ART is an evidence-informed therapy that uses smooth, back-and-forth eye movements to help your brain reprocess troubling memories and the physical sensations attached to them. It draws on principles shared with EMDR but follows its own structured protocol, often working quickly. Many people notice meaningful relief within a small number of sessions.

A signature element of ART is its use of guided imagery. Your therapist helps you replace the distressing images connected to a memory with new, more neutral or positive ones. You keep the facts of what happened, but the memory loses its sharp emotional charge. Notably, ART doesn’t require you to describe the details of your experience out loud, which can make it feel more approachable when talking about a memory is hard.

If a specific memory keeps replaying or a trigger keeps pulling you back, ART offers a focused way to take the edge off without reliving every detail.

ART can be a good fit if you’d like a structured, relatively brief approach, or if talking through a memory in detail feels too difficult. Because it works directly with distressing material, your therapist will keep the process grounded and move at a pace that feels manageable. Several of our therapists are trained in ART, including Kelly King, Blake Adams, and Riley Broadhead. If ART isn’t the best starting point, we may suggest EMDR, somatic therapy, or CBT, and we’ll decide together at intake.