Artificial Intelligence Profiles for
Foundational Counselor Training Sessions
Authors:
- Dr. James Crowder, CAES APD
-
Dr. Shelli Friess, LPC, NCC, ACS, School of Counseling, Walden University
Abstract:
Training for practicing counselors involves
training to help people learn to cope more effectively with
mental health issues and developmental issues, along with
life issues in general. Counselors are trained in a variety
of techniques, based on the best available research and
minimal standards based on professional accreditation.
However, live training in the beginning, with actual
patients is difficult since it is not practical to have
counselors “practice” on people with actual
psychological issues. Presented here is a proposed
training system, called the “Cognitive, Interactive,
Psychological Training System (CIPTS), which provides
artificially intelligent profiles instantiated as “avatars for
interaction with counselors,” based on a set of different
personality profiles created by a team of leading
counselor educators and represent a variety of
psychological, social, and biopsychosocial1 health issues
that can be used to help train counselors in a non-live,
non-threatening environment, but yet valuable.
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