What is Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is a unique approach to psychotherapy. ART is unique because the ART Therapist guides the client to replace the negative images in the mind that cause the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress with positive images of the client’s choosing. This is done quickly, most often within one session! Once the negative images have been replaced by positive ones, the triggers will be gone. Nightmares and repeated intrusive thoughts will stop.
Some of the growing body of research that shows ART can do this may be found by clicking the following link: https://acceleratedresolutiontherapy.com/evidence-based/
ART is recognized as evidence-based by the Society of Clinical Psychology, Div. 12 of the American Psychological Association (APA). The US Departments of Veterans Affairs & Defence also recognize ART as an evidence-based treatment option and are increasingly incorporating it into their mental health services for veterans and service members.
ART is also unique in that it combines the enormous power of eye movements to allow voluntary changes in the client’s mind with well-established therapies like Gestalt, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Guided Imagery. The ART protocol, eye movements, and other ART enhancements make these therapies work faster and more effectively than most therapies.
Many mental health problems other than Post Traumatic Stress can also be resolved quickly using the ART protocol. Among the things ART can deal with are OCD, Eating Disorders, Generalized Anxiety, and Generalized Depressive Disorders. ART can deal with traumas often associated with Dyslexia but also goes beyond that to improve reading! Issues that have been resolved by ART are listed more fully below.
That eye movements are calming and therapeutic is evidenced-based. It has been shown that they produce theta waves in the brain. Theta waves have been connected to creativity, intuition, day-dreaming. These brain waves are often present during meditative states.
One of the special aspects of ART is that when clients replace their negative images with positive ones they don’t need to talk to the therapist about any details of the trauma. This is because ART is procedural, though creative. The client is really in control of the process, while the ART Therapist is a helpful guide. This makes the therapy easier on the client and easier on the therapist.
Although some traumatic experiences such as sexual assault, combat, or the loss of a loved one can be very painful to visualise, early in the ART session the client has already rapidly moved beyond the place where they are stuck in these past experiences and is making positive changes of their choice. ART sessions are calming for the client and very often joyful, especially at the end, for both the client and the therapist.
Here are some issues that have been quickly and effectively treated by ART:
· Anxiety
· Depression
· Phobias
· Panic Attacks
· Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
· Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
· Addictions/ Substance Abuse
· Performance Anxiety
· Family Issues
· Victimization/Poor Self Image
· Victimization/Sexual Abuse
· Relationship Issues/Infidelity
· Co-dependency
· Grief
· Job-Related Stress
· Pain Management
· Memory Enhancement
· Dyslexia Anxiety
If you or your loved one is experiencing any of these, and are ready to get support, contact our psychology clinic in Tweed Heads, where counselling is available for children, teens, adults, couples and families. Often the first step is the hardest, but Brain Care is here to support you through the rest of your journey.