Private-pay 90-minute ART sessions for adults in Florida, California, Massachusetts, and Illinois who want focused, structured work on a specific memory, fear, or emotional trigger.
The clients who tend to benefit most from ART share a common frustration. They have done work already. They know the story. They can trace where the reaction comes from. And still, when the moment arrives, the reaction shows up anyway.
You may recognize yourself in one or more of these:
Some professions involve repeated exposure to stressful, disturbing, or emotionally difficult situations. Even when you are functioning well and able to keep doing your job, a particular incident, image, memory, or reaction may continue to stay with you.
ART may be worth considering when something you experienced through your work continues to trigger anxiety, distress, physical reactions, intrusive images, or a sense that the experience has not fully settled.
This may include:
You do not have to think of yourself as "traumatized" for an experience to continue affecting you. The question is whether there is a specific memory, image, event, fear, or emotional reaction that you would like to address.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy, or ART, is a structured psychotherapy that combines guided imagery, attention to emotional and physical reactions, and sets of eye movements. You remain awake, aware, and in control throughout the process.
ART is not hypnosis. It does not erase memories. You still remember what happened. The goal is to reduce the emotional and physical charge connected to the memory or trigger, so it no longer produces the same reactivity in daily life.
The approach was developed in Florida in 2008 and has been studied in research literature for use with trauma-related conditions. It is delivered by clinicians who have completed specialized training. For more information on ART, visit the official ART informational site.
You will need to provide enough information for assessment, safety, and treatment planning. I need to understand generally what you are working on, when it happened, and what makes it worse or better.
However, ART generally does not require you to describe every detail of a difficult experience aloud. Much of the processing can happen internally. Some clients choose to share more. Others keep much of the content private. That is up to you.
This is a distinctive feature of ART, and often a relief for people who have avoided trauma work because they did not want to relive it in a room.
ART is not appropriate for every person or every situation. Additional assessment, stabilization, or another level of care may be recommended when someone is experiencing:
A Good Faith Estimate is provided under the No Surprises Act and may also be requested at any time. See the Fees and Insurance page for full details, including cancellation policy and superbill information.
ART is designed to be focused. Some clients report meaningful improvement within a relatively small number of sessions. Others benefit from additional treatment or a different therapeutic approach. Some concerns need ongoing therapy alongside or after ART.
Results and treatment length vary. No specific outcome or number of sessions can be guaranteed. What ART can offer is a structured, focused approach and a clear plan for evaluating whether it is helping.
In some cases, yes. ART may sometimes be provided as a focused adjunctive service while you continue working with your primary ongoing therapist. This can be useful when you want to target a specific memory or trigger without leaving your current therapy relationship.
Coordination is required. This typically includes:
ART has been studied in peer-reviewed research, particularly for trauma-related symptoms and PTSD. A 2024 systematic review (Storey, Marriott, & Rash, published in PLOS Mental Health) reported promising results while also noting that additional high-quality research is needed. Research findings describe outcomes across studied groups and do not predict how any individual client will respond. For general information about ART, its history, and its clinical applications, visit the official ART informational site.
ART does not have the same volume of published research as some older, more established trauma therapies.
Private-pay ART begins with a brief inquiry. If it looks like a fit, we take the next step together.
Looking for ongoing therapy instead? Inquire about private-pay individual therapy or use insurance through Grow.
Have questions first? Read the ART FAQ or get in touch.