metadata

license: mit
tags:
  - text-generation
  - dialogue-modeling
  - mental-health
  - therapy
  - empathetic-ai
datasets:
  - samdak93/EmpathicConversations
language:
  - en
model-index:
  - name: Solacia
    results: []
base_model:
  - openai-community/gpt2

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}
}