# Conversational Self-Play for Discovering and Understanding Psychotherapy Approaches

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.16521 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.16521/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 17 Mar 2025.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- ["Is This Really a Human Peer Supporter?": Misalignments Between Peer Supporters and Experts in LLM-Supported Interactions](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.09354/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

This paper explores conversational self-play with LLMs as a scalable approach for analyzing and exploring psychotherapy approaches, evaluating how well AI-generated therapeutic dialogues align with established modalities.