---
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](https://huggingface.co/samdak93)
- **Language**: English
- **License**: MIT
- **Base Model**: *[gpt2]*
- **Training Dataset**: [EmpathicConversations](https://huggingface.co/datasets/samdak93/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:

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