C2Care offers multiple immersive environments (mountains, sea, forests, parks, gardens) enriched with auditory stimuli to facilitate hypnotic induction and relaxation.
C2Care supports practitioners in integrating virtual reality into their hypnosis sessions.
Hypnotic induction is often based on the verbal evocation of soothing mental images, such as the mountain, the seaside or the forest. However, this visualization remains unequal depending on the patient's capacity for imagination.
The office setting, with its noise and external demands, can also slow down the letting go necessary for relaxation. Reproducing a stable and identical environment from one session to the next is not always easy.
Virtual reality makes it possible to recreate these soothing environments directly in the office, in a controlled and reproducible setting, enriched with auditory stimuli.
The immersive environments offer scenes of mountains, sea and beach, forest, or even parks and gardens, enriched with auditory stimuli which accompany the hypnotic induction.
The practitioner chooses the environment adapted to the objectives of the session and can act in real time on the scene during the patient's immersion.
This immersive framework supports the practitioner's work on relaxation, letting go and the patient's breathing, without replacing the hypnotic support itself.
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
Some of our different environments available to accompany your relaxation and hypnosis sessions.
A calm tropical beach, lined with palm trees and open to a peaceful ocean.
A snowy Japanese forest with a view of Mount Fuji, a river and a wooden bridge.
A walk in the forest between mountains, waterfall and river, in soft light.
An exploration of the seabed among dolphins, a wreck and algae.
A warm living room facing a fireplace, with a snow-covered forest visible in the distance.
A peaceful flight over an alpine forest, along a waterfall to the lake.
An evening by the fire, under a starry sky illuminated by the Northern Lights.
A hot air balloon flight offering a panoramic view of the landscape.
A walk in the heart of a bamboo forest accompanied by birdsong.
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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.
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Rousseaux et al. — Virtual reality and hypnosis for the management of anxiety and pain in intensive care in cardiac surgery patients
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Pardini et al. — Personalized virtual reality compared to guided imagery to improve progressive muscle relaxation training
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Lima et al. — Treatment of thunderstorm phobias using virtual reality and progressive muscle relaxation
Treatment of Storm Fears Using Virtual Reality and Progressive Muscle Relaxation
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Depending on your patients' needs, other areas may also be relevant to explore. Discover the different environments available in C2Care.
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FAQ
Find the answers to the questions most asked by practitioners about this virtual reality solution.
No. The immersive environments of C2Care are an adjuvant to traditional therapies: the practitioner remains at the center of the session. Auditory stimuli facilitate induction and relaxation, but human accompaniment remains essential.
C2Care offers multiple immersive environments: mountains, sea, forests and gardens. Each is enriched with auditory stimuli to facilitate letting go, hypnotic induction and relaxation of the patient during the session.
C2Care has been testing its virtual reality software in hospitals since 2016. This clinical experience has made it possible to refine the immersive environments and gradually adapt them to the real needs of practitioners and their patients.
Virtual reality is not dangerous in itself. It can cause cybersickness in around 10% of people, with temporary nausea or disorientation. Use remains supervised by a practitioner in order to limit this risk and adapt the sessions.
Psychologists, psychiatrists, occupational therapists and other health professionals can integrate virtual reality into their practice, both in CHU hospitals and clinics and in private practices, according to the needs of their patients.
Yes, all of C2Care's immersive environments are grouped together in a single application. The practitioner can thus personalize their support and move from one use to another without changing tools or platforms.
The interactive aspect promotes patient engagement and buy-in. Adaptable environments allow each session to be precisely adjusted to the individual's needs, while maintaining complete control of the experience in real time.
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.
