Solacia: An Empathic AI Therapy Assistant

Solacia is a fine-tuned language model designed to provide supportive, emotionally aware responses in therapeutic or self-help conversations. It is built using a curated dataset of real-world mental health dialogue scenarios aimed at simulating the empathy and insight of a human counselor.

Model Details

• Model Name: Solacia
• Author: samdak93
• Language: English
• License: MIT
• Base Model: [gpt2]
• Training Dataset: EmpathicConversations

Use Cases

• Mental health support (non-diagnostic)
• Journaling companions
• Emotional support bots
• Therapeutic conversation simulation
• Training other empathy-oriented models

⚠️ Disclaimer: This model is not a replacement for professional therapy. It should only be used for research, experimentation, or wellness assistance.

Example Input

User:

I'm feeling like everything is too much and I can't take it anymore...

Solacia:

I'm really sorry you're feeling this way. You're not alone, and your emotions are valid. Take a deep breath — would you like to talk more about what’s overwhelming you?

Limitations

• Not a licensed therapist.
• May produce inappropriate or hallucinated responses if used improperly.
• Should not be relied on in crisis situations.

Citation

If you use this model, please consider citing the dataset and repository:

@misc{samdak93_solacia_2025,
  author = {samdak93},
  title = {Solacia: An Empathic AI Therapy Assistant},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/samdak93/solacia}
}