Technology in Treatment: How To Help Patients Benefit From the Metaverse
Dr. Brenda K. Wiederhold recently published an article in The California Psychologist. In this article, she discusses how we can help patients benefit from the Metaverse.
Major Trends in Virtual Reality Therapy: Ready for Widespread Distribution – Read the article in The California Psychologist!
Dr. Brenda K. Wiederhold recently had an article published in The California Psychologist. In this article, she covers ten aspects of VR that have the capability to improve patient care and outcomes.
Click here to read the article in The California Psychologist!
How to Stay Calm During a Bumpy Flight
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“Even the most seasoned travelers can get a little anxious when the plane starts shaking…”
Dr. Brenda Wiederhold, a licensed clinical psychologist in San Diego, regularly sees patients who have an intense fear of flying. For more than two decades, she has successfully used both real-life scenarios and virtual reality to help expose patients to various flying scenarios, like airplane turbulence and take-offs.
Licensed in California, Virginia and Belgium, we value the opportunity technology offers to see our patients virtually to help them overcome their fears and phobias.
Virtual Reality Therapy as an Adjunct to Pain Management
BECAUSE MANY CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS STILL EXPERIENCE pain on narcotics, it is evident that pharmacologic therapy is only part of the solution to pain management. The continued and growing recognition of psychological and social factors in pain management requires consideration of additional approaches to this complex, multimodal problem. A very effective approach, cognitive behavioral therapy, works to shift negative thoughts on pain to positive and empowering ones. Distraction techniques, such as meditation, hypnosis, and guided imagery, aim to divert attention away from pain altogether. Virtual reality (VR) is an especially effective medium for distraction (1), where the borders of reality can be modified in ways that enhance the therapeutic process. VR systems are also compatible with biosensors and brain imaging devices, making a comprehensive assessment of the global effects of pain and chronic pain syndromes possible. Furthermore, witnessing how their own brains react to pain, medication, and pain-reducing stimuli can help sufferers learn to control how they perceive pain (2).
VRMC Mentioned in The Conservative Woman
The Virtual Reality Medical Center was mentioned in a recent article published January 1st- what a way to ring in the new year!
Read the full article by Stuart Major: The future of the real world is artificial
Virtual Reality Exposure for Overcoming Fear of Flying
Virutal Reality Medical Center, serving our patients with Virtual Reality for the past 25 years. Contact us at frontoffice@vrphobia.com.
Virtual Reality Exposure Helps in Overcoming Agoraphobia
Exposure therapy is the gold standard for teaching patients with agoraphobia the coping skills they need. Dr. Cassiday and Dr. Wiederhold stated that assisting patients with COVID-related agoraphobia begins with identifying it.
Volumes 19 and 20 of the Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine just published
On behalf of Professor Brenda K Wiederhold and Professor Giuseppe Riva, we are pleased to announce that Volumes 19 and 20 of the Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine are now online.
The journal is published annually (once per year) by our non-profit affiliate, the Interactive Media Institute (IMI) – a 501c3 non profit organization – dedicated to bringing together interdisciplinary researchers from around the world to create, test, and develop clinical protocols for the medical and psychological community – in cooperation with Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, hosting and maintaining the ARCTT website.
ARCTT is an Open Access journal that does not charge readers or their institutions for access. Please enjoy reading our catalog of 20 Volumes (2003 to 2022) found on the ARCTT site.
How to Cope With Flight Anxiety Post-COVID
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During the pandemic, most travel was restricted. A lot of us were confined to our homes or the occasional local walk and for some this became a comfort zone of sorts….
Virtual Reality may provide a solution for many.
Used in the U.S., Europe and Asia for over 25 years, Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy offers
a bridge between the imaginal world and the real world setting that has been shown to be
a more comfortable and effective starting point for many seeking to overcome their fears and
phobias. For more information, contact us at frontoffice@vrphobia.com