TherapyCoachAbout TherapyCoach
TherapyCoach is a clinical skills training simulator that uses AI to help practitioners develop and refine their therapeutic technique. It was designed for the Australian alcohol and other drug, gambling harm, and mental health workforce.
What it does
TherapyCoach generates realistic simulated clients and lets practitioners converse with them in real time. A coaching layer provides specific, actionable feedback on technique — calibrated to beginner, intermediate, or advanced skill levels.
Three modalities
Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) — each with modality-specific coaching.
Six clinical fields
Alcohol and other drugs, gambling harm, mental health, family violence, financial counselling, and community corrections settings.
Cultural context
Practitioners work with clients from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse, and refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. The simulator builds confidence to provide culturally responsive care across these contexts.
Who it's for
TherapyCoach is designed for clinicians, counsellors, and support workers in the human services sector — whether in training, early career, or experienced and wanting to sharpen specific skills. It is particularly suited to the Australian AOD and gambling harm workforce, where access to clinical supervision and simulated practice opportunities can be limited.
What it is not
TherapyCoach is a training tool. It is not a therapeutic service, does not provide clinical advice, and is not a substitute for professional supervision. All client characters are fictional. No real client data is used or stored.
Background
TherapyCoach was designed and developed by Georgia Murphy — a practitioner-researcher working in AOD and gambling harm services, whose research sits at the intersection of gambling harm in treatment-seeking populations. The coaching engine is directly informed by validated clinical fidelity and competence frameworks: MITI 4.2.1 (the gold standard for MI fidelity coding), the CTS-R (CBT competence assessment), Linehan's DBT validation hierarchy and dialectical strategies, and the Social and Emotional Wellbeing framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The clinical content, client scenarios, and coaching logic were built from direct experience in the settings and modalities the platform covers — not reverse-engineered from textbooks.
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