Therapeutic Approach

Accelerated Resolution Therapy

A brief, directive approach that uses eye movements and imagery rescripting to rapidly reduce the distress attached to traumatic memories.

Rapid Processing

Change the way your brain holds a memory

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is an evidence-based psychotherapy developed by Laney Rosenzweig in 2008. It integrates elements from several established therapies — including eye movement techniques similar to EMDR, and Gestalt and imagery rescripting methods — into a focused, structured protocol that often produces significant relief.

What makes ART distinctive is its use of imagery rescripting. Rather than requiring you to talk in depth about the traumatic event — or even to disclose the content at all — ART invites you to hold the memory in mind while guiding the brain through a process of voluntary image replacement. You choose what the new image becomes.

The result is not forgetting: the factual memory remains. What changes is the body's automatic response to it. The memory loses its charge — the intrusive sensations, the visceral distress — so you can hold it without being undone by it.

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How It Works

What to expect in an ART session

ART sessions have a clear structure that guides you safely through processing without requiring you to revisit trauma in exhaustive detail. Here is a general sense of how a session unfolds.

You set the scene

You identify a memory, image, or sensation that causes distress. You do not need to describe it in detail — I work with whatever you are comfortable sharing. The content is yours alone to hold if you choose.

Eye movements and processing

While following a set of lateral eye movements, you allow whatever thoughts, feelings, and sensations arise to simply pass through — without analysing or directing them. The bilateral stimulation facilitates natural processing.

Voluntary image replacement

Once the distress has reduced, you are invited to reimagine the scene — to replace the distressing image with one of your choosing. You are in control of what the new picture becomes. This rescripting is reinforced with additional eye movements.

Resolution and closure

Each session ends with a complete closure — you leave with a sense of resolution rather than open activation. Many people report feeling lighter after a single session, with lasting effects that consolidate over the days that follow.

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