Virtual Reality Therapy
Dr. Heafey and his team offer integrated concierge psychology services to provide personalized and specialized care. If you struggle with anxiety and phobias, you’re not alone. Fortunately, today many holistic treatment methods that were once considered experimental are now becoming more widely available.
Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) elicits emotional responses similar to those provoked by real-life situations. The senses of immersion and presence are characteristic components of this kind of technology. Our VR solution gives us the opportunity to work with difficult-to-reproduce real-life situations. VR technology helps us to hold personalized virtual reality sessions to suit the patient’s individual needs within the safety of our offices located in San Francisco, Oakland and Corte Madera.
The potential of virtual reality as a tool in psychotherapy interventions and evaluations in clinical practice was discovered more than 30 years ago. Research in psychology already provides a broad empirical base that includes virtual reality or augmented reality protocols, with proven therapeutic efficiency (Botella et al., 2012). Virtual reality exposure therapy enables gradual, individualized, controlled and immersive exposure, so therapists can easily implement care that may be more acceptable to patients than in vivo exposure.
Call us at (650) 993-9321 to reserve your private session. We are available to meet with you on weekends for in-home sessions and everyday at our office locations in San Francisco, Oakland and Corte Madera.
Benefits of KAP
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy offers immediate and long-lasting benefits to our clients in a safe, therapeutic setting.
Wide Range of Uses
Improves symptoms of other mental health conditions
Useful for treating post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder
Calming
Calms your mind
Reduces pain
Revs up neurons, interacting with NMDA receptors for cell growth
Quick and Lasting Effects
Works quickly to reduce thoughts of suicide
Provides lasting positive effects
Decreases the need for narcotic painkillers