Long-form articles on therapeutic virtual reality, written for clinicians. Applicable in your practice tomorrow. No marketing speak.
Driving phobia of traumatic origin: criteria that separate it from PTSD, what to treat first in mixed presentations, and how to build the driving hierarchy.
A nine-level claustrophobia exposure hierarchy built on two independent axes, the differential against agoraphobia, and a brief protocol for MRI referrals.
Acrophobia, vestibular vertigo and visual height intolerance get confused in practice. Five intake questions, two questionnaires and clear referral criteria.
How VR exposure treats driving phobia when in-vivo practice is logistically hard: a graduated protocol, the clinical evidence and session structure.
The clinical limits of imaginal exposure in social anxiety and what VR adds: graded avatars, eye contact and hostility levels, with the trial evidence.
A clinical VR exposure protocol for fear of flying: stimulus hierarchy, evidence (Rothbaum, Da Costa), and a 6-10 session sequence for licensed psychologists.
Dog phobia with VR: DSM-5-TR criteria, a 5-level exposure hierarchy, SUDS template, contraindications, and debriefing. Ready to apply in practice tomorrow.
A VRET protocol for acrophobia: from Rothbaum's 1995 trial to a graded hierarchy of balconies, stairs, bridges and glass elevators, step by step.