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ACCELERATED RESOLUTION THERAPY · KATY, TX

Accelerated Resolution Therapy

Not your typical talk therapy

A.R.T. is a brain-body approach

that can help you find relief

and make changes more quickly

than talk therapy alone.

 

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (A.R.T.) efficiently and effectively integrates working memory imagery, bilateral eye-movements and a therapeutic protocol to help you find relief from negative images and sensations associated with:

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  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Distressing Memories

  • PTSD

  • Job Trauma or Workplace Stress

  • Poor Self-Image

  • Relationship Challenges

  • Codependency

  • Performance Anxiety

  • Social Anxiety

  • Grief

  • Drinking / Smoking Too Much

  • Emotional Overlay of ADHD and Dyslexia

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A.R.T. combines bilateral eye movements with aspects of traditional therapeutic modalities to reprogram how distressing memories and images are stored in the brain. You still know the facts. However, the negative image loses its intensity and impact, so it no longer triggers strong emotional reactions. After A.R.T., many clients say, "I still know what happened and that it happened to me, but when I think about it now, it feels like I am just an observer and not personally involved."

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Unlike some other trauma therapies, one of the benefits of A.R.T. is that clients don’t need to talk about all of the details of the trauma, making the therapy process more comfortable for the client. Compared to similar therapies, in A.R.T. clients are able to more rapidly process the discomfort and move towards relief and positive change. Most clients actually enjoy the process of A.R.T., as it often is relaxing and creative.​

TRAUMA AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

When something overwhelming happens, the brain encodes the facts, the emotions and the physical sensations you were experiencing in that moment. Then it layers on the emotions you experience when recalling the distressing memory.  After the threat has passed, reminders of the experience can trigger the same Fight, Flight, Freeze reactions.

  • Can't turn off your brain to focus or sleep

  • Feeling on edge

  • Dreading situations you used to handle more easily

  • Physical tension and stress that won't go away

  • Missing out on things you want or need to do because you are avoiding things that spike your anxiety

  • Irritability and frustration

  • Feeling incapable even though you think you should be able to handle it

  • Physical symptoms: muscle tension, chest tightness / short of breath, GI upset, headache, racing heart rate or heart palpitations, jaw clenching, trembling or sweating, restlessness or inability to sit still

Many people try to cope with anxiety by pushing through it, staying busy, or trying to control everything around them. It's exhausting and it doesn't actually make anything better.

A BETTER APPROACH TO ANXIETY

Don't settle for constantly attempting to manage anxiety. Therapy can help you create real change for lasting results.

Anxiety doesn't respond to a single formula. What works for anxiety looks different for every person. Jill draws from several evidence-based approaches — ART, CBT, somatic interventions, and DBT skills — and builds a plan around you specifically.

Jill Wiseman Licensed Counselor in Katy TX

"Emotions live in our body and sometimes they seem to hijack our nervous system.  You feel stuck in the Fight, Flight, or Flee mode that is so uncomfortable. With A.R.T., you still have all the facts - you know what you know - but you respond to that with much less emotional intensity. "

- Jill Wiseman, MA, LPC-S

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