Accelerated Resolution Therapy for Trauma, Anxiety and Emotional Healing

A brief, structured therapy that helps your brain reprocess painful
memories so you feel relief faster.

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Accelerated Resolution Therapy® (ART): Healing Without Retelling

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is a structured, evidence-based therapy that helps you reduce emotional and physical reactions to distressing memories. Using guided eye movements and visualization, ART helps your brain change how traumatic memories are stored—so you stay present while the emotional intensity fades.

You don't need to describe traumatic events in detail. I guide you through a step-by-step process that helps your brain safely reprocess distressing images, sensations, and emotions. Many people see meaningful improvement in just a few sessions—some in one.

ART supports people with trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief, phobias, and stress-related symptoms. It's often effective for those who haven't found relief from other therapies like Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), or EMDR.

Clients choose ART because it's efficient, structured, and comfortable. Sessions focus on how memories are stored—not on reliving painful details. The goal is simple: keep the memory, lose the distress.

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  • Accelerated Resolution Therapy®(ART) is a brief, structured form of psychotherapy that helps people process distressing memories and symptoms by changing how those memories are stored in the brain. ART removes triggers by erasing negative images from view. ART uses guided eye movements and visualization techniques to reduce emotional and physical reactions to past experiences while allowing you to stay fully in control. Many clients report significant relief in just a few sessions. Trauma and many other issues can often be resolved in just one session.

  • ART sessions are typically 60 minutes and follow a step-by-step process guided by a trained clinician. You do not need to describe your trauma in detail to benefit. The therapist will guide you through visualization and gentle eye movements to help your brain reprocess distressing images or sensations safely and effectively.

  • Clinical studies have shown ART to be effective for trauma-related symptoms, anxiety, depression, grief, phobias, and more. It may be especially useful for those who have not experienced relief from other therapies, such as Cognitive Processing Therapy or Prolonged Exposure.

    • Brief and focused; many clients experience relief within one session.

    • No detailed retelling of trauma is required; making it easier for both therapist and client.

    • Clients remain in control throughout the session.

    • Can address a wide range of emotional and physical symptoms.

    • Evidence-based and trauma-informed.

  • To learn more about ART, visit the official website at www.acceleratedresolutiontherapy.com for educational videos, research summaries, and training information.

  • ART helps regulate and adjust bodily responses by focusing on body sensations, emotional awareness, and movement impulses. This process releases energy trapped in a traumatic freeze response or persistent hypervigilance in fight or flight mode. This adjustment changes a client’s immediate reaction to perceived threats. A person may intellectually understand why certain situations trigger them, but their body still sees the situation as an immediate threat. By calming the body while visualizing the traumatic event and replacing negative images with positive ones, ART can significantly reduce or eliminate emotional reactivity.

  • Painful or intrusive memories are stored in a way that continues to trigger emotional and physical distress long after the event. ART re-engages the brain’s natural memory reconsolidation process under safe, guided conditions. This helps reprocess memories so they can be recalled without the original physiological and emotional charge. Clients retain factual details of the traumatic memory but lose the intense distress previously linked to it.

  • ART shares some mechanisms with EMDR, particularly bilateral eye movements and reducing distress associated with traumatic memories. ART differs in structure and focus. Sessions are more directive and include scripted interventions that actively guide clients to replace distressing images. ART is also briefer in format, and many issues are resolved in one session. Many clients complete treatment in fewer sessions than traditional trauma-focused therapies such as EMDR, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), or Prolonged Exposure (PE).

  • ART is not hypnosis. Clients remain fully alert, oriented, and aware throughout the process. ART is not a band-aid fix. Although it can produce rapid relief, the method works through recognized neurological processes of memory reconsolidation supported by emerging research in affective neuroscience.

  • Peer-reviewed studies, including randomized and controlled trials, show ART significantly reduces symptoms of posttraumatic stress and related conditions. A landmark Military Medicine trial in 2013 found ART produced large and clinically meaningful improvements in combat-related posttraumatic stress symptoms, including for veterans who previously completed other evidence-based therapies without full resolution. Replication studies report similar outcomes in both military and civilian populations.

  • Beyond posttraumatic stress, ART shows promise in addressing depression, anxiety, grief, phobias, and pain-related distress. Case reports suggest potential benefits for sleep disturbance and somatic symptoms. Research continues to expand, including neurobiological investigations of ART mechanisms and its use in primary care settings.

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