Tag: #Training

2 essays

November 15, 2008

Three Recent Applications of Virtual Reality in Psychotherapy Training

[http://www.vrphobia.com](http://www.vrphobia.com) (which turned up as #1 in Google) is an organization that is called Virtual Reality Medical Center. They treat all kinds of anxiety related disorders, but seem to focus mainly on specific phobias. After the intake session the client is taught skills to suppress automatic fear reactions. In the following sessions the client is […]

November 10, 2008

The Motivation for Designing a Computer-assisted Procedure for Training Therapists

While research has found differences between novice and expert therapists those differences do not seem to be significant for treatment outcome. A crucial factor in this finding is that certain processes keep the psychotherapist from learning effectively. One of those processes is the lack of good feedback (on the macro and the micro level). If […]