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Main Authors: Kim, Minju, Yoo, Dongje, Hwang, Yeonjun, Kang, Minseok, Kim, Namyoung, Gwak, Minju, Kwak, Beong-woo, Chae, Hyungjoo, Kim, Harim, Lee, Yunjoong, Kim, Min Hee, Jung, Dayi, Chung, Kyong-Mee, Yeo, Jinyoung
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19643
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author Kim, Minju
Yoo, Dongje
Hwang, Yeonjun
Kang, Minseok
Kim, Namyoung
Gwak, Minju
Kwak, Beong-woo
Chae, Hyungjoo
Kim, Harim
Lee, Yunjoong
Kim, Min Hee
Jung, Dayi
Chung, Kyong-Mee
Yeo, Jinyoung
author_facet Kim, Minju
Yoo, Dongje
Hwang, Yeonjun
Kang, Minseok
Kim, Namyoung
Gwak, Minju
Kwak, Beong-woo
Chae, Hyungjoo
Kim, Harim
Lee, Yunjoong
Kim, Min Hee
Jung, Dayi
Chung, Kyong-Mee
Yeo, Jinyoung
contents Understanding clients' thoughts and beliefs is fundamental in counseling, yet current evaluations of LLM therapists often fail to assess this ability. Existing evaluation methods rely on client simulators that clearly disclose internal states to the therapist, making it difficult to determine whether an LLM therapist can uncover unexpressed perspectives. To address this limitation, we introduce MindVoyager, a novel evaluation framework featuring a controllable and realistic client simulator which dynamically adapts itself based on the ongoing counseling session, offering a more realistic and challenging evaluation environment. We further introduce evaluation metrics that assess the exploration ability of LLM therapists by measuring their thorough understanding of client's beliefs and thoughts.
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spellingShingle Can You Share Your Story? Modeling Clients' Metacognition and Openness for LLM Therapist Evaluation
Kim, Minju
Yoo, Dongje
Hwang, Yeonjun
Kang, Minseok
Kim, Namyoung
Gwak, Minju
Kwak, Beong-woo
Chae, Hyungjoo
Kim, Harim
Lee, Yunjoong
Kim, Min Hee
Jung, Dayi
Chung, Kyong-Mee
Yeo, Jinyoung
Computers and Society
Artificial Intelligence
Understanding clients' thoughts and beliefs is fundamental in counseling, yet current evaluations of LLM therapists often fail to assess this ability. Existing evaluation methods rely on client simulators that clearly disclose internal states to the therapist, making it difficult to determine whether an LLM therapist can uncover unexpressed perspectives. To address this limitation, we introduce MindVoyager, a novel evaluation framework featuring a controllable and realistic client simulator which dynamically adapts itself based on the ongoing counseling session, offering a more realistic and challenging evaluation environment. We further introduce evaluation metrics that assess the exploration ability of LLM therapists by measuring their thorough understanding of client's beliefs and thoughts.
title Can You Share Your Story? Modeling Clients' Metacognition and Openness for LLM Therapist Evaluation
topic Computers and Society
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19643