README.md

metadata

license: apache-2.0
datasets:
  - arafatanam/Mental-Health-Couseling
  - arafatanam/Student-Mental-Health-Counseling-10K
language:
  - en
base_model:
  - unsloth/llama-3-8b-Instruct-bnb-4bit
tags:
  - mental-health
  - student-focused
  - chatbot

LLaMA-3-8B-Instruct Fine-Tuned for Mental Health Counseling

Model Overview

This is a fine-tuned version of unsloth/llama-3-8b-Instruct-bnb-4bit, adapted for mental health counseling applications. It is designed to provide thoughtful, relevant, and compassionate responses.

Dataset

• Amod/mental_health_counseling_conversations (cleaned version: arafatanam/Mental-Health-Counseling) - 2752 rows
• chillies/student-mental-health-counseling-vn (translated version: arafatanam/Student-Mental-Health-Counseling-10K) - 7500 rows
• Total dataset size: 10,252 rows

Training Details

• Hardware: Kaggle Notebooks (GPU T4 x2)
• Fine-tuning framework: Unsloth with LoRA
• Training settings:
  • max_seq_length = 512
  • batch_size = 8
  • gradient_accumulation_steps = 4
  • num_train_epochs = 2
  • learning_rate = 5e-5
  • optimizer = adamw_8bit
  • lr_scheduler = cosine

Training Results

• Final training loss: 1.2433
• Total steps: 640
• Trainable parameters: 0.52% of the model`
• Validation loss: 1.182
• Evaluation metric (perplexity): 3.15

Usage

This model can be applied to:

• AI-driven mental health chatbots
• Personalized therapy assistance
• Generating mental health support content