The ACBS World Conference 2025 in New Orleans showcased practitioners who are committed to making a difference through evidence-based approaches to mental health treatment.
FREDERICK, MD, July 25, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ — PsyTech VR was sharing with attendees from around the world how VR exposure therapy can transform anxiety, phobias, OCD, PTSD, and other conditions treatment.
Who Was There
PsyTech VR had the privilege of being represented by its advisory board members, Dr. Gwilym Roddick and Dr. Melanie Smith. They spent time with clinicians at the event, engaging in conversations about how VR can help make therapy come alive in exciting, accessible, and effective new ways.
PsyTech VR had a booth at ACBS 2025 where attendees had the opportunity to learn about the platform, personally try it and learn how mental health professionals use our VR scenes for exposure therapy. We emphasized clinical use cases for:
– Phobias
– Anxiety and Stress Disorders
– Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
– Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
– Addictions and Anger Management
PsyTech VR was developed based on science-backed usage protocols to make it easy and clinically sound for mental health professionals to integrate VR into their practice.
Key Takeaways
The response from attendees at ACBS was very encouraging. Many people approached our team members to share their excitement about using VR to help their CBT treatment be even more effective and engaging, with the potential to help more people have access to evidence-based care.
“It was inspiring to see so many clinicians eager to integrate VR technology into their practice after experiencing firsthand the power of this cutting-edge technology. We were able to show how VR can take exposure therapy beyond imagination—into structured, immersive, and personalized environments. PsyTech VR is helping us reimagine what’s possible in evidence-based mental health care.”
— Dr. Gwilym Roddick, PsyTech VR advisory board member
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