You don't have to tell your story over and over again

---

Sometimes you've already talked about what happened. You understand it. You've analyzed it. Maybe you've even spent years trying to make sense of it. But your body still reacts. The memory still carries a charge.

A particular image, feeling, situation, or reminder can suddenly make something from the past feel very present. Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) offers another way of working with those experiences.

Accelerated Resolution Therapy is an evidence-based psychotherapy that uses guided imagery and sets of horizontal eye movements to help the brain process distressing memories and emotional experiences differently. Unlike some forms of trauma treatment, ART does not require you to verbally describe every detail of what happened. You'll know what you're working on, but you maintain control over how much of the story you choose to share. For people who have spent years talking about their trauma—or who simply don't want to describe certain experiences in detail—that can feel very different.

ART may be incorporated into treatment for concerns such as trauma and PTSD, distressing memories, anxiety, fears and phobias, grief and loss, relationship experiences, negative beliefs about yourself, and other emotionally charged experiences. ART isn't about deleting memories. You'll still know what happened.

The goal is to help change the emotional and physiological response connected to the memory so that something from the past can begin to feel like it actually belongs in the past.

You'll be guided through a structured process while following the therapist's hand movements with your eyes. Throughout the process, you'll notice images, emotions, sensations, or memories while using specific ART techniques to help your brain process the experience. You remain awake, aware, and in control throughout the entire session. And because you don't have to describe everything you're seeing or remembering, much of the processing can remain private.

The word "accelerated" is intentional, and some people notice meaningful changes in a relatively small number of sessions. That doesn't mean every experience can, or should be resolved in one session. Trauma is complex, people are different, and no ethical therapist can promise a particular outcome or timeline. We'll determine together whether ART makes sense for you and how it fits into your broader treatment.