Studio Bahia

We started our research 3 years ago in responding to children in crises in refugee camps, today our model is applicable to a number of mental health concerns and illnesses due to the pandemic. 

We are a 501c3 nonprofit which researches, designs, and develops therapies in virtual reality using a mobile VR model to scale and reach vulnerable populations. We are currently developing a therapy for Alzheimer's using MIT's GENUS method which we think can also address COVID Brain Fog, we will trial in Switzerland in June.

I am the founder of Studio Bahia, a 501c3 nonprofit, which researches, designs, and develops therapies and training in virtual reality. We focus on access and make our therapies free to the public, we are sustainable by way of the sale of our VR mobile headsets for $25, for each sale we donate a headset to vulnerable populations such as nurses unions, veterans, and refugees.

My role is Design Lead, we are a team 5 and Studio Bahia is a flat organization where all staff earn $25 an hour. I have lead the research with our team on multiple project and we have discussed the technical qualities and philosophical foundations for all our therapies. 

I am also a part time PhD student at IDSVA.edu and my dissertation is in Immersion Theory, the equivalent of Film Theory Textbook yet for Virtual Reality. My PhD program is in Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art Theory. Thank you for considering us.

Our journey began with finding a way to provide therapy to children in crises at refugee camps. Our search for a way to reach the children had us innovate and create a new model for providing psychological therapies to vulnerable populations.

We created a new branch of phenomenological psychology which makes use of the immersive qualities in virtual reality to produce outcomes similar to or better than traditional psychology. Our therapies are developed using the findings of research institutions and universities around the world.

We have sixteen therapies in various stages of development, four of those therapies have the potential to revolutionize their medical field. Studio Bahia's therapies address anxiety, chronic pain, Alzheimer’s disease, pain management, natural and man-made disaster, refugee, temporal recalibration for autism, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, strabismus and amblyopia, and include narrative exposure therapy, solution focused therapy, EMDR, and others.

We provide corporations and hospitals with therapies for their employees at a large scale and at the most competitive price in the wellness industry, our model gives peoples suffering from anxiety and stress during the pandemic an easy and accessible way to support their well-being needs.

Access to mental health therapies where people are and in a simple manner. 

We have a mental health crises from the pandemic and we have the most accessible model to respond.