School phobia affects 28% of young people during their schooling, with a constantly increasing prevalence. A graduated exposure in virtual reality, supervised by a psychologist and associated with cognitive-behavioral therapies, helps desensitize the child and reduce their anxiety.
A child suffering from school phobia fears specific situations: entering class, being questioned, taking an exam or speaking in front of the group. Reproducing these situations in consultation is not always easy, since they depend on the school, classmates or the context of the day.
The practitioner cannot always access a real classroom, nor control the presence of other students or the difficulty of an exam. The progression of the exposure is therefore difficult to control in a natural setting.
Virtual reality makes it possible to recreate these school contexts directly in the office, in a controlled and reproducible environment, without depending on the school or third parties.
The C2Care environments allow you to recreate the situations feared by the child: classroom, oral and written exams, or speaking in an amphitheater. Each scene can be introduced gradually during the sessions.
In a virtual classroom, the child may be faced with a delay or a question. In an exam context, he can gradually expose himself to waiting and taking it. The practitioner modulates the number of people, their gaze or the difficulty of the scene according to the objectives of the session.
These repeated exposures make it possible to work with the child on anticipatory anxiety, as well as thoughts and avoidance associated with the school context.
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
Several immersive environments reproduce the anxiety-provoking situations encountered by the child at school.
The situation of arriving late to class is offered at three levels of difficulty.
The patient can read on the board with progressive difficulty.
Reading from the office allows you to work in another classroom context.
Create a free account to discover all exposure situations and subscribe directly online
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.
Mélanie 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.
Tan YL et al. — Virtual reality exposure for social anxiety disorders: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Virtual reality exposure therapy for social anxiety disorders: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomized controlled trials
Beele G et al. — Virtual reality exposure to reduce school anxiety in adolescents
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Reducing School Anxiety in Adolescents: Pilot Study
Ramsey KA et al. — Immersive virtual reality exposure situations for the treatment of anxiety in children
Immersive Virtual Reality Exposures for the Treatment of Childhood Anxiety
Bioulac S et al. — Contributions of virtual reality tools in child and adolescent psychiatry
[What do virtual reality tools bring to child and adolescent psychiatry?]
Discover more
Depending on your patients' needs, other areas may also be relevant to explore. Discover the different environments available in C2Care.
Create a free account to discover all exposure situations and subscribe directly online
FAQ
Find the answers to the questions most asked by practitioners and families about the management of school phobia in virtual reality.
It is an excessive and irrational fear linked to school: fear of being less gifted, criticized, mocked or humiliated, or of taking exams. It affects 28% of young people during their schooling and is often associated with separation or generalized anxiety.
A graduated exposure in virtual reality confronts the child with anxiety-provoking scenes (classroom, exams, speaking) in a secure setting. The psychologist gradually adjusts the intensity to desensitize and reduce anxiety.
Follow-up is done at the rate of 2 sessions per month with the psychologist. Between sessions, the patient uses the headset independently to repeat the exposure and promote habituation.
The environments cover the classroom, oral and written exams and public speaking (auditorium, job interview). The therapist modulates the number of people, their gaze or the brightness depending on the situation to be worked on.
Yes, a psychologist supports treatment using cognitive-behavioral therapies and exposure to virtual reality. He discusses his phobia with the patient and adapts the exposure according to his progression.
You receive a virtual reality headset with unlimited access to software, or only the software if you are already equipped. Packages are shipped quickly and carefully packaged.
The technical service can be reached by live chat from your control platform. A diagnosis is established with you, and the defective equipment is replaced within 48 hours if necessary.
According to Eric Malbos, psychiatrist, virtual reality is 80% effective, with benefits lasting more than a year after treatment. This figure remains communicated data, not the result of a quantified clinical study.
Therapeutic virtual reality is aimed at practitioners (psychologists, psychiatrists) working in private practice, CHU, in hospitals or clinics.
Progressive and controlled exposure to anxiety-provoking situations takes place in a secure and reproducible setting. The immersive aspect promotes patient engagement, and the environments are customizable according to individual needs.
Yes, all our environments are grouped into a single application.
Our technical service can be reached via live chat from your control platform. If there is a problem with the VR headset, we will establish a diagnosis with you in order to understand your difficulty and find a solution. If necessary, we will provide you with a return label and replace the defective material within 48 hours.
Patients affected by an anxiety disorder, a phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder or an addiction can benefit from this treatment, including children and adolescents suffering from school phobia.
To cancel your subscription, contact customer service via live chat available on your control platform.
