# AR Therapy (Westworld) **Domain:** Fictional Neurotechnology / Therapy / Perceptual Governance **Doc Type:** Mechanism Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **AR Therapy** in _Westworld_ is an immersive intervention combining a generated environment, autobiographical material, pharmacological modulation and external administration. The subject experiences psychologically salient agents and scenes while an institution controls the runtime. ## Episode Function In [[wiki/Westworld S3E6 — The Model Beneath the Model|Decoherence]], William encounters temporal self-models and [[wiki/James Delos|James Delos]] inside an environment generated from his own history. The scene demonstrates that an experienced world can originate in the subject while remaining outside the subject's root control. ## Clinical Ancestor and Fictional Extrapolation Virtual-reality-supported exposure can assist clinically structured confrontation with trauma-related memories. Westworld extrapolates that therapeutic primitive into [[wiki/Inner Journeys Recovery Center|Inner Journeys]], an institution embedded in Rehoboam's outlier-management system. The technology's constitution depends upon purpose, consent, custody, transparency, administrator authority, clinical independence and exit. The same generated-world primitive can support therapy or become adaptive reconditioning. ## Source - [Enhancing PTSD Treatment and Delivery — VA National Center for PTSD](https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/treat/txessentials/enhance_ptsdtx.asp) ## See Also [[wiki/Trauma Simulation|Trauma Simulation]] · [[wiki/Perceptual Sovereignty|Perceptual Sovereignty]] · [[wiki/Neuroadaptive Governance|Neuroadaptive Governance]] · [[wiki/Inner Journeys Recovery Center|Inner Journeys Recovery Center]] · [[wiki/Model-Subject Boundary|Model-Subject Boundary]]