Treatment of social phobia and shyness 

Sit at a table with strangers, make contact, engage in small talk, network – for many people with social phobia or similar problems, this is a task that is almost impossible to solve. With this scenario you can help your patients to deal with it! With this scenario you can help your patients to deal with it!

Description of the scenario

The patient is in the corner of a large common room, from where he or she has a good overview of what is happening. He/she can walk through the room themselves or teleport to certain points by clicking on the controller.

On one side of the room there is a buffet table with drinks and food. The therapist can use many features in this scenario. Specifically:

• The therapist can increase the number of tables from 0-7 with 2 people respectively on each.
• The patient can approach each table where the people are sitting.
• The therapist can trigger positive or negative feedback from the people
• Individual conversations between guests and patients.

Further interaction possibilities in the waiter game

• The patient can take the tray in one hand.
• The therapist can trigger a drink order by the hand movement of one of the people.
• The patients can serve a drink to this table.
• The therapist can also trigger positive or negative feedback here.

Further features on the topic of “food”

• The patient can take a plate with pizza or a cake on it.
• The patient can go through the room whilst carrying this plate and can then place it on a bar table or can bring it back.

This feature can provide interesting insights into the therapeutic success of patients with eating disorders. A combination with biofeedback can be a particularly useful addition here.