Where do LLMs Fall Short in CBT-Guided Affective Reasoning?

arXiv:2607.02885v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) provides a structured framework for understanding a user's mental state by examining the interaction between cognitive and behavioral factors. However, out-of-the-box LLMs respond fluently and empathetically, yet collapse into validation & reflection, regardless of what the user actually needs. They know theoretical CBT (scoring up to 96% accuracy on licensing exam questions) but fail to apply it effectively. We e...

arXiv cs.CL ·Vaishnavi Sinha, Pooja Guttal, Pranay Deep Reddy Katike, Vishal Sinha, Gerald Ndawula, Lira Yoon, Andrea Kleinsmith, Manas Gaur ·
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