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Virtual Reality

11/27/2020

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I have been researching virtual reality as a tool to add to my practice.  There is sound research behind utilizing virtual reality. 
Here is the list
Acrophobia-The environments for this therapeutic area are a set of tools that will allow a fear of heights to be evaluated and treated.
Addictive disorders- The environments for this therapeutic area will help in the evaluation, treatment, and management of problems related to substances: alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis.
The environments for this therapeutic area are a set of tools that will allow a fear of heights to be evaluated and treated.
Agoraphobia- The environments for this therapeutic area will help to evaluate and treat agoraphobia: Being in a public square, a street, taking the subway, etc.

Bullying -The environments for this therapeutic area will help to evaluate and treat some clinical aspects generated by abuse at school or bullying.

Claustrophobia -The environments for this therapeutic area are a set of virtual tools that allow for the evaluation and treatment of the fear of closed spaces, the fear of running out of oxygen, and the fear of being immobilized.
Depression -The environments for the Depression therapeutic area are a set of tools to help you evaluate and manage sadness. With these environments, you’ll be able to use different treatment strategies to improve these symptoms.

Eating disorders -The environments for this therapeutic area are geared towards evaluating and treating body image distortion and distress related to eating.

Fear of animals -The environments for this therapeutic area are a set of videos and virtual environments for the evaluation and treatment of the most common fears related to animals: pigeons, dogs, insects, and cats.
Fear of driving-The environments for this therapeutic area are driving situations, using two scenes: a highway and a city.

Fear of flying -The environments for this therapeutic area will be useful to evaluate and treat a fear of flying. It includes environments in the living room at home before leaving for the airport, in the taxi on the way to the airport, at the boarding gate, and flying (takeoff, flight, and landing).

Fear of the dark -The environments for this therapeutic area will help carry out psychological treatment related to fear of the dark and of storms. Geared towards juveniles and adults.

Generalized anxiety-Virtual environments to evaluate and treat worrying, rumination, and anticipatory anxiety related to various things: excessive worrying about children, diseases, or even work.

Medical procedures -The environments for this therapeutic area will be helpful in evaluating and treating patients with distress and anxiety related to medical interventions (for example, a fear of needles).

Mindfulness -The environments for this therapeutic area are geared towards training patients on and having them practice mindfulness exercises, acceptance, gratitude, experiential avoidance, psychological flexibility, cognitive defusion, etc.

Neurodevelopment -The environments for this therapeutic area will help to evaluate and treat in symptomatology related to autism spectrum disorders.

OCD -The environments for this therapeutic area will help to evaluate and treat obsessive thoughts and help with managing compulsions and neutralizations.
Pain managementThe environments for the Pain management therapeutic area are a set of tools that will help you evaluate and handle chronic and acute pain, along with its affective, cognitive, and behavioral components.
Public speaking
The environments for this therapeutic area will be helpful in evaluating and treating patients with social anxiety in situations of interaction with other people.

Relaxation
​The environments for this therapeutic area will allow the patient to practice different control techniques for activation and relaxation.


Sleep-wake disorders
The environments for the Sleep-wake disorders therapeutic area contain activation control tools to help treat problems related to complaints of dissatisfaction with the quality and the quantity of sleep.

Social anxiety
The environment for this therapeutic area will help to evaluate and treat social anxiety in a situation where the patient has to interact with other people.

Somatic & related
The environments for the Somatic and related therapeutic area are a set of tools that will help you evaluate and handle the physical symptoms of malaise, along with the affective, cognitive, and behavioral components.

Sport performance
The environments for the Sport performance therapeutic area are a set of tools to help evaluate and manage activation, emotional regulation, and attention management to increase well-being and improve performance.

Stress & trauma
The environments for the Stress & trauma and therapeutic area include tools that help the therapist evaluate and treat the patient in these areas. It contains an EMDR environment as well as environments to work on problems related to traumatic life events.
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