The Design Foundation of FASSLING: Revolutionizing Emotional and Life Coaching through AI-Driven Philosophical Counseling

Yujia Zhu

doi:10.54254/3049-5458/2025.22122

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Zhu,Y. (2025). The Design Foundation of FASSLING: Revolutionizing Emotional and Life Coaching through AI-Driven Philosophical Counseling. Journal of Clinical Technology and Theory,3(1),23-38.

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The Design Foundation of FASSLING: Revolutionizing Emotional and Life Coaching through AI-Driven Philosophical Counseling

Yujia Zhu *^,1,

¹ Sofia University, Costa Mesa, USA

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https://doi.org/10.54254/3049-5458/2025.22122

Abstract

This paper introduces FASSLING, an innovative AI-powered philosophical counseling platform designed to provide accessible, non-clinical emotional and life coaching support. In response to growing mental health challenges, existential distress, and the limitations of traditional therapeutic models, FASSLING offers a scalable and compassionate alternative grounded in philosophical inquiry, emotional intelligence, and cultural sensitivity. Drawing on both Eastern and Western wisdom traditions including Stoicism, existentialism, Confucianism, and mindfulness practices, the platform employs reflective prompts, affirming language, and trauma-informed communication to foster psychological safety and intrinsic motivation. Its non-diagnostic, emotionally intelligent AI system functions not to "fix" users but to validate, witness, support and guide them through moments of vulnerability and uncertainty. The design emphasizes ethical integrity, multilingual inclusivity, and a non-judgmental stance, aiming to democratize access to emotional and life coaching support across global and cultural boundaries. By reframing emotion and life coaching through the lens of transpersonal growth and digital companionship, FASSLING contributes to a new paradigm of relational AI: one that nurtures self-awareness, resilience, and meaning-making in a fragmented world.

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FASSLING, virtual safe space, philosophical counseling, transpersonal psychology, existentialism

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