Machine learning and natural language processing in psychotherapy research: Alliance as example use case.

ABSTRACT: Artificial intelligence generally and machine learning specifically have become deeply woven into the lives and technologies of modern life. Machine learning is dramatically changing scientific research and industry and may also hold promise for addressing limitations encountered in mental health care and psychotherapy. The current paper introduces machine learning and natural language processing as related methodologies that may prove valuable for automating the assessment of meaningful aspects of treatment. Prediction of therapeutic alliance from session recordings is used as a case in point. Recordings from 1,235 sessions of 386 clients seen by 40 therapists at a university counseling center were processed using automatic speech recognition software. Machine learning algorithms learned

SUBMITTER: Goldberg SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7393999 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature