Watch “Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Socially Anxious Youth,” by Michelle Pelcovitz, PhD.
Answer the following questions:
What’s the most common psychiatric diagnosis?
What’s the most important component of cognitive behavioral therapy?
What kind of cue and what kind of stimulus are paired so that a fear response is learned?
What happens when the cue is repeatedly presented without the stimulus?
Exposure therapy operates on the principles of what?
Why would a therapist consider using virtual reality technology to treat their socially anxious patient?
What relieves Josh of his physiological symptoms of fear? Why does this maintain Josh’s social anxiety?