Scoping review on natural language processing applications in counselling and psychotherapy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14062002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Laricheva (0000-0003-0369-387X, Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada), Yan Liu (0000-0002-1612-779X, Psychology Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada, corresponding author), Edward Shi (Arts, Business and Law Victoria University Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia), Amery D Wu (0000-0003-0340-197X, University of British Columbia), Amery Wu (Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 117 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 677-701 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/bjop.12721 |
| PMID | 39095975 |
| OpenAlex | W4401300791 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 87 |
Recent years have witnessed some rapid and tremendous progress in natural language processing (NLP) techniques that are used to analyse text data. This study endeavours to offer an up‐to‐date review of NLP applications by examining their use in counselling and psychotherapy from 1990 to 2021. The purpose of this scoping review is to identify trends, advancements, challenges and limitations of these applications. Among the 41 papers included in this review, 4 primary study purposes were identified: (1) developing automated coding; (2) predicting outcomes; (3) monitoring counselling sessions; and (4) investigating language patterns. Our findings showed a growing trend in the number of papers utilizing advanced machine learning methods, particularly neural networks. Unfortunately, only a third of the articles addressed the issues of bias and generalizability. Our findings provided a timely systematic update, shedding light on concerns related to bias, generalizability and validity in the context of NLP applications in counselling and psychotherapy
Context (archaeology) · Developmental psychology · Generalizability theory · Psychotherapist · Digital Mental Health Interventions · Mental Health via Writing · Psychology · Topic Modeling
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| Citations per year | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |