I would say that they have certain qualities that I would like to see in real-life therapist (and real-life friends and partners). Those are a big appeal. But

I would say that they have certain qualities that I would like to see in real-life therapist (and real-life friends and partners). Those are a big appeal. But no, I wouldn't say LLMs are great at being therapists/friends in general. That's part of the danger: a bad therapist can be much better than no therapist at all, or it can be much worse.