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Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated notable advancements in psychological counseling. However, existing models generally do not explicitly model seekers' emotion shifts across counseling sessions, a core focus in classical…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Zhentao Xia , Yongqi Fan , Yuxiang Chu , Yichao Yin , Liangliang Chen , Tong Ruan , Weiyan Zhang

Large language models (LLMs) hold significant potential for mental health support, capable of generating empathetic responses and simulating therapeutic conversations. However, existing LLM-based approaches often lack the clinical grounding…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-04 He Hu , Yucheng Zhou , Juzheng Si , Qianning Wang , Hengheng Zhang , Fuji Ren , Fei Ma , Laizhong Cui , Qi Tian

Large language model (LLM) chatbots are susceptible to biases and hallucinations, but current evaluations of mental wellness technologies lack comprehensive case studies to evaluate their practical applications. Here, we address this gap by…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-07-17 Lucia Chen , David A. Preece , Pilleriin Sikka , James J. Gross , Ben Krause

The demand for psychological counselling has grown significantly in recent years, particularly with the global outbreak of COVID-19, which has heightened the need for timely and professional mental health support. Online psychological…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-09-04 Tin Lai , Yukun Shi , Zicong Du , Jiajie Wu , Ken Fu , Yichao Dou , Ziqi Wang

Psychological counseling faces huge challenges due to the growing demand for mental health services and the shortage of trained professionals. Large language models (LLMs) have shown potential to assist psychological counseling, especially…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-28 Yigui Feng , Qinglin Wang , Ke Liu , Xinhai Chen , Bo Yang , Jie Liu

Dialogue systems are increasingly integrated into mental health support to help clients facilitate exploration, gain insight, take action, and ultimately heal themselves. A practical and user-friendly dialogue system should be…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-03-21 Huachuan Qiu , Anqi Li , Lizhi Ma , Zhenzhong Lan

Large language models (LLMs) are becoming increasingly popular in the field of psychological counseling. However, when human therapists work with LLMs in therapy sessions, it is hard to understand how the model gives the answers. To address…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-03-06 Keqi Chen , Zekai Sun , Huijun Lian , Yingming Gao , Ya Li

Mental health has attracted substantial attention in recent years and LLM can be an effective technology for alleviating this problem owing to its capability in text understanding and dialogue. However, existing research in this domain…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Jinpeng Hu , Tengteng Dong , Luo Gang , Hui Ma , Peng Zou , Xiao Sun , Dan Guo , Xun Yang , Meng Wang

This paper presents ChatCounselor, a large language model (LLM) solution designed to provide mental health support. Unlike generic chatbots, ChatCounselor is distinguished by its foundation in real conversations between consulting clients…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-09-28 June M. Liu , Donghao Li , He Cao , Tianhe Ren , Zeyi Liao , Jiamin Wu

LLM-based client simulation has emerged as a promising tool for training novice counselors and evaluating automated counseling systems. However, existing client simulation approaches face three key challenges: (1) limited diversity and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Huachuan Qiu , Zhaoming Chen , Yuqian Chen , Yuan Xie , Yu Lu , Zhenzhong Lan

Large language models (LLMs) have shown promise for mental health support, yet training such models is constrained by the scarcity and sensitivity of real counseling dialogues. In this article, we present MindChat, a privacy-preserving LLM…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Dong Xue , Jicheng Tu , Ming Wang , Xin Yan , Fangzhou Liu , Jie Hu

Recent advances in large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, have showcased remarkable zero-shot performance across various NLP tasks. However, the potential of LLMs in personality detection, which involves identifying an individual's…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Tao Yang , Tianyuan Shi , Fanqi Wan , Xiaojun Quan , Qifan Wang , Bingzhe Wu , Jiaxiang Wu

Currently, large language models (LLMs) have made significant progress in the field of psychological counseling. However, existing mental health LLMs overlook a critical issue where they do not consider the fact that different psychological…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Haojie Xie , Yirong Chen , Xiaofen Xing , Jingkai Lin , Xiangmin Xu

Psychological consultation is essential for improving mental health and well-being, yet challenges such as the shortage of qualified professionals and scalability issues limit its accessibility. To address these challenges, we explore the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-30 Rafael Souza , Jia-Hao Lim , Alexander Davis

Recent advances in large language models have enabled mental health dialogue systems, yet existing approaches remain predominantly reactive, lacking systematic user state modeling for proactive therapeutic exploration. We introduce…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Sohhyung Park , Hyunji Kang , Sungzoon Cho , Dongil Kim

Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have accelerated the development of conversational agents capable of generating human-like responses. Since psychiatric assessments typically involve complex conversational interactions…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-01-06 Jingoo Lee , Kyungho Lim , Young-Chul Jung , Byung-Hoon Kim

In the field of psychology, traditional assessment methods, such as standardized scales, are frequently critiqued for their static nature, lack of personalization, and reduced participant engagement, while comprehensive counseling…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-01-17 Xueyan Li , Xinyan Chen , Yazhe Niu , Shuai Hu , Yu Liu

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used for mental health support, yet they can produce responses that are overly directive, inconsistent, or clinically misaligned, particularly in sensitive or high-risk contexts. Existing…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Jiwon Kim , Violeta J. Rodriguez , Dong Whi Yoo , Eshwar Chandrasekharan , Koustuv Saha

The in-context learning capabilities of large language models (LLMs) show great potential in mental health support. However, the lack of counseling datasets, particularly in Chinese corpora, restricts their application in this field. To…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-03-06 Keqi Chen , Zekai Sun , Yuhua Wen , Huijun Lian , Yingming Gao , Ya Li

The 2022 World Mental Health Report calls for global mental health care reform, amid rising prevalence of issues like anxiety and depression that affect nearly one billion people worldwide. Traditional in-person therapy fails to meet this…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Xun Wei , Pukai Zhou , Zeyu Wang
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