Virtual reality exposure therapy allows you to gradually recreate the situations at the origin of a phobic fear in immersive, controlled and reproducible environments. C2Care offers numerous environments dedicated to phobias in order to adapt exposure to each situation and gradually evolve its level of difficulty.
Fear of heights, of driving, of flying, of enclosed spaces, of animals or even busy places: phobias can concern a wide variety of situations, objects or environments.
In their management, exposure consists of gradually confronting the feared situation in order to work on anxious reactions and avoidance behaviors.
However, certain situations are difficult to reproduce in a regular and controlled manner in the real world. For example, it is not always easy to organize an exposure on a plane, on a great height, in a crowd or in front of certain animals.
Virtual reality makes it possible to recreate these situations in an immersive, controlled and easily reproducible environment.
With virtual reality, the situations causing fear can be reproduced in different forms and with several levels of intensity.
The C2Care environments make it possible, for example, to work on heights from a building or a platform, to reproduce different stages of a plane journey, to move around in an enclosed space, to drive in different conditions or even to come face to face with animals.
The environmental parameters can gradually evolve in order to adapt the level of exposure. Height, proximity to the stimulus, crowd density, traffic or stages of a journey can thus be adjusted according to the situation being worked on.
This progression makes it possible to repeatedly address phobic situations while maintaining control of the exposure.
THE ADVANTAGES OF IMMERSION
Virtual reality makes it possible to create, rehearse and adjust scenarios in an immersive, controlled and progressive environment, while maintaining control of the exposure.
ENVIRONMENTS
Some of our different environments available.
The cliff, roof, chairlift and crane situations allow for exposure at height.
Highway, city, tunnel, bridge and mountain cover driving situations.
Speaking, interview, restaurant and conversation are available.
The route from the airport to landing allows you to work on the different phases of the flight.
Spiders, dogs, rats and wasps are available in graded scenes.
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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.
Lacey et al. — Self-guided virtual reality for specific phobias
oVRcome - Self-guided virtual reality for specific phobias: A randomised controlled trial
Wechsler et al. — Effectiveness of virtual reality exposure compared to in vivo exposure in phobias
Inferiority or Even Superiority of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy in Phobias? A Systematic Review and Quantitative Meta-Analysis
Carl et al. — Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Anxiety Disorders
Virtual reality exposure therapy for anxiety and related disorders: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Elphinston et al. — Virtual reality psychological therapy for driving phobia
Psychological therapy using virtual reality for treatment of driving phobia: a systematic review
Steenen et al. — Interventions to reduce dental anxiety and dental phobia
Interventions to reduce adult state anxiety, dental trait anxiety, and dental phobia: A systematic review and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials
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FAQ
Find the main information on the use of virtual reality in the treatment of phobias.
A phobia corresponds to an intense fear associated with a specific object, situation or context. It may particularly concern heights, enclosed spaces, transport, certain animals or even busy places.
Virtual reality makes it possible to reproduce a phobic situation without having to recreate it in the real world. The exposure can thus be repeated in an immersive, controlled and reproducible environment, with difficulty that can evolve gradually.
The person is immersed in a virtual environment corresponding to the situation being worked on. The exposure begins gradually and different parameters can then be adjusted in order to change its intensity and repeat the situations.
The C2Care environments allow you to work on fear of heights, claustrophobia, agoraphobia, fear of driving, fear of flying, fear of the subway as well as various phobias linked to animals and insects.
The possibilities depend on the environment used. It may in particular be possible to vary a height, the density of a crowd, certain traffic conditions, different stages of a journey or even the proximity of a stimulus.
Virtual reality makes it possible to reproduce the same situation several times without depending on the constraints of the real world. It thus becomes possible to maintain a similar scenario or to make it evolve gradually from one exposure to another.
Virtual reality is a tool for setting up immersive exposure situations. Its use can be integrated into a therapeutic approach and be adapted according to the objectives and the context of care.
Yes. Several controlled trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses have investigated the use of virtual reality exposure in phobias and anxiety disorders. Several of these publications are presented in the references on this page.
C2Care offers more than 250 exposure situations grouped within its application, covering in particular different phobias and anxiety-provoking situations.
Yes. The different C2Care environments are grouped within the same application, which allows you to move from one exposure situation to another without changing software.
