What Surprised You When You First Delivered ERP?
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Clients are often more open to ERP than clinicians expect when the rationale is explained through familiar examples of learning through repetition.
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Mitchell Bogatz, MS, AMFT
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist, Anxiety Experts
Mitchell Bogatz is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist who earned his Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Grand Canyon University, receiving Dean's and Epsilon Society Honors. His work centres on ERP and ACT, alongside FBT for eating disorders. He also draws on I-CBT, CBT-I, logotherapy, Internal Family Systems, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
Building an ERP and VR-assisted exposure practice
Mitchell Bogatz shares how VR exposure therapy fits into everyday ERP and ACT work at Anxiety Experts — from introducing clients to a headset, to session structure, caseloads and the outcomes he sees.
The edited case-study film is in production. In the meantime, the clips below cover the full conversation.
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11 short clips · watch in any order
How Does oVRcome Bridge the Gap Between Imaginal and Real-Life Exposure?
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VR provides a controlled step between low-intensity images or videos and demanding real-world exposures, making graded progression more practical.
How Do Clients Respond When You Introduce VR?
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Most clients are curious about VR, and a simple phone-based demonstration can make the decision to use it feel immediate and low friction.
What Does Using oVRcome Look Like in a Typical Session?
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VR can be used in a group, within an individual session or as one step in a broader hierarchy without creating a separate treatment workflow.
How Do Clients Use VR While Going Through Treatment?
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Clients can access VR through a dedicated treatment group, during individual care or at home, allowing practice to continue between clinician-led sessions.
Using ACT and Logotherapy Through Difficult Exposures
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Connecting exposure to values, identity and a desired life gives clients a personally meaningful reason to continue through difficult practice.
When VR Made a Difference for a Client With OCD
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A carefully extended VR exposure helped a client with trypophobia and contamination fears move from near-intolerable distress to manageable daily encounters.
What Surprised You About Clients Using VRET?
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Clients often experience curiosity, humour and enjoyment during difficult VR exposures, creating new associations alongside fear.
How oVRcome Changed Day-to-Day Exposure Therapy
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A broader range of VR environments gives clinicians more flexibility to maintain exposure goals while varying tasks and managing distress.
The Impact of VRET on Session Numbers and Caseloads
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VR may not shorten a fixed programme, but it increases the number and range of exposures clients can complete within the available treatment time.
A Clinician’s Favourite oVRcome Feature
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Fast, clinician-led additions to the exposure library can meet an active client need while that need is still clinically relevant.