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    "abstract": "Text-based online counselling scales across geographical and stigma barriers, yet faces practitioner shortages, lacks non-verbal cues and suffers inconsistent quality assurance. Whilst artificial intelligence offers promising solutions, its use in mental health counselling raises distinct ethical challenges. This paper analyses three AI implementation approaches - autonomous counsellor bots, AI training simulators and counsellor-facing augmentation tools. Drawing on professional codes, regulatory frameworks and scholarly literature, we identify four ethical principles - privacy, fairness, autonomy and accountability - and demonstrate their distinct manifestations across implementation approaches. Textual constraints may enable AI integration whilst requiring attention to implementation-specific hazards. This conceptual paper sensitises developers, researchers and practitioners to navigate AI-enhanced counselling ethics whilst preserving human values central to mental health support.",
    "arxiv_id": "2601.08878",
    "authors": [
      "Philipp Steigerwald",
      "Jennifer Burghardt",
      "Eric Rudolph",
      "Jens Albrecht"
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      "cs.CY"
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    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "title": "AI Systems in Text-Based Online Counselling: Ethical Considerations Across Three Implementation Approaches",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08878",
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