Virtual reality exposure therapy offers progressive treatment for emetophobia, in a controlled environment. Virtual reality displays 80% effectiveness against phobias, with benefits lasting more than a year after treatment (Eric Malbos, psychiatrist).
C2Care supports practitioners in gradually confronting feared situations.
The emetophobic patient avoids public places, shared meals or situations where he fears witnessing discomfort. Reproducing these situations in consultation is not always simple, because they depend on a specific social context, often outside the office.
Some exposures require the presence of third parties or an environment that the practitioner does not control, such as a party or a crowd. Their progressiveness is also difficult to adjust in real life.
Virtual reality makes it possible to recreate these feared situations directly in the office, in a controlled environment that can be reproduced from one session to the next.
The C2Care environments make it possible to recreate the social situations feared by the emetophobic patient and gradually integrate them into the practitioner's protocol. Public places, crowds, evenings or public speaking become media for graduated exposure.
In an evening environment, the patient practices participating in a meal or conversation, situations that are often avoided. In a crowd or public space context, he works on his tolerance to the idea of ​​possible discomfort, his own or that of a third party.
The practitioner adjusts the intensity and progression of these exposures throughout the sessions, in order to work with the patient on anticipatory anxiety, catastrophic thoughts and avoidance behaviors linked to the fear of vomiting.
VRET
The practitioner seats the patient on a swivel chair and fits them with the virtual reality headset
Using the control interface, the practitioner selects the environment suited to the session's goals and starts the exposure.
During immersion, the practitioner supports the patient using a visual feed and can adjust the exposure scene in real time
Environments
Each environment recreates a situation feared by the emetophobic patient, for progressive and secure exposure.
A first exposition scene takes place in a hospital waiting room.
The restaurant situation increases the stimuli associated with nausea and vomiting.
A nightclub scene offers a different social and sensory context.
An evening at home completes the exposure progression.
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Solène Montègue
Neuropsychiatrist
The developments C2Care is currently integrating into the interface are very promising and meet the established therapeutic objectives [...]: offering tailored exercises that can be adapted to levels of dependency, cognitive disorders, and patients' real-time responses.
Samia Lahya
Psychiatrist
With the acquisition of new equipment [...] and updates to the C2Care programs, its use has expanded even further: OCD, phobias, addictions, anxiety disorders, depression, and PTSD. Ten years later, it is no longer merely a curiosity, but a genuine therapeutic tool that is stimulating, innovative, and effective.
Sabrina Gineau
Psychologist
I incorporate this technology into brief therapies lasting two to four months, with one session per week. I begin with relaxation techniques and, when patients are ready, we proceed. It makes it much easier to expose people to these situations.
Noël Schepers
Psychologist
Virtual reality can enrich and personalize treatment, facilitate patient-therapist collaboration in developing the treatment plan, and add a playful dimension. The possibilities for development and application are immense and extend to every area of psychology and psychotherapy.
MĂ©lanie Boucherot
Psychologist
The value of this technology [C2Care] lies in offering new possibilities for therapeutic support and expanding the range of tools available to healthcare professionals.
François Maltese
Psychologist
For several months, we have been using virtual reality in habituation therapies. Before the procedure, patients are progressively and immersively exposed to their future medical environment and psychologically prepared to accept it.
Dre Marie-Claude Roberge
Doctor of Psychology
Since 2022, we have been using virtual reality therapy with the C2Care platform to simulate exposure to aversive stimuli and triggers that cause anxiety. Exposure therapy is used to treat specific phobias, including fear of heights, enclosed spaces, flying, dogs, emetophobia, and many others.
Dr Laure Du Pouget
Urologist
Using a virtual reality headset for self-hypnosis during prostate biopsies creates a calm atmosphere for a procedure that can sometimes be uncomfortable, even with effective local anesthesia...
Delphine Py
Psychologist
Thank you to C2Care for providing innovative virtual reality solutions to support CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy)! A major step forward in making exposure exercises easier and helping our patients overcome their phobias.
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FAQ
Find the answers to the questions most asked by practitioners about this virtual reality support.
The patient is gradually exposed to situations that he avoids for fear of vomiting or being ill, in immersive environments controlled by the practitioner. This graduated and safe confrontation helps reduce anxiety and avoidance behaviors throughout the sessions.
Patients who avoid certain foods, places or social situations for fear of vomiting or experiencing discomfort may benefit from virtual reality exposure. The practitioner builds a course adapted to the concrete situations that the person fears the most.
C2Care has been testing its virtual reality software in hospitals since 2016. This clinical experience has made it possible to refine the immersive environments, including those dedicated to emetophobia, and to gradually adapt them to the real needs of practitioners and their patients.
A virtual environment is an immersive scene reproducing an anxiety-provoking situation for the patient. The practitioner adjusts the difficulty gradually in order to expose the person to a fully controlled, secure setting adapted to their pace of progress.
Virtual reality is not dangerous in itself. It can cause cybersickness in around 10% of people, with temporary nausea or disorientation. Exposure remains graduated and permanently supervised by a practitioner in order to limit this risk.
Some users experience cybersickness, which affects around 10% of people exposed to virtual reality. It manifests itself as nausea or a feeling of disorientation, most often temporary, and diminishes as exposure is adapted.
Psychologists, psychiatrists and occupational therapists can integrate virtual reality into their practice. It can be used both in CHU hospitals and clinics and in private practices, depending on the needs of the practitioner and their patients.
The interactive aspect promotes patient engagement and adherence to treatment. Adaptable environments allow each exercise to be precisely adjusted to the individual's needs, while maintaining complete control of exposure in real time.
Yes, all of C2Care's immersive environments are grouped together in a single application. The practitioner can thus move from one disorder to another and personalize their care without changing tools or platforms.
Our technical service can be reached via live chat directly from your control platform. In the event of a problem with the VR headset, a diagnosis is made and the defective equipment is replaced within 48 hours if necessary, to ensure continuity of care.
