Training simulator for trainee therapists

Rehearse the hardest conversations before they're real.

Sit with a client who opens up gradually, work in the modality you're training in, then get instant, competency-mapped feedback grounded in the frameworks your supervisors already use.

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A training simulator — never real therapy, diagnosis or crisis support

Grounded in Rogers · Hill · Ivey · CBT · DBT · ACT · CPT

Grounded in the frameworks used in clinical training

  • Rogers
  • Hill
  • Ivey
  • CBT
  • DBT
  • ACT
  • REBT
  • CPT
  • MBCT

The gap

You've done the reading. How many real reps have you had?

Training gives you the theory, the models, the transcripts and the essays. What it rarely gives you is time in the chair. Most trainees reach placement having role-played with classmates a handful of times, and the feedback that follows arrives days later, shaped by whoever happened to be watching. The first person who really tests your reflections shouldn't be a person in distress.

  • 01

    Limited practice before placement

    A few peer role-plays, then a real client sitting opposite you with a real story.

  • 02

    Feedback that's delayed & subjective

    Notes come back a week later, and no two supervisors weight the same moments.

  • 03

    No clear sense of whether you're improving

    Nothing tracks whether your reflections of feeling are actually getting sharper.

How it works

Three steps, one honest hour of practice.

Set up in under a minute, practise for as long as you like, and leave with something specific to work on.

1

Choose your client and approach

Pick the modality you're working in — General counselling skills, CBT, DBT, ACT, REBT, CPT or MBCT — then build a client presentation or randomise one you haven't met before. Age, background, presenting concern and how guarded they are is all yours to set. Everyone you practise with is saved to your library alongside your scores.

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2

Have the conversation

Your client opens on the surface — a practical worry, a small everyday complaint — and discloses gradually, the way real people do. They warm up when they feel understood and go flatter when they're rushed or advised. In Practice mode you can ask for a nudge mid-session; in Assessment mode you're on your own.

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3

Get competency feedback

Finish and receive an annotated, evidence-based report: which moments landed, which skills you leaned on, where the conversation could have gone deeper, and a competency score you can compare against every session before it.

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The difference

Feedback that shows you the moment, not just a score.

A number tells you how it went. An annotation tells you why. Every report walks your transcript and marks the turns that changed the direction of the session — and for each one you see four things.

  1. 01

    What happened

    The exact exchange, quoted back to you in context.

  2. 02

    Why it matters

    What that moment did to your client's willingness to go further.

  3. 03

    Which skill

    The competency it maps to, named the way your supervisor names it.

  4. 04

    A stronger response

    A concrete alternative you could have offered in that moment instead.

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Approaches

Practise in the modality you're actually being trained in.

Each approach comes with its own client behaviour and its own rubric, so the feedback speaks the language of that model rather than generic counselling advice.

  • GEN

    General counselling skills

    Attending, reflecting feeling, paraphrasing, open questions and unconditional positive regard.

  • CBT

    Cognitive behavioural therapy

    Guided discovery, linking thoughts, feelings and behaviour, and collaborative thought records.

  • DBT

    Dialectical behaviour therapy

    Validation levels, chain analysis, skills coaching and holding acceptance alongside change.

  • ACT

    Acceptance & commitment therapy

    Defusion, willingness, values clarification and committed action without arguing with thoughts.

  • REBT

    Rational emotive behaviour therapy

    Finding the irrational belief, disputing it collaboratively and rehearsing a rational alternative.

  • CPT

    Cognitive processing therapy

    Stuck points, Socratic questioning and working with trauma-related beliefs at a safe pace.

  • MBCT

    Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy

    Present-moment awareness, decentring from rumination and inviting curiosity over control.

Features

Everything you need for deliberate practice.

  • Realistic AI clients

    Guarded or open presentations who understate, hesitate and disclose only as much as you earn.

  • Evidence-based scoring

    Six competencies per approach, scored against recognised frameworks — not vague encouragement.

  • Progress over time

    See one specific skill climb across sessions, and spot the one that keeps holding you back.

  • Practice & Assessment modes

    Low-stakes coaching with in-the-moment nudges, or a clean scored run with no help at all.

  • Multiple channels

    Text messaging today, with voice and video sessions arriving next.

  • Private & safe

    Your transcripts are yours. Fumble, restart and try again without anyone watching.

Mastery

Watch one competency get better, session by session.

Every session feeds a single training record. The radar shows your average across the six competencies of each approach, so a dip in reflection of feeling is obvious long before a supervisor mentions it. The line shows your overall score over time — proof that the work is landing, and a reason to keep going.

  • Per-competency averages across every approach you practise
  • Overall score trend from your first session to your latest
  • Session history with transcripts and reports you can revisit
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Credibility & safety

Scored against the competencies your supervisors already use.

PraxisAI's rubrics are built on the person-centred core conditions described by Rogers, Hill's three-stage helping-skills model and the Ivey micro-skills hierarchy, extended with approach-specific criteria drawn from CBT, DBT, ACT, REBT, CPT and MBCT. The language in your report is the language used in supervision, so what you learn here transfers directly to your placement.

  • Rogers — core conditions
  • Hill — helping skills
  • Ivey — micro-skills
  • CBT — guided discovery
  • DBT — validation & dialectics
  • ACT — psychological flexibility
  • REBT — disputation
  • CPT — stuck points
  • MBCT — decentring

PraxisAI is a training simulator only. It never provides therapy, diagnosis, clinical advice or crisis support, and it is not a substitute for supervision or placement hours. The clients are fictional. If you or someone you know needs help, please contact your local emergency or crisis service.

FAQ

Questions trainees ask us first.

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We're onboarding a small group of trainee therapists and psychologists, and approving every account personally. Tell us where you're training and we'll be in touch.

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