This research introduces the first publicly available Korean Motivational Interviewing dataset designed to improve AI-driven mental health solutions.

• Creates a specialized dialogue resource for training therapeutic chatbots
• Addresses critical data limitations in non-English mental health AI development
• Enables culturally-appropriate mental health support systems
• Provides authenticated therapeutic conversations with professional annotations

This dataset helps bridge the gap between AI capabilities and clinical mental health practice, potentially increasing access to psychological support services in Korean-speaking populations while maintaining therapeutic quality.

KMI: A Dataset of Korean Motivational Interviewing Dialogues for Psychotherapy