I am trained in multiple trauma treatment modalities including EMDR and Post Induction Therapy. I treat most symptoms of post traumatic stress with Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), an amazing process that typically eliminates symptoms in one to three sessions, no matter how old the trauma or severe the symptoms.

What is Accelerated Resolution Therapy?

[From www.acceleratedresolutiontherapy.com]

Accelerated Resolution Therapy, often referred to as ART, is a form of psychotherapy with roots in existing evidence-based therapies but shown to achieve benefits much more rapidly (usually within 1-5 sessions).

Clients suffering from trauma and other mental health problems such as:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Phobias
• Panic Attacks
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Performance Anxiety
• Family Issues
• Victimization/Poor Self Image
• Victimization/Sexual Abuse
• Relationship Issues/Infidelity
• Codependency
• Grief
• Job-Related Stress
• Pain Management

…and many other mental and physical conditions can experience remarkable benefits starting in the first session.

The client is always in control of the entire ART session, with the therapist guiding the process. Although some traumatic experiences such as rape, combat experiences, or loss of a loved one can be very painful to think about or visualize, the therapy rapidly moves clients beyond the place where they are stuck in these experiences toward growth and positive changes. The process is very straightforward, using relaxing eye movements and a technique called Voluntary Memory/Image Replacement to change the way in which the negative images are stored in the brain. The treatment is grounded in well-established psychotherapy techniques, and the end result is that traumas and difficult life experiences will no longer trigger strong emotions or physical reactions. Importantly, clients do not even have to talk about their traumas or difficult life experiences with the therapist to achieve recovery.

ART incorporates a combination of techniques used in many other traditional psychotherapies. ART works directly to reprogram the way in which distressing memories and images are stored in the brain so that they no longer trigger strong physical and emotional reactions. ART accomplishes this through the use of rapid eye movements similar to eye movements that occur during dreaming. Although techniques similar to these are used in other types of therapies, ART’s very specific and directive approach can achieve rapid recovery from symptoms and reactions that may have been present for many years. ART combines long respected, sound treatment practices with safe and effective methods validated by current scientific research studies conducted by the University of South Florida.

Therapy approaches used in ART are informed by:

• Exposure Therapy (including imaginal, narrative and in-vivo)
• Gestalt Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Imagery Re-scripting (used in many cognitive therapies)
• Guided Imagery
• Brief Psychodynamic Therapy