arXiv:2608. 12750v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: LLM-based simulated clients are increasingly used to train novice counselors, evaluate LLM therapists, and generate synthetic data.
By Sahand Sabour, TszYam NG, Yaqian Chen, Guanqun Bi, Jialu Zhao, Minlie Huang
Large Language Models (LLMs) show promise in psychological counseling, yet existing benchmarks rely heavily on highly cooperative simulated clients. We observe a critical counselor-following phenomenon: these clients often rapidly shift from resistance to compliance after only a few turns, creating an illusion of therapeutic progress and inflating scores under current evaluation protocols through superficial empathy.
arXiv:2607. 02885v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) provides a structured framework for understanding a user's mental state by examining the interaction between cognitive and behavioral factors.
By Vaishnavi Sinha, Pooja Guttal, Pranay Deep Reddy Katike, Vishal Sinha, Gerald Ndawula, Lira Yoon, Andrea Kleinsmith, Manas Gaur
arXiv:2606. 30887v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models show promise for mental health support, yet therapeutic quality improves only when evaluation functions as an actionable control signal rather than a passive metric.
By Mizanur Rahman, Abeer Badawi, Elahe Rahimi, Laleh Seyyed-Kalantari, Frank Rudzicz, Enamul Hoque, Elham Dolatabadi
arXiv:2607. 25681v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Cognitive distortion amplifies negative emotions and contributes to mental health disorders.
By Qi Chen, Siria Xiyueyao Luo, Jian Wang, Yuan Shi, Haocong Rao, Xuejiao Zhao
arXiv:2606. 15504v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In recent years, the advances of large language models and autonomous agents have revolutionized the healthcare field, facilitating diagnosis and improving treatment results.
By Qianxue Zhang, Yiming Ren, Shihuan Qin, Xiao Zhang, Liao Zhang, Jinyang Huang, Zhengliang Liu, Chenbin Liu, Hongying Feng, Jingyuan Chen, Yuzhen Ding, Weihang You, Hanqi Jiang, Yi Pan, Yifan Zhou, Junhao Chen, Lifeng Chen, Wei Liu, Tianming Liu, Zengren Zhao, Lian Zhang