“Virtual reality shows 80% effectiveness, with benefits lasting more than a year after treatment. » Eric Malbos, Psychiatrist
C2Care supports practitioners in the management of specific phobias (spiders, wasps, dogs, rats) thanks to customizable immersive environments.
Confronting a patient with a spider, a wasp, a dog or a rat in their real environment is not always easy to organize. These encounters depend on the availability of the animal or insect, an external context and a progression that is difficult to control in consultation.
The practitioner does not control the behavior of the animal, nor the distance, nor the duration of exposure. An unpredictable reaction can compromise the progressiveness sought in the protocol.
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 allow you to recreate situations related to spiders, wasps, dogs or rats and gradually integrate them during the sessions.
The practitioner adjusts the proximity, the number of elements present and their behavior, in order to adapt the intensity of the exposure to the objectives of the session. The patient can thus observe, approach or remain exposed for longer depending on their progress.
These situations can be repeated and adjusted to the practitioner's protocol in order to work with the patient on anticipatory anxiety, as well as on catastrophic thoughts and automatisms associated with fear of the animal or insect.
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 feared situation to allow graduated and safe exposure.
Captive spiders, immobile or moving, allow graduated exposure.
Wasps can be perched, in flight or present in groups.
The presence of calm or barking dogs allows you to adjust the intensity of the exposure.
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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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Depending on your patients' needs, other areas may also be relevant to explore. Discover the different environments available in C2Care.
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FAQ
Here are the answers to the questions most asked by practitioners and patients about the treatment of different phobias in virtual reality.
C2Care offers environments dedicated to arachnophobia, fear of wasps, dogs and rats, as well as obsessive-compulsive disorders linked to contamination. Each environment recreates feared situations to allow for graduated exposure.
The practitioner offers varied immersive scenarios, adjusting the proximity and behavior of the wasps. This progressive and controlled exposure aims to calm anxious reactions and develop the patient's confidence in these situations.
Yes, the practitioner adjusts several parameters: the number of insects, the intensity of the buzzing and the presence or absence of a bell retaining the insect. This personalization adapts the graduated exposure to the specific needs of the patient.
Virtual reality recreates spaces like hospital rooms, public toilets or basements, with varying levels of dirt or unforeseen events. The patient is gradually exposed to these anxiety-provoking situations in a controlled setting.
The gradual increase in the difficulty of the environments allows the patient to gradually desensitize to the anxiety felt. He thus regains confidence in his abilities when faced with feared situations.
Yes, all environments are grouped into a single application. The practitioner therefore does not need separate software for each specific phobia.
The technical service can be reached via live chat from the control platform. A diagnosis is established with the practitioner and, if necessary, the defective equipment is replaced within 48 hours.
