Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)

What Is Accelerated Resolution Therapy?

ART uses bilateral eye movements and visualization to gently help the brain update disturbing images, sensations, and emotional responses connected to trauma. Unlike traditional exposure therapies, ART does not require you to retell detailed trauma narratives. Instead, it works directly with the nervous system and visual memory centers to lessen emotional intensity.

ART helps clients:

• Reduce emotional and physical activation connected to painful memories

• Resolve daily triggers that interfere with present-day functioning

• Shift negative core beliefs rooted in past trauma

• Restore a sense of calm, clarity, and internal safety

Most importantly, clients retain the facts of what happened, but without the emotional charge.

What Makes ART Unique?

ART blends neuroscience, memory reconsolidation, and somatic awareness to create fast, lasting changes. Sessions are structured, targeted, and often produce immediate decreases in distress.

ART is especially effective for individuals who:

• Feel “stuck” in chronic trauma responses

• Shut down or become flooded during talk therapy

• Want rapid symptom reduction without prolonged exposure

• Carry trauma that is difficult to verbalize

• Have tried therapy before but still feel unresolved

Because ART works directly with the brain’s sensory and emotional processing systems, it can support profound relief—even when other modalities have plateaued.

Specialties Supported Through ART at Trauma Wise Healing

ART is highly effective for resolving trauma-based symptoms, as well as anxiety-driven patterns that affect emotional resilience, relationships, and day-to-day wellbeing. Common areas of focus include:

Trauma & Nervous System Distress

• PTSD and C-PTSD

• Dissociation

• Emotional overwhelm and hypervigilance

• Childhood trauma and attachment wounds

• Medical trauma and birth trauma

Anxiety & Cognitive Patterns

• OCD and anxiety-based looping

• Generalized anxiety

• Panic and performance anxiety

• ADHD-related emotional dysregulation, shame, and overwhelm

Relationship & Identity Patterns

• Family-of-origin and co-dependency patterns

• Co-parenting stress and conflict

• People-pleasing, boundary fatigue, and caregiving burdens

Perinatal & Postpartum Mental Health

• Birth trauma

• Pregnancy-related anxiety

• Postpartum distress

• Grief, identity shifts, and attachment work

Depression & Emotional Perspective Shifts

• Chronic low mood

• Emotional numbness

• Internalized beliefs of failure, inadequacy, or “not enoughness”

ART for Therapists & Helping Professionals

ART is uniquely supportive for clinicians, first responders, and helpers carrying:

• Vicarious trauma

• Compassion fatigue

• Emotional exhaustion

• Burnout

• Chronic stress from high-intensity caseloads

Therapists often report that ART allows them to process emotional residue quickly, regain clarity, and return to their work grounded and regulated.
These longer-format sessions offer a protected space for deep healing that doesn’t fit easily into weekly therapy.

Who Can Benefit from ART?

Frontline & Helping Professionals

• First responders, EMTs, firefighters

• Physicians, nurses, and healthcare teams

• Therapists, social workers, crisis responders

• Educators experiencing compassion fatigue

Trauma Survivors

• Survivors of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse

• Individuals with complex trauma histories

• Adults living with chronic anxiety, fear, or internal conflict

High-Stakes & High-Performance Roles

• Executives and decision-makers in mission-critical roles

• Founders, entrepreneurs, and innovators

• Attorneys and legal professionals

• Journalists and investigators exposed to secondary trauma

• Academics, scientists, and researchers under intense demands

ART is particularly powerful for individuals required to hold composure, responsibility, or performance under pressure—often at the cost of their own wellbeing.

How ART Works: The Neuroscience of Change

ART is grounded in memory reconsolidation and the brain’s capacity to reorganize how distressing experiences are stored. By pairing eye movements with visualization techniques, ART:

• Deactivates the emotional and somatic charge of traumatic memories

• Reduces physiological symptoms like anxiety, fear, or panic

• Creates updated internal “pictures” that feel neutral or safe

• Restores the nervous system’s ability to regulate

• Promotes clarity, emotional resilience, and grounded decision-making

Clients often describe ART as “finally being able to breathe again” after years of holding tension, fear, or emotional heaviness.

ART Intensive Sessions at Trauma Wise Healing

ART is offered within 90-minute or longer Therapy Intensives, designed for clients who:

• Prefer focused, deep work rather than weekly sessions

• Want faster progress through targeted trauma resolution

• Are already in therapy and want supplemental trauma-focused care

• Need spacious processing without interruption

Your existing therapist remains your primary support, and—if you choose—we collaborate to ensure alignment, continuity, and integrated care.

Collaborating with Your Current Therapist

Your therapeutic relationships matter.
At Trauma Wise Healing, ART can be integrated as short-term, adjunctive work to complement your ongoing therapy.

With your consent, we collaborate with your primary therapist to:

• Support shared goals

• Provide high-level summaries after intensive work

• Reinforce new insights and regulate patterns back into your regular sessions

This model is especially beneficial for therapists, high-functioning professionals, and trauma survivors who want specialized trauma resolution while maintaining their long-term therapeutic home.

Begin Your ART Intensive with Trauma Wise Healing

Whether you’re navigating trauma, anxiety, burnout, or long-standing emotional patterns, ART offers a clear, structured path toward relief and nervous system restoration.