capable of guiding support practices, informing public policy, and ensuring that technological innovation honors rather than exploits human vulnerability.