---
license: other
license_name: rail-d
license_files: LICENSE-RAIL-D.txt
task_categories:
- text-generation
- question-answering
language:
- en
tags:
- medical
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
pretty_name: Amod - Mental Health Counseling Conversations
---

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# Amod/mental_health_counseling_conversations

This dataset is a compilation of high-quality, real one-on-one mental health counseling conversations between individuals and licensed professionals. Each exchange is structured as a clear question–answer pair, making it directly suitable for fine-tuning or instruction-tuning language models that need to handle sensitive, empathetic, and contextually aware dialogue.

Since its public release, it has been downloaded over 77,000 times (Aug 2025). The data is provided in a clean format, allowing for straightforward integration into training pipelines with minimal preprocessing.

## Table of Contents
- [Dataset Description](#dataset-description)
  - [Dataset Summary](#dataset-summary)
  - [Supported Tasks](#supported-tasks)
  - [Languages](#languages)
- [Dataset Structure](#dataset-structure)
  - [Data Instances](#data-instances)
  - [Data Fields](#data-fields)
  - [Data Splits](#data-splits)
- [Dataset Creation](#dataset-creation)
  - [Curation Rationale](#curation-rationale)
  - [Source Data](#source-data)
  - [Personal and Sensitive Information](#personal-and-sensitive-information)
- [Licence and Commercial-Use Terms](#licence-and-commercial-use-terms)

## Dataset Description

- **Point of Contact:** amodsahabandu@icloud.com

### Dataset Summary
This dataset is a collection of real counselling question-and-answer pairs taken from two public mental-health platforms.  
It is intended for training and evaluating language models that provide safer, context-aware mental-health responses.

### Supported Tasks
Text generation and question-answering with an advice-giving focus.

### Languages
English (en)

## Dataset Structure

### Data Instances
Each instance contains:
- **Context** – the user’s question  
- **Response** – the psychologist’s answer  

### Data Fields
- `Context` *:string*  
- `Response` *:string*  

### Data Splits
No predefined splits. Users may create their own.

## Dataset Creation

### Curation Rationale
Created to advance AI systems that deliver compassionate, evidence-based mental-health guidance.  
All data were anonymised and retained verbatim to preserve conversational integrity.

### Source Data
Collected directly from two publicly accessible counselling websites; no private or paid sources were used.

### Personal and Sensitive Information
Content is sensitive by nature. All personally identifiable information has been removed during curation.

## Licence and Commercial-Use Terms

This dataset is released under **RAIL-D**.

**Free non-commercial research use**  
Academic, scientific, educational and other non-profit uses are royalty-free. Users must comply with the ethical restrictions in `LICENSE-RAIL-D.txt`.

**Commercial use — mandatory donation**  
Any commercial use requires a donation of **USD 100 or more** to the CCC Foundation mental-health helpline.  
Donation page: <https://1333.lk/donations>  
Email proof of donation to **amodsahabandu@icloud.com** within thirty (30) days before or after first commercial deployment.  
Commercial rights terminate automatically if proof is not provided.

**No content modification**  
Filtering or subsetting is allowed, but individual question-and-answer pairs must not be rewritten, deleted, or altered.

**Redistribution**  
Permitted only in the original, unmodified form and with this licence attached.

The full legal text is provided in `LICENSE-RAIL-D.txt` within this repository.