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title: "Comparing Human Role-Players and LLM-Simulated Clients in Online Counselling Training: An Analysis of Counselling Patterns"
source: "arXiv AI/CL/LG（论文）"
source_tier: "t2"
url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.40563v1"
permalink: "https://feed.astralor.com/items/itm_a24854c415c8afbf79b9ccc8"
published: "2026-10-29T17:41:59.000Z"
score: 53
channel: "ai"
tags: ["LLM","Comparing Human Role-Players","LLM-Simulated Clients","Online Counselling Training","Analysis","Counselling Patterns This","Large Language Models","Initially"]
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# Comparing Human Role-Players and LLM-Simulated Clients in Online Counselling Training: An Analysis of Counselling Patterns

## At a glance

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…

## Key points

- 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 quan…
- These interactions were analysed with a counselling communication pattern system at sentence level.

## Full text

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.

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