Emotional Support with LLM-based Empathetic Dialogue Generation

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Main Authors: Wang, Shiquan, Fang, Ruiyu, He, Zhongjiang, Song, Shuangyong, Li, Yongxiang
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author Wang, Shiquan
Fang, Ruiyu
He, Zhongjiang
Song, Shuangyong
Li, Yongxiang
author_facet Wang, Shiquan
Fang, Ruiyu
He, Zhongjiang
Song, Shuangyong
Li, Yongxiang
contents Emotional Support Conversation (ESC) aims to provide empathetic and effective emotional assistance through dialogue, addressing the growing demand for mental health support. This paper presents our solution for the NLPCC 2025 Task 8 ESC evaluation, where we leverage large-scale language models enhanced by prompt engineering and finetuning techniques. We explore both parameter-efficient Low-Rank Adaptation and full-parameter fine-tuning strategies to improve the model's ability to generate supportive and contextually appropriate responses. Our best model ranked second in the competition, highlighting the potential of combining LLMs with effective adaptation methods for ESC tasks. Future work will focus on further enhancing emotional understanding and response personalization to build more practical and reliable emotional support systems.
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spellingShingle Emotional Support with LLM-based Empathetic Dialogue Generation
Wang, Shiquan
Fang, Ruiyu
He, Zhongjiang
Song, Shuangyong
Li, Yongxiang
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Emotional Support Conversation (ESC) aims to provide empathetic and effective emotional assistance through dialogue, addressing the growing demand for mental health support. This paper presents our solution for the NLPCC 2025 Task 8 ESC evaluation, where we leverage large-scale language models enhanced by prompt engineering and finetuning techniques. We explore both parameter-efficient Low-Rank Adaptation and full-parameter fine-tuning strategies to improve the model's ability to generate supportive and contextually appropriate responses. Our best model ranked second in the competition, highlighting the potential of combining LLMs with effective adaptation methods for ESC tasks. Future work will focus on further enhancing emotional understanding and response personalization to build more practical and reliable emotional support systems.
title Emotional Support with LLM-based Empathetic Dialogue Generation
topic Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12820