SANAL GERÇEKLİK VE PSİKOTERAPİDE KULLANIMI

Yıl 2020, Sayı: 4, 1 - 20, 20.06.2020

Seher Akdeniz Zeynep Ahçı Semih Yumuşak

Öz

Sanal Gerçeklik Terapileri psikoterapide özellikle fobiler olmak üzere pek çok rahatsızlığın tedavisi için son yıllarda etkili bir yöntem olarak kullanılmaya başlanmıştır. Bu yöntemle danışanların duyarsızlaşması gerçekleşene kadar bilgisayar tarafından oluşturulan kontrollü bir ortamda korkuları ile terapist eşliğinde sistematik bir şekilde yüzleştirilmeleri sağlanır. Klinik psikolojinin geleceğinin bir parçası olarak görüldüğü için sağlık profesyonelleri tarafından geniş bir şekilde tanımlanması önem arz etmektedir. Bu araştırmada sanal gerçeklik teknolojileri ve kullanım alanları tanımlandıktan sonra psikoterapi kapsamındaki mevcut sanal gerçeklik uygulamaları gözden geçirilmiş, son olarak sanal gerçeklik uygulamalarının sınırlılıkları ve geleceği tartışılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Sanal Gerçeklik, Sanal Gerçeklik Terapisi, Psikoterapi

Virtual Reality and Use In Psychotherapy

Öz

Virtual reality has been used in psychotherapy efficiently to treat several psychological disorders, especially fobias in recent years. Therapists help their clients confront their fears systematically in a controlled environment created by computer. It is important for health professionals to define it in depth since it is considered to be a part of the future of clinical psychology. In this study virtual reality technologies and their uses are described, current virtual reality applications available for psychotherapy are reviewed, and lastly limitations and future of these applications are discussed.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Virtual Reality, Virtual Reality Therapy, Psychotherapy

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