For some patients, simulated situations controlled by therapists may be less overwhelming than real-life exposure therapy.

Virtual reality helps the therapist to see which experiences ... Freeman and his colleagues are running the Phoenix VR self-confidence therapy trial 2. This clinical trial was designed to help ...

misconceptions can obscure the wide range of benefits therapy offers. In reality, therapy is an evidence-based process that can lead to real change, even in a short amount of time. And it can be used ...

A paper published in Clinical Psychological Science highlights virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) as an effective option and explores how it may work. The research suggests that patients may ...

Skip Rizzo, PhD, research director for medical virtual reality at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies (USC ICT), tells us how its virtual reality (VR ...

The therapy uses a VR headset to guide people with ... “There are so many aspects to virtual reality that are useful in pain management: principally, it allows immersion far beyond what is ...