Virtual Reality Enhanced CBT

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Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can be enhanced by using virtual reality (VR) technology.

During a therapy session, clients wear a VR headset and engage in a simulation of various feared situations to learn to manage anxiety and feel better prepared for real-life situations. VR allows you to experience the sights and sounds of the environment as if you were actually there. This is done as part of individualized treatment plan. Exposure based CBT treatments are considered the "gold standard" in the treatment of specific phobias.
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Client wearing a VR headset during a therapy session, demonstrating immersive CBT treatment
Stacked rocks to show layers of support for a client in a virtual reality exercise to reduce anxiety

Benefits of CBT with Virtual Reality

Clients report VR can often be an easier starting point to address fears in treatment before facing them in real life. VR enables clients to therapeutically address situations that would otherwise be too expensive, inaccessible, or feel too dangerous. VR allows the therapist and client to carefully and collaboratively control situations, including pausing, increasing, or decreasing the intensity to maximize therapeutic benefits. VR empowers clients to more precisely gauge when they experience significant decreases in their anxiety or are ready to move on to a new treatment phase.

What To Expect with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Many outcome studies have demonstrated CBT to be the most effective form of therapy for a variety of issues. You will learn the core skills shown to be the most effective for your individualized treatment plan. Using these skills and an active, structured approach, we will work together to experiment with new cognitive and behavioral responses to achieve your goals of therapy.

Virtual Reality Enhanced CBT Can Be Helpful To Overcome:

  • Social Anxiety
  • Fear of Public Speaking
  • Agoraphobia
  • Claustrophobia
  • Fear of Driving
  • Fear of Flying
  • Fear of Heights

YCBT Services integrates evidence-based techniques with mindfulness and compassion to help you achieve meaningful change

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National Social Anxiety Center

YCBT Services is proud to be the Bixby Knolls - Long Beach, CA regional clinic for the National Social Anxiety Center, which was established to make quality psychotherapy services available to those in need.

Through research, collaboration and educating clinicians and the public, NSAC is committed to improving services and care for people seeking help for social anxiety. Visit NSAC here for more information about Social Anxiety.

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