First, a disclaimer—VIVID is not a clinically verified intervention, so it shouldn’t replace therapy in any case.
VIVID and therapy are virtually two methods to overcome internal obstacles. I think a helpful way of looking at this question is whether you’d like to try another method in addition to your therapy. This method could be VIVID, a coacher, reading a self-help book, and so on. There are pros and cons to adding another method, and your therapist might be a good person to talk discuss this with.
There’s an edge case to this outlook: In some sense, the practice in VIVID can be compared to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy exercises, with a minor emphasis on the “cognitive”. These could range from “lite” exercises to exercises that are identical to CBT worksheets (some of the ‘instruction presets’ in the app are essentially CBT worksheets). Therefore, if someone is already doing something similar with a therapist, I wouldn’t think of VIVID as aseparate method. It might, though, be beneficial to add your therapist as an accountability buddy and do the same exercises in VIVID. As a mobile app, VIVID has many benefits that empower this process, including self-testing, situation-based prompts, and optionally follow-ups from your therapist between sessions.
(I’ll also add a FAQ section on the website, thanks!)
That’s a very good question!
First, a disclaimer—VIVID is not a clinically verified intervention, so it shouldn’t replace therapy in any case.
VIVID and therapy are virtually two methods to overcome internal obstacles. I think a helpful way of looking at this question is whether you’d like to try another method in addition to your therapy. This method could be VIVID, a coacher, reading a self-help book, and so on. There are pros and cons to adding another method, and your therapist might be a good person to talk discuss this with.
There’s an edge case to this outlook:
In some sense, the practice in VIVID can be compared to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy exercises, with a minor emphasis on the “cognitive”. These could range from “lite” exercises to exercises that are identical to CBT worksheets (some of the ‘instruction presets’ in the app are essentially CBT worksheets).
Therefore, if someone is already doing something similar with a therapist, I wouldn’t think of VIVID as aseparate method. It might, though, be beneficial to add your therapist as an accountability buddy and do the same exercises in VIVID. As a mobile app, VIVID has many benefits that empower this process, including self-testing, situation-based prompts, and optionally follow-ups from your therapist between sessions.
(I’ll also add a FAQ section on the website, thanks!)