AVATAR therapy

Published research on AVATAR therapy.

TherapyJul 7, 2026

AVATAR Therapy Reduced Auditory Hallucination Severity in 8 Trials

A 2026 meta-analysis of 8 controlled trials found that AVATAR therapy reduced auditory verbal hallucination severity after treatment, Hedges’ g = −0.40, 95% CI −0.54 to −0.25, across 978 par…

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TherapyApr 29, 2026

AVATAR Therapy vs CBT for Auditory Hallucinations

AVATAR therapy ties CBT at end of treatment, edges ahead at 3-month follow-up, and uses half the sessions. The ‘better than CBT’ framing outpaces the formal statistics.

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