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The present study evaluated whether a single-session, personalized VRE intervention could effectively reduce PSA. Methods: A total of 39 university students (mean age = 20.97, SD = 3.05) with clinically significant PSA were randomly assigned to a VRE group or a control group. Participants completed a 2 min speech task before and after the intervention and reported subjective distress (Subjective Units of Distress, SUDs), public speaking confidence (Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker, PRCS), and willingness to speak in public. Heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV; RMSSD) were recorded at baseline and during speech tasks. The VRE protocol used personalized, hierarchical exposure to virtual audiences, with repeated trials until a criterion reduction in SUDs was achieved. Non-parametric analyses assessed group and time effects. Results: VRE participants showed significant reductions in subjective distress (p &lt; 0.001) and HR (p &lt; 0.001), with HR returning to baseline post-intervention. No such reductions were observed in the control group. Willingness to speak improved significantly only in the VRE group (p = 0.001). HRV did not differ significantly across time or groups. Conclusions: A single, personalized VRE session can produce measurable reductions in PSA, particularly in subjective distress and autonomic arousal, supporting habituation as a primary mechanism of change, even after one session. The lack of HRV change suggests that emotion regulation may require more prolonged interventions. 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