Glossophobia is worked on through graduated exposure in virtual reality, in front of progressively more impressive audiences. According to Eric Malbos, psychiatrist, virtual reality is 80% effective against phobias, with lasting benefits more than a year after treatment.
C2Care provides practitioners with fully customizable speaking environments.
Exposure to speaking situations can be relevant in supporting the glossophobic patient. However, reproducing an audience or conference room in consultation is not always simple.
These situations often depend on a specific context, the presence of a real audience and conditions that are difficult to meet on demand. Their repetition and progression also remain complicated to master outside the office.
Virtual reality makes it possible to recreate these speaking situations directly in the office, in a controlled and reproducible environment.
The C2Care environments make it possible to recreate speaking situations feared by the patient and to gradually integrate them during the sessions.
The patient can practice in front of an audience whose size and reactions the practitioner adjusts, speak in an amphitheater or conference room, or even be confronted with the presence of an audience in a public place. An evening context also allows you to work on integrating into a group and interacting with new people.
These situations can be repeated and gradually integrated into the practitioner's protocol in order to work with the patient on anticipatory anxiety and catastrophic thoughts associated with speaking.
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 environment recreates a speaking situation feared by the patient, for progressive and secure exposure.
The audience can be attentive, inattentive or disrespectful depending on the level chosen.
Speaking in front of a small group allows you to progress in a professional setting.
The amphitheater allows you to work on speaking in front of a larger audience.
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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.
MĂ©lanie 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.
Reeves et al. — Comparative effectiveness of virtual reality and in vivo exposure therapy for public speaking anxiety
A Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Virtual Reality and In Vivo Exposure Therapy as Psychological Interventions for Public Speaking Anxiety
Graham et al. — Standalone Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Anxiety
Self-guided virtual reality therapy for anxiety: A systematic review
van Veen et al. — Virtual reality exposure for public speaking anxiety and positive mood induction
Positive mood induction does not reduce return of fear: A virtual reality exposure study for public speaking anxiety
Reeves et al. — 360° Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Public Speaking Anxiety
360° Video virtual reality exposure therapy for public speaking anxiety: A randomized controlled trial
Anderson et al. — Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
Virtual reality exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trial
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FAQ
Find the answers to the questions most asked by practitioners about this virtual reality support.
The patient practices speaking in front of a virtual audience whose size and reactions the practitioner controls. This repeated and graduated exposure gradually reduces anticipatory anxiety, to the point of allowing more serene speaking in a real situation.
Patients who dread meetings, lectures, professional presentations or speaking in front of a group can benefit from virtual reality exposure therapy, adapted by the practitioner to the specific situation they fear the most.
C2Care has been testing its virtual reality software in hospitals since 2016. This clinical experience has made it possible to refine the immersive environments, including those dedicated to glossophobia, and to gradually adapt them to the real needs of practitioners and their patients.
A virtual environment is an immersive scene reproducing an anxiety-provoking situation for the patient. The practitioner adjusts the difficulty gradually in order to expose the person to a fully controlled, secure setting adapted to their pace of progress.
Virtual reality is not dangerous in itself. It can cause cybersickness in around 10% of people, with temporary nausea or disorientation. Exposure remains graduated and permanently supervised by a practitioner in order to limit this risk.
Some users experience cybersickness, which affects around 10% of people exposed to virtual reality. It manifests itself as nausea or a feeling of disorientation, most often temporary, and diminishes as exposure is adapted.
Psychologists, psychiatrists and occupational therapists can integrate virtual reality into their practice. It can be used both in CHU hospitals and clinics and in private practices, depending on the needs of the practitioner and their patients.
The interactive aspect promotes patient engagement and adherence to treatment. Adaptable environments allow each exercise to be precisely adjusted to the individual's needs, while maintaining complete control of exposure in real time.
Yes, all of C2Care's immersive environments are grouped together in a single application. The practitioner can thus move from one disorder to another and personalize their care without changing tools or platforms.
Our technical service can be reached via live chat directly from your control platform. In the event of a problem with the VR headset, a diagnosis is made and the defective equipment is replaced within 48 hours if necessary, to ensure continuity of care.
