用 Mixtral 8x7b 模拟来访者的心理咨询训练研究
Comparing Human Role-Players and LLM-Simulated Clients in Online Counselling Training: An Analysis of Counselling Patterns
研究者拿 Mixtral 8x7b 模拟心理咨询来访者，跟真人扮演的逐句对比，做咨询培训的可以看看。
一项研究对比了人类扮演的来访者与 LLM 模拟来访者在心理咨询训练中的差异。研究使用 Mistral 的 Mixtral 8x7b（4-bit 量化）生成模拟来访者，与新手咨询师进行角色扮演。团队在句子层面用咨询沟通模式系统分析了两类对话。结果显示 LLM 模拟与真实对话在咨询模式应用上存在相似与差异，可用于提升咨询能力训练。
Comparing Human Role-Players and LLM-Simulated Clients in Online Counselling Training: An Analysis of Counselling Patterns
This study investigates the capabilities of Large Language Models to simulate counselling clients in educational role-plays in comparison to human role-players. Initially, we recorded role-playing sessions, where novice counsellors interacted with human peers acting as clients, followed by role-plays between humans and clients simulated by Mistrals Mixtral 8x7b using 4-bit quantization. These interactions were analysed with a counselling communication pattern system at sentence level. We investigated two key questions: (1) to what extent LLM-generated responses replicate authentic conversational dynamics and (2) whether counsellors' communication behaviour differs when interacting with human versus LLM-simulated clients. The findings highlight both similarities and differences in the application of counselling patterns across scenarios, showing the potential of LLM-based role-playing exercises to enhance counselling competencies and to identify areas for further refinement in virtual client simulations.