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Participatory Design and Participatory Research (440) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (767) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2210) Transdiagnostic Mental Health Interventions (215) Cognition and Information Processing in Human Factors Research (29) Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (785) UX and Human Factors in XR and Spatial Computing (60)

Published on in Vol 12 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/66158, first published .
Exploring User Experience and the Therapeutic Relationship of Short-Term Avatar-Based Psychotherapy: Qualitative Pilot Study

Exploring User Experience and the Therapeutic Relationship of Short-Term Avatar-Based Psychotherapy: Qualitative Pilot Study

Exploring User Experience and the Therapeutic Relationship of Short-Term Avatar-Based Psychotherapy: Qualitative Pilot Study

Authors of this article:

Byeul Jang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Chisung Yuh2 Author Orcid Image ;   Hyeri Lee3 Author Orcid Image ;   Yu-Bin Shin1 Author Orcid Image ;   Heon-Jeong Lee1 Author Orcid Image ;   Eun Kyoung Kang4 Author Orcid Image ;   Jeongyun Heo5 Author Orcid Image ;   Chul-Hyun Cho1, 6 Author Orcid Image
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  1. Zimmer C, Kruse L, Rolvien L, Gallinat J, Geiger C. Extended Reality. View