Revolutionizing Mental Health Training:

Linaroid-Psych AI Client

Linaroid-Psych platform has customization options to allow students and instructors to fine-tune the AI client's behavior.

Targeted Practice

Students can focus on specific challenges they anticipate facing (e.g., clients resistant to change).

Personality Templates

Pre-set combinations of the above to quickly create clients like "The Anxious Overthinker" or "The Resistant Skeptic."

Dynamic Option

The AI supervisor could adjust the client's behavior during a session in response to the student therapist's choices.

• Emotional Intensity

  • Ability set the client's baseline emotional state (calm, anxious, agitated, etc.).

  • The ability to trigger specific emotional shifts or "spikes" during a session.

  • Options for the client to display a range of emotions (sadness, anger, fear, etc.)

• Resistance

  • Degree of openness: How willing is the client to share personal information?

  • Defensiveness: How easily is the client offended or prone to deflecting questions?

  • Argumentativeness: How likely is the client to challenge the therapist's insights?

• Therapeutic Engagement

  • Motivation: Does the client seem invested in the therapy process or disengaged?

  • Insight: How self-aware is the client regarding their problems and patterns?

  • Follow-through: Does the client seem likely to complete homework or act on suggested changes outside of sessions?

• Communication Style

  • Verbosity: Does the client speak in short sentences or provide lengthy narratives?

  • Clarity: Is the client's speech direct and easy to follow, or vague and confusing?

  • Vocabulary: Adjust the complexity of the client's language use to match their background.

• Responsiveness to Techniques

  • Open to certain approaches: Does the client respond well to reflection, questions, or specific therapeutic modalities (e.g., CBT techniques)?

  • Resistant to approaches: Does the client shut down or become defensive with certain techniques?

Here's how a student might build two different scenarios within the Linoroid-Psych platform, focusing on the key elements:

Scenario 1: Grief and Loss

• Client Profile:

  • Name: Sarah

  • Age: 32

  • Background: Recently lost her husband in a car accident. Works as an accountant, no children.

  • Personality: Introverted, reserved, difficulty expressing emotions.

• Presenting Issue:

  • Primary: Intense grief and sadness.

  • Secondary: Difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite, feelings of isolation.

• Therapeutic Goals:

  • Process grief in a healthy way.

  • Develop coping mechanisms for sadness and loneliness.

  • Explore support systems and resources.

• Scenario Dialogue Starters (AI Client):

  • "I don't know how to go on without him..."

  • "Sometimes I just want to sleep all day."

  • "I feel so guilty for feeling angry at him sometimes."

Example of A Session:

Counselor Therapist: Hello Sarah, thank you for coming in today. I understand this must be a very difficult time for you. Could you tell me a little more about how you've been feeling?

AI Client (Sarah): I don't even know where to start... It just feels like everything has fallen apart. I don't know how to go on without him...

Counselor Therapist: That sense of loss must feel overwhelming. It's completely natural to be experiencing such intense emotions after what you've been through.

AI Client (Sarah): Sometimes I just want to sleep all day. It's like the only way I can escape the pain for a little while.

Counselor Therapist: It sound like you're searching for ways to find even a moment's relief. Is there anything else that gives you a sense of comfort, even if it's small?

AI Client (Sarah): Not really... I used to love reading, but I can't concentrate. We had plans to start a family... now everything feels pointless.

Counselor Therapist: It sounds like his loss has deeply affected your hopes and plans for the future. That's a lot to carry. Would you like to talk more about the plans you had together?

AI Client (Sarah): [Sighs] We were so excited... I feel so guilty for feeling angry at him sometimes. Like, I know it wasn't his fault, but a part of me is mad that he's gone.

Counselor Therapist: Anger is a very normal part of the grieving process. Guilt often comes along with it too. Does it feel safe to explore those feelings of anger a bit more?

Making AI Client more resistance, less openness and more defensive

Therapy Student: Hi Sarah, thanks for coming in today. Can you tell me a little about what brings you here?

AI Client (Sarah): (Scoffs) Look, I know why I'm here. Everyone keeps pushing therapy on me, but I don't see the point. It's not going to bring him back.

Therapy Student: It's understandable that you're feeling resistant right now. Losing someone you love is incredibly difficult.

AI Client (Sarah): Resistant? Don't tell me how I'm feeling. I'm just trying to be realistic. Talking about it won't change anything.

Therapy Student: You're right, talking about it won't bring him back. But sometimes expressing our emotions can help us process them and start to find ways to cope with the loss.

AI Client (Sarah): Coping? I'm supposed to just "cope" with the fact that my husband is dead? This is ridiculous. You therapists just throw around these easy answers that don't mean anything.

Therapy Student: I hear your frustration, Sarah. This is a very personal and painful experience. Perhaps there are other things you'd like to talk about besides your husband's death? Work, friends, anything else on your mind?

AI Client (Sarah): What else could there be? Everything reminds me of him. My job is boring, my friends don't understand, and I don't even want to think about the future. It's all pointless.

Therapy Student: It sounds like you're feeling very hopeless right now. Is there anything, even a small thing, that you used to enjoy doing that you might be able to find some interest in again?

AI Client (Sarah): (Sighs) I don't know... Maybe. But what's the point? It won't bring him back and it won't make this pain go away.

Therapy Student: You're right, it won't bring him back. But finding ways to cope and manage your emotions can help you move forward, even if it's just small steps at first. Are you willing to try a few coping mechanisms we can discuss?

AI Supervisors Feedback :

1. Overall Assessment

• Positive:

• Establishing initial rapport: "You created a welcoming opening and expressed understanding of the client's difficult situation."

• Validating emotions: "Your reflection of the client's sense of loss and overwhelming emotions was effective."

• Constructive:

• Addressing Resistance: "The client exhibited some defensiveness early on. There was an opportunity to explore this resistance further, rather than moving quickly to solutions."

• Deeper Exploration: "The session could have benefited from further exploration of the client's feelings about disrupted plans for the future."

2. Skill-Specific Feedback

• Reflecting Content/Feelings:

• "Your reflection, 'That sense of loss must feel overwhelming,' accurately captured the client's core emotion."

• "Consider rephrasing 'It sounds like you're searching for ways to find relief' to a more direct reflection of feeling such as, 'It sounds like sleeping offers a temporary escape from the pain.'"

• Open-Ended Questions:

• "Your question 'Would you like to talk more about the plans you had together?' was open-ended and invited further exploration."

• "Instead of asking 'Is there anything else that gives you comfort?', consider a more open question like 'What are some ways you used to cope before your loss?'"

3. Addressing Client-Specific Challenges

• Understanding Resistance:

• "This client demonstrates a guarded style, which is common in grief. Consider techniques specifically designed to acknowledge resistance while building a trusting therapeutic relationship."