Accelerated Resolution Therapy

What Accelerated Resolution Therapy is

• What ART draws on

  Accelerated Resolution Therapy is a structured way of working through distressing memories and the feelings attached to them. It draws on exposure therapy, cognitive therapy, guided imagery and the eye movements EMDR uses, and it is built to do its work in a short course of sessions.

• Two things ART is not

  ART is not art therapy, although your imagination does much of the work. It is not hypnotherapy either: you are awake, aware and in charge for the whole session, and you choose what you say out loud.

• How the imagery does its work

  Once a memory has been processed, your therapist guides you to replace the distressing images with images of your own choosing. People often describe the memory afterwards as something they can bring to mind without being pulled back into it.

What ART can help with

• Post-traumatic stress and intrusive memories
• Grief and complicated loss
• Phobias and panic attacks
• Performance and job-related stress
• Shame tied to past abuse
• Self-image and codependency patterns