What if Virtual Reality could be used as a Tool in Positive Psychotherapy in Brazil?
Resumo
Virtual Reality allows the user to experience a sense of presence and immersion in a three-dimensional virtual environment. Such sense is provided by tracking head movement, that naturally changes the virtual images and motion. VR can be used as a tool in clinical psychology, being its incorporation by psychologists advantageous. Thus, the effectiveness of psychotherapy integrated with VR for the treatment of psychological disorders has been shown in some studies. However, to ensure the appropriate use of VR, psychologists must have a clear understanding of the opportunities and challenges this tool may provide in professional practice. This article describes the first steps in incorporating VR into psychotherapy procedures in Brazil. In particular, the paper focuses on the validation of the developed virtual environments by psychologists, the introduction of narratives, and the prospects to implement VR in psychotherapy to improve the well-being of patients.
Palavras-chave:
Virtual reality, well-being, interventions, psychotherapy
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Nicole Nascivera, Yari Mirko Alfano, Tilde Annunziato, Martina Messina, Vittoria Silviana Iorio, Valeria Cioffi, Raffaele Sperandeo, Margherita Rosato, Teresa Longobardi, and Nelson Mauro Maldonato. 2018. Virtual Empathy: the added value of virtual reality in psychotherapy. In 2018 9th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom). IEEE, 000321–000326.
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Tayyab Rashid. 2015. Positive psychotherapy: A strength-based approach. The Journal of Positive Psychology 10, 1 (2015), 25–40.
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Martin E. P. Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. 2000. Positive psychology: An introduction. Vol. 55. American Psychological Association.
Martin E. P. Seligman, Tayyab Rashid, and Acacia C. Parks. 2006. Positive psychotherapy. American psychologist 61, 8 (2006), 774.
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30/09/2024
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KUNST, Marina Holanda; TEIXEIRA, João Marcelo Xavier Natário; PERES, Fabiana F. F.; MAURICIO, Claudio R. M..
What if Virtual Reality could be used as a Tool in Positive Psychotherapy in Brazil?. In: SIMPÓSIO DE REALIDADE VIRTUAL E AUMENTADA (SVR), 26. , 2024, Manaus/AM.
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