Virtual reality displays 80% effectiveness against phobias, with benefits lasting more than a year after treatment (Eric Malbos, psychiatrist).
the assistant accompanies the patient throughout exposures linked to social phobia: public speaking, public places, school contexts, evenings or romantic dates.
Exposure to feared social situations can be relevant in supporting patients suffering from social phobia. However, reproducing these situations in consultation is not always simple.
Some depend on the presence of an audience, a group or an interlocutor, while their intensity and progression can be difficult to control in the office.
Virtual reality makes it possible to recreate these social contexts directly in the office, in a controlled and reproducible environment.
C2Care environments allow you to recreate anxiety-provoking social situations such as public speaking, public places, an evening or a romantic date.
The patient can practice speaking in front of an audience of adjustable size, moving in a crowd of varying density, or interacting with a virtual character at a party. the assistant accompanies the patient throughout these exposures, without judgment.
These situations can be repeated and gradually adjusted by the practitioner in order to work with the patient on catastrophic thoughts, fear of judgment and automatisms associated with social anxiety.
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 anxiety-provoking social context can be reproduced and adjusted according to the patient's needs.
The patient practices speaking in front of a more or less attentive audience.
Professional interviews can be offered with a supportive or stressful interlocutor.
Ordering or making a complaint allows you to work on everyday social interactions.
Introducing yourself, meeting someone or starting a conversation with a stranger completes the 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.
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.
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