Yue, Yanling https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6999-2747
Yu, Yanwen https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3754-6598
Huang, Chuncheng https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1501-5761
Liu, Yong-Jin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5774-1916
Berenbaum, Howard https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4610-2195
Yao, Nisha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6117-5694
Mu, Wenting https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0358-4876
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (U2336214)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (32200907)
Tsinghua Initiative Scientific Research Program (2022THZWJC12)
Article History
Received: 30 January 2026
Accepted: 25 August 2026
First Online: 12 September 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare a patent application related to this work: “Method and Device for Dialog Control in Psychological Interventions Based on Large Language Models” (application number: 202610587633.X). Tsinghua University and Capital University of Physical Education and Sports are the patent applicants. At the time of submission, the application remains pending and has not yet been published. The inventors are W.M., Y.Yu., A.W., N.Y. and J.L., of whom W.M., Y.Yu. and N.Y. are authors of this manuscript. The patent covers aspects of the chatbot-guided GenAI-augmented exposure component described in this manuscript. The other authors declare no competing financial or non-financial interests.