Virtual reality as a new imaginative tool in psychotherapy. 2000

F Vincelli, and G Riva
Laboratorio Sperimentale di Ricerche Psicologiche, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Verbania, Italy. auxo.psylab@auxologico.it

Imagination, experience and memory play a central role in psychotherapy. These elements are fundamental in the life of everyone but also in the etiology of many psychological disturbance. Thanks to Virtual Reality (VR) it is possible to transcend the absolute and relative limits linked to individual potential. The imagines re-created through VR may be more vivid and real than the one that most subjects are able to describe through their own imagination and their own memory. In this chapter we focus the attention on imaginative techniques to find new ways of applications in psychotherapy. We will explore the way VR can be used to improve the efficacy of traditional techniques. VR produces a change with respect to the traditional relationship between client and therapist. Virtual experiences is a third way between "in imagination" and "in vivo" techniques in psychotherapy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007092 Imagination A new pattern of perceptual or ideational material derived from past experience. Imaginations
D011613 Psychotherapy A generic term for the treatment of mental illness or emotional disturbances primarily by verbal or nonverbal communication. Psychotherapies
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013813 Therapy, Computer-Assisted Computer systems utilized as adjuncts in the treatment of disease. Computer-Assisted Therapy,Protocol-Directed Therapy, Computer-Assisted,Computer-Assisted Protocol-Directed Therapy,Therapy, Computer-Assisted Protocol-Directed,Computer Assisted Protocol Directed Therapy,Computer Assisted Therapy,Computer-Assisted Protocol-Directed Therapies,Computer-Assisted Therapies,Protocol Directed Therapy, Computer Assisted,Protocol-Directed Therapies, Computer-Assisted,Therapies, Computer-Assisted,Therapies, Computer-Assisted Protocol-Directed,Therapy, Computer Assisted,Therapy, Computer Assisted Protocol Directed
D014584 User-Computer Interface The portion of an interactive computer program that issues messages to and receives commands from a user. Interface, User Computer,Virtual Systems,User Computer Interface,Interface, User-Computer,Interfaces, User Computer,Interfaces, User-Computer,System, Virtual,Systems, Virtual,User Computer Interfaces,User-Computer Interfaces,Virtual System

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