Raphael Radovan has been working as a certified LICBT and VR therapist for years. As a founder of Verapist, he has already helped hundreds of people with ADHD, different phobias, and anxiety issues.
Raphael Radovan is the pioneer of Virtual Reality in psychotherapy in Israel.
He established the pillars of VR treatments in Israel as he was the first who started to offer consultations with Virtual Reality in Tel Aviv. He is a licensed mental health professional to use the tools of Amelia Virtual Care in CBT and exposure therapy. As a founder of Verapist, he has already helped hundreds of people with different phobias and anxieties.
Raphael Radovan gained professional recognition long before he opened Verapist. He earned his degree in Psychology from the Center of Academic Studies. He worked as a certified LICBT therapist for years and specialized in depression, ADHD, self-esteem, parent and childcare, and audience anxiety treatments for artists.
Raphael Radovan provides innovative, safe virtual environments for his patients with accessible, flexible, and customizable tools showing better therapeutic efficiency.
Healthcare professionals designed these virtual environments as they are based on a bibliographic review of 1000+ validated studies and 30+ years of clinical experience from mental health professionals across the world.
Raphael Radovan uses a large variety of therapy methods, including exposure, systematic desensitization, diaphragmatic breathing, muscle relaxation, visualization, and mindfulness techniques.
He offers personalized VR environments according to the characteristics and needs of the patients.
The therapy is based on the VR platform of Amelia Virtual Care, used by mental health professionals worldwide. The platform was featured for its innovative technology and therapeutic efficiency by Forbes, CNN, The New York Times, and many more prestigious news channels.
The first step is to understand every detail of the patient’s fears and select the correct technique and virtual environments that best suit their characteristics.
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Every patient must realize their fear and set a goal of what they would like to achieve with the therapy. By having clear objectives, the patient can receive personalized treatment, track their healing process and make a step forward to their ultimate goal, session by session.
The patient is seated during the sessions and watches a projection of interactive 3D graphics through a VR device, including goggles and headphones. The placement of the helmet isolates the external stimuli and transports them to an environment that is different from the therapy room.
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After the VR session, the patient gives detailed feedback to the therapist to explain what they saw and how they felt during the entire session.
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The therapist gives some homework between sessions to strengthen and generalize what has been worked upon during the consultation in the patient’s usual environment.
