What is ART?
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is an evidence-based form of psychotherapy that utilizes back and forth eye movements to help clients address common problems such as depression, anxiety, phobias and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) . It is not the same as Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), however they both use eye movements. In experiencing ART, you may find that you connect pieces of information that are already stored in your memory to help you resolve your issues. The brain, while focused on a problem and concurrently using eye movements, makes new connections with a person's strengths and problem solving abilities.
At My Powerful Progress, we say "Keep the Knowledge Lose the Pain" because that is exactly what happens. You will not forget the event happened, however after being treated with ART, the event will no longer trigger strong physical and emotional reactions.
ART is a very focused eye movement therapy and, as such, has produced quick, effective and safe results in treating anxiety, depression, phobias, relationship issues and grief, to name a few. ART is effective with adults as well as children.
When initially thinking about your problem during therapy, you may feel some of your usual unease about it. Clients quickly pass beyond their anxiety or sadness to first experience calm and then, as their problem loses its hold on them, relief. At the completion of ART treatment, the evidence to date shows that the changes you make will be long-lasting.
At My Powerful Progress, we say "Keep the Knowledge Lose the Pain" because that is exactly what happens. You will not forget the event happened, however after being treated with ART, the event will no longer trigger strong physical and emotional reactions.
ART is a very focused eye movement therapy and, as such, has produced quick, effective and safe results in treating anxiety, depression, phobias, relationship issues and grief, to name a few. ART is effective with adults as well as children.
When initially thinking about your problem during therapy, you may feel some of your usual unease about it. Clients quickly pass beyond their anxiety or sadness to first experience calm and then, as their problem loses its hold on them, relief. At the completion of ART treatment, the evidence to date shows that the changes you make will be long-lasting.
How ART Started
The founder and developer of ART is Laney Rosenzweig, MS, LMFT. Here is her story in her own words.
"After a training that taught me to use eye movements in therapy, I immediately and intuitively began using eye movements to augment therapy of a very directive kind. In lieu of the passive approach that I was taught should accompany eye movement sessions, I found from the start that actively keeping clients focused on their presenting problems, while using eye movements, worked wonderfully well for me and my clients. Actually, the results of the directive interventions I used seemed miraculous. After an initial intake, it seemed my clients would often get relief from a problem in only one or two sessions - and often just one eye movement session for each problem."
Laney founded Rosenzweig Center For Rapid Recovery Accelerated Resolution Therapy and she is dedicated to teaching therapists how to utilize ART for their clients. ART Therapists are in 41 states as well as internationally. The International Society of Accelerated Resolution Therapy is called IS-ART.
"After a training that taught me to use eye movements in therapy, I immediately and intuitively began using eye movements to augment therapy of a very directive kind. In lieu of the passive approach that I was taught should accompany eye movement sessions, I found from the start that actively keeping clients focused on their presenting problems, while using eye movements, worked wonderfully well for me and my clients. Actually, the results of the directive interventions I used seemed miraculous. After an initial intake, it seemed my clients would often get relief from a problem in only one or two sessions - and often just one eye movement session for each problem."
Laney founded Rosenzweig Center For Rapid Recovery Accelerated Resolution Therapy and she is dedicated to teaching therapists how to utilize ART for their clients. ART Therapists are in 41 states as well as internationally. The International Society of Accelerated Resolution Therapy is called IS-ART.
About The Technique Itself
You will be in total control of the therapy. This is not hypnosis and you will be speaking to me just as you would during a session that does not involve eye movements. I will ask you to use ART's Degree of Intensity Scale to indicate the intensity of the emotions related to your problem by sliding an indicator on the scale. I will sit slightly to your left or right and have you follow my fingers with your eyes while you think about your problem. I will ask you to describe to me what you experience during the brief time of moving your eyes. Physical sensations will also be processed by using the eye movements so that disturbing sensations can disappear and positive feelings can be enhanced. In fact, using ART interventions, clients have often been able to replace a negative image with positive images. Subsequently, when clients think about their problem, it is the positive images they will recall.
I will be asking you to notice any body sensations as we go along. Do not worry about whether you are doing ART correctly as the eye movements tend to relax you and they do work. I may ask you a direct question that you can focus on while using the eye movements. You may be better able to answer questions while using ART's eye movements because they increase your ability to solve problems. We may also use some creative visualization to aid in the resolution of your problem. As we begin ART, you may notice you are becoming calmer - and that happens even with my most anxious clients.
ART, although it is looking at troublesome events or problems in your life, has a calming effect and the norm is for clients to leave the session feeling like a weight has been lifted off their shoulders.
I will be asking you to notice any body sensations as we go along. Do not worry about whether you are doing ART correctly as the eye movements tend to relax you and they do work. I may ask you a direct question that you can focus on while using the eye movements. You may be better able to answer questions while using ART's eye movements because they increase your ability to solve problems. We may also use some creative visualization to aid in the resolution of your problem. As we begin ART, you may notice you are becoming calmer - and that happens even with my most anxious clients.
ART, although it is looking at troublesome events or problems in your life, has a calming effect and the norm is for clients to leave the session feeling like a weight has been lifted off their shoulders.
Stephanie Annino
MA, LPC, ART Hello and welcome! My name is Stephanie Annino and I am the owner of My Powerful Progress, a health and wellness practice dedicated to helping individuals move beyond their trauma. As a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Connecticut I have been trained and certified by Laney Rosenzweig, founder of Accelerated Resolution Therapy to practice ART. Additionally, I have a Bachelors degree in Psychology from St. Bonaventure University and my Masters in Counseling from Boston College.
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Client Testimonials
After my ART session with Stephanie, I experienced an overall calming.
Client with anxiety "It is like the attack never happened, like he wasn't there." Client who was sexually abused "Stephanie is patient, professional and compassionate. By the end of one session, I had no anxiety or traumatic association with my event." Client with traumatic event |
"It feels like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders."
Client with social anxiety "I feel like before the trauma (a dog mauled me) I see it as an incident happened, I just don't have the negative feelings attached to it" Client with dog phobia |