Psy-Copilot: Visual Chain of Thought for Counseling

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.03645v1
• Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:23:15 GMT
• Title: Psy-Copilot: Visual Chain of Thought for Counseling
• Authors: Keqi Chen, Zekai Sun, Huijun Lian, Yingming Gao, Ya Li,
• Abstract summary: Psy-COT is a graph designed to visualize the thought processes of large language models (LLMs) during therapy sessions.<n>Psy-Copilot is a conversational AI assistant designed to assist human psychological therapists in their consultations.<n>The Psy-Copilot is designed not to replace psychotherapists but to foster collaboration between AI and human therapists.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: 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 this, we have constructed Psy-COT, a graph designed to visualize the thought processes of LLMs during therapy sessions. The Psy-COT graph presents semi-structured counseling conversations alongside step-by-step annotations that capture the reasoning and insights of therapists. Moreover, we have developed Psy-Copilot, which is a conversational AI assistant designed to assist human psychological therapists in their consultations. It can offer traceable psycho-information based on retrieval, including response candidates, similar dialogue sessions, related strategies, and visual traces of results. We have also built an interactive platform for AI-assisted counseling. It has an interface that displays the relevant parts of the retrieval sub-graph. The Psy-Copilot is designed not to replace psychotherapists but to foster collaboration between AI and human therapists, thereby promoting mental health development. Our code and demo are both open-sourced and available for use.

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