For MFT, counseling and social work trainees
Practice for MFT trainees, with fictional couples and families
SeatTime is a text-only practice simulator for counseling, MFT and social work trainees. You type what you would say to a fictional couple, parent and teen, or family, then read AI-generated feedback on your words. It's for extra reps before and during practicum, not for your program's assigned work or a real client.
Text-only practice with fictional clients, for adult learners (graduate students and early-career practitioners). Feedback is AI-generated and can be wrong. It's optional practice outside your program and doesn't count toward any program, placement, or licensing requirement.
Moments you can rehearse
- Opening with more than one person in the room, and giving each of them the same welcome.
- Staying with both partners when one says you took the other's side.
- Making room for a teen when a parent answers every question.
- Asking about the pattern between people instead of what is wrong with one of them.
- Slowing a fast argument down so each person gets a turn.
Couple and family scenarios in the library
Every client is fictional. These are part of the paid library; the free try-it conversation is a general counseling one.
- Couple escalating in session
- Couple says you're taking sides
- Parent answers for their child
- Circular questions with a family
- Couple disagreeing about parenthood
- Pursue-withdraw cycle in a couple
- Home visit with a kinship caregiver
Guides for MFT and counseling trainees
- Your First Practicum Session: Rehearsing the Opening
- Silence in Counseling: A Practice Guide for Students
- How to Practice Counseling Skills Alone or With a Triad
Choosing a practice tool, and other ways to practice
- AI role-play for counseling students: what are your options?
- Limina or SeatTime: which practice tool fits your stage?
- MFT practicum coming up? Five moments to rehearse with fictional couples and families
- Theravue or Skillsetter, or SeatTime: program tool or self-serve practice?
Also see counseling practice, social work practice, how SeatTime works and pricing.
Frequently asked questions
Does SeatTime count toward MFT practicum or licensing requirements?
No. It's optional practice with fictional clients, outside your program. It doesn't count toward any program, placement or licensing requirement, and it isn't a substitute for your site, your supervisor or practice with classmates.
Can I practice a session with two partners or a whole family?
The library includes fictional couples and families, written so that more than one person can speak in a conversation. You type what you would say and the AI writes the replies. It's text only, so it can't show how you sound or look.
Is the free conversation about couples or families?
From this page, yes: the free try-it conversation is a fictional couple session, with no account needed, and you can switch to a counseling or social work client on the practice screen. The wider set of couple and family scenarios is part of the paid library; the pricing page has the current terms.
Can the feedback be wrong?
Yes. It's generated by AI and describes the words you typed. Bring questions about it to faculty or a supervisor, and use fictional details only.
Try a fictional-client text conversation
SeatTime is a text-only practice simulator: you type to a fictional AI client, then read AI-generated feedback on what you did. No account or card needed for the free exercise, which opens with a fictional couple session from this page (you can switch to another client).
Start the free text practiceUse fictional details only. Your supervisor's guidance comes first.