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TherapyLlama 8B V1 by victunes

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TherapyLlama 8B V1 is an open-source language model by victunes. Features: 8b LLM, VRAM: 16.1GB, Context: 8K, License: cc-by-nc-4.0, Instruction-Based, LLM Explorer Score: 0.12.

  Conversational Dataset:victunes/nart-100k-syn...   Deploy:azure   Endpoints compatible   Instruct   Llama   Pytorch   Region:us   Sharded
Model Card on HF 🤗: https://huggingface.co/victunes/TherapyLlama-8B-v1 

TherapyLlama 8B V1 Parameters and Internals

Model Type 
text generation
Use Cases 
Areas:
self-discovery, emotional support
Applications:
therapy aid, mental health support
Primary Use Cases:
mimicking empathy, simulating therapy sessions
Limitations:
not a substitute for professional therapy
Considerations:
Models AI empathy and understanding but is not self-aware.
Additional Notes 
TherapyLlama 8B v1, also known as Buddy, is designed to mimic empathy and therapeutic inquiry. It is explicitly not a substitute for licensed mental health professionals.
Supported Languages 
English (fluent)
Training Details 
Data Sources:
victunes/nart-100k-synthetic-buddy-mixed-names, jerryjalapeno/nart-100k-synthetic
Data Volume:
100K prompts and responses
Methodology:
fine-tuned on Llama 3 8B with a modified Vicuna 1.1 format
Model Architecture:
Llama architecture
Responsible Ai Considerations 
Accountability:
victunes
Mitigation Strategies:
User disclaimers advise that the model is not a real therapist.
Input Output 
Input Format:
Vicuna 1.1 format
Accepted Modalities:
text
Output Format:
text-based responses following empathy simulation
Performance Tips:
Invoke role-play mode by saying 'You are Socrates'.
LLM NameTherapyLlama 8B V1
Repository 🤗https://huggingface.co/victunes/TherapyLlama-8B-v1 
Model Size8b
Required VRAM16.1 GB
Updated2026-08-05
Maintainervictunes
Model Typellama
Instruction-BasedYes
Model Files  5.0 GB: 1-of-4   5.0 GB: 2-of-4   4.9 GB: 3-of-4   1.2 GB: 4-of-4
Model ArchitectureLlamaForCausalLM
Licensecc-by-nc-4.0
Context Length8192
Model Max Length8192
Transformers Version4.40.0.dev0
Tokenizer ClassPreTrainedTokenizerFast
Padding Token<|end_of_text|>
Vocabulary Size128256
Torch Data Typebfloat16

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