Generated exposureOCD: contamination
Hold the handrail, delay washing
Subway platform · tolerate uncertainty after contactModerate crowdNo washing prompt
Deliver personalized exposure therapy for real-life situations.
Aura helps clinicians turn treatment plans into controllable, patient-specific 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
Social anxiety around joining a group conversation, focused on staying present through uncertainty and self-consciousness.
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Generate the environment
Real-time scene preview
Introduce yourself to the group4-person group · open conversation cue · daytime
03
Deliver the exposure
Patient in VRJoin the conversation without rehearsing or leaving early
04
Adjust and track
Environment controls
Group size
246
Entry timing
-30 s+
Stay-present cue
On
Session measures
SUDS · patient reported
60m54m48m
Conversation time02:18
Urge to leave7 → 5
Safety behaviors 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.
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 while 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
Generated exposure
Leave after checking the stove once
View the exit, check the stove once, then return attention to leaving.
Environment
Apartment entryway
Evening, keys in hand, adjustable time pressure
Clinical guardrails
Exposure hierarchy: level 5 of 8
No returning to check, 12-minute session limit
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.
03
Run a controlled session that applies clinician adjustments and records patient-reported and observed measures.
Patient-specific environments
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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