让AI主动引导心理对话,像苏格拉底一样启发深层思考
The Art of Socratic Inquiry: A Framework for Proactive Template-Guided Therapeutic Conversation Generation
- 分离提问时机与内容,用模板+策略实现智能追问
- 在真实对话中将主动提问频率提升显著,深度和疗效更优
- 适合心理治疗AI研发者,推动对话从共情转向引导
主动提问是认知行为疗法的核心,但现有心理大模型多为被动回应,仅提供表面共情。为此,我们提出「苏格拉底式提问框架」(SIF),一种轻量级、可即插即用的治疗意图规划器,使大模型从倾听者转变为认知引导者。SIF将提问时机(通过策略锚定)与提问内容(通过模板检索)解耦,实现无需端到端训练即可进行情境感知、理论支持的主动提问。同时,我们构建了高质量数据集 Socratic-QA,包含策略对齐的苏格拉底式问答序列,为主动推理提供明确监督。实验表明,SIF显著提升了主动提问频率、对话深度与治疗一致性,标志着从被动安慰向主动探索的转变。本工作确立了心理导向大模型的新范式:不仅回应,更能引导。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Proactive questioning, where therapists deliberately initiate structured, cognition-guiding inquiries, is a cornerstone of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Yet, current psychological large language models (LLMs) remain overwhelmingly reactive, defaulting to empathetic but superficial responses that fail to surface latent beliefs or guide behavioral change. To bridge this gap, we propose the \textbf{Socratic Inquiry Framework (SIF)}, a lightweight, plug-and-play therapeutic intent planner that transforms LLMs from passive listeners into active cognitive guides. SIF decouples \textbf{when to ask} (via Strategy Anchoring) from \textbf{what to ask} (via Template Retrieval), enabling context-aware, theory-grounded questioning without end-to-end retraining. Complementing SIF, we introduce \textbf{Socratic-QA}, a high-quality dataset of strategy-aligned Socratic sequences that provides explicit supervision for proactive reasoning. Experiments show that SIF significantly enhances proactive questioning frequency, conversational depth, and therapeutic alignment, marking a clear shift from reactive comfort to proactive exploration. Our work establishes a new paradigm for psychologically informed LLMs: not just to respond, but to guide.
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