Accelerate patient progress and increase operational efficiency with self-guided VR therapy
Improve patient impact
through building recovery confidence, coping skills, and helping patients ground and feel better faster
Increase revenue
by standing out and attracting new patients with VR therapy, while reducing the likelihood of patients leaving
Optimize productivity
of therapists and staff with VR protocols that are time saving while promoting overall wellbeing
Based on science. Powered by cutting-edge technology.
HorizonMind’s The Gift VR™ is a 20-minute automated virtual reality experience that uses evidence-based therapy methods (CBT, Polyvagal Theory, Health Coaching) and the latest neuroscience discoveries to guide the patient in letting go of negative thoughts.
Identify difficult thoughts and feelings
The patient is invited to identify a thought pattern that is causing them difficulty and to describe where they feel it in their body.
Dissociate from & release emotions
The patient uses the VR controllers to pull the difficult thoughts out of their body and sees a visualization of the thought entity in the VR environment—which they are invited to observe, describe, and ultimately cast away.
Mentally rehearse positive behavior
The patient is finally invited to choose and visualize a gift to give to themself, and then is guided to virtually pull the gift into their body and use selective attention to form positive behaviors.
The Gift VR™ has been clinically shown to increase coping skills by 36% and reduce negative affects by 30%.
Based on an I-PANAS-SF impact questionnaire completed by patients before and after using HorizonMind’s The GIft VR™ in a clinical setting
Improve patient progress
Many patients aren’t receptive to face-to-face therapy or struggle with opening up. They may have feelings of resentment, self-consciousness, or stigma.
The Gift VR™ provides a private, empowered, and tech-forward way to help patients open up and jumpstart their recovery. The patient controls the pace and how much they share.
Enhance clinician productivity
Patients dealing with acute addiction and other serious challenges can have trouble opening up to a therapist or counselor. This slows progress and can cause clinician frustration.
The Gift VR™ can make therapy and counseling sessions more productive, leading to efficiencies in workload and improvements in clinician satisfaction. Plus, while patients are in a VR session, the clinician is freed up to do case work or other tasks.
Drive leadership impact
The Gift VR™ offers both patient and clinician benefits that can improve operational efficiency, boost revenue, and enhance your organization’s reputation.
Clinicians work more efficiently and are less prone to burnout, helping reduce your costs and improving operational efficiency.
Patients make quicker progress and are more likely to complete their stay, reducing likelihood of AMA.
Cutting-edge VR therapy can set your organization apart from the competition—attracting new patients and boosting admission rates.
Trusted by premier organizations
We’re working with best-in-class behavioral health centers to drive patient value across the spectrum of trauma, substance abuse, and mental health. One of our partners estimates $90-200K in economic benefits per year from using The Gift VR™. Contact us to estimate your impact.
“Our primary therapists have utilized The Gift VR™ individually with patients and in group settings, and we’ve seen patients experience increased coping skills, improved self-image, greater visualization and imagination skills, reduced levels of rumination, depression, and suicidality, and create therapeutic breakthroughs. We’ve also seen the ability of VR to support our leadership and staff members in coping with the stress of working in a high- acuity behavioral health environment. The HorizonMind team is a pleasure to work with and their VR therapy solution has become an integral part of our clinical program here at Cottonwood.”
Stefanie Lockery, LCSW, Director of Clinical Services at Cottonwood Tucson
“We believe The Gift VR™ allows us to accomplish faster and better treatment results; attract more clients by offering diverse therapy offering, stand out from our competitors and attract younger generations; and increase our staff’s mental wellbeing and performance. My clinical director and I have been overly impressed with the impact of The Gift VR™.”
Richard Miller, CEO of Legacy Recovery Center
Patient stories
Resources
Read a peer-reviewed journal article in ScienceDirect about the clinical applications of virtual reality in patient-centered care.