Define the target
Start from the patient formulation, fear structure, hierarchy, and treatment goals.
Personalized exposure therapy
Aura turns a clinician's treatment plan into personalized, controllable exposure environments using generative 3D and immersive technology.
Built for clinicians and designed to extend evidence-based exposure therapy.
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Define the exposure
Contamination concern after touching public transit surfaces, focused on uncertainty tolerance and response prevention.
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Generate the environmentClinician reviewed scene
Real-time scene preview
Subway platformModerate crowd · handrail cue · daytime
03
Deliver the exposureImmersive session
Patient in VRRail contact without washing or reassurance
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Adjust and trackEnvironment state · clinician-recorded measures
Environment controls
Crowd density
LowMedHigh
Rail distance
-0.4 m+
No-washing reminder
On
Session measures
SUDS · patient reported
60m54m48m
Rail contact02:18
Urge to wash7 → 5
Compulsions resisted3 / 3
Effective treatment depends on confronting the fears that actually matter to a patient.
But these situations are often difficult to recreate in therapy. They may require extensive preparation or be highly specific. Clinicians are left approximating the experience or sending patients into the real world with limited control and supervision over what happens next.
A concrete exampleContamination-focused OCD
Generic approximation
Touch a public surface.
Clinically relevant exposure
Hold a subway handrail, ride home, and delay washing while tolerating uncertainty.
What must be matched
- Setting
- Subway platform
- Cue
- Stainless-steel rail
- Behavior
- No washing
- Dose
- Repeated contact
Meet Aura
A clinical workspace for creating, supervising, and adapting exposure experiences.
Aura gives therapists a way to translate treatment plans into structured exposure sessions. Generative tools help create the environment, but the clinician defines the therapeutic purpose, reviews the scenario, and controls how it is used.
Personalized exposure environmentsClinician-authored hierarchy supportSession and between-session protocolsProgress monitoring and adaptation
Exposure builderClinician view
Exposure brief
Leave the apartment after checking the stove once
Practice tolerating uncertainty without returning, taking a photo, or seeking reassurance.
Environment
Apartment entryway
Evening, keys in hand, adjustable time pressure
Clinical guardrails
Hierarchy step 5 of 8
No replay, 12-minute cap, stop control available
How it works
From a clinical brief to a controllable exposure environment.
Aura combines language models, generative 3D systems, and a real-time control layer to create patient-specific environments from the clinical brief instead of relying on a fixed library of prebuilt scenarios.
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Structure the clinical brief by translating the formulation, hierarchy, cues, response-prevention plan, and guardrails into scene requirements.
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Generate a patient-specific environment by assembling the setting, objects, and interactions around the details that make the exposure clinically relevant.
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Run a controlled session through a real-time layer that applies clinician adjustments and records patient-reported and observed measures.
Clinical workflow
From formulation to session-ready exposure.
Shape the exposure
Create a controlled experience around the details that make the fear clinically relevant.
Guide the session
Adjust intensity, repetition, duration, and prompts while the clinician remains in charge.
Track what changes
Capture response patterns, learning signals, and next-step recommendations for review.
Patient-specific environments
Each exposure begins with the details that make the situation clinically relevant.
Generated exposureSocial anxiety
Introduce yourself to the group
Café gathering · stay present for 12 minutesGroup size 4Open conversation cue
Generated exposureOCD: checking
Leave after checking once
Apartment entryway · no return or photo checkLock checked onceReassurance delay
Clinician control and safety
The therapist remains in charge of care.
Aura supports evidence-based exposure therapy under clinician supervision. It does not diagnose patients, determine a treatment plan, or replace clinical judgment.
Clinician review before patient use
Treatment-plan-aligned exposure parameters
Adjustable intensity and stop controls
Clear boundaries around clinical judgment
Initial clinical focus
Starting with OCD and ERP, where personalization matters every session.
The first pilots are for ERP clinicians seeking better tools for personalized exposure design, controlled practice, and continuity between sessions.
Clinical pilot recruitment
Help shape a clinical product for the realities of exposure therapy.
Canaria Health is speaking with clinics, therapists, and ERP specialists interested in piloting Aura, advising on clinical workflows, or identifying the highest-value exposure use cases.
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