Virtual reality in psychotherapy as means of safe contact with injuring realit

The majority of modern psychological researches is devoted to harmful impact of virtual reality on the individual`s personality and health. The brief review of modern foreign positive examples of using virtual environment for psychotherapy is provided in this article. The article describes therapeutic possibilities of VRET, CCBT, VRH, VR-SCT in treatment of anxiety disorder, PTSR, pain, eating disorders and other disorders. Finally, this article presents some possibilities for future research.

virtual reality, virtual environment, psychotherapy, VRET (virtual reality exposure therapy), virtual reality hypnosis, computerized cognitive behavioral therapy