The ART of Rapid Recovery | Laney Rosenzweig | TEDxSpringfield

[@samuelgioia3013]

I have one year of work after training with ART, and I have found it to be just as effective for other clinical issues besides trauma. ART is the most transformational method I have learned in 35 years as a therapist.

[@samuelgioia3013]

@petererb9463 ART leaders often represent this modality as a trauma treatment. Trainees actually learn broader application. For example, the "Typical Day" script helps a client to experience and then extinguish cravings under the stresses of daily life. Then the client develops new coping skills and applies them to a future day. All of this happens very effectively in 60-90 minutes.

[@shamikagaskin1379]

I have had this therapy. It changed my life! I am so grateful for the invention and discovery of new science and techniques in therapy. It really can make the difference in a person’s quality of life.

[@donnadenault2996]

Laney helped me with a PTSD when I fell on my face and broke my jaw (Upper and Lower) as well as 23 teeth. I continued to feel the broken teeth in my mouth and tasted blood for over 5 years after I fell. One hour with Laney and those symptoms disappeared! She is awesome, thank you Laney

[@travisj2695]

did it ever come back?

[@shimonfrankel2422]

@@travisj2695 great question!

[@etmig820]

Very effective treatment. Witnessed it transform my close friend in one hour, after suffering for a year and a half.

[@recorpse9698]

This video is making me cry thinking about the relief it could give. Knowing how much mental anguish PTSD, anxiety and depression can cause makes you truly appreciate and understand how much this can help people. I myself have anxiety triggered by memories I didn't even know I had.

[@serinagarcia5772]

My therapist sent me this video to see what she’ll be doing with me in the near future and explained to me how this could help my depression. I wanted to cry at the thought of relief I could feel from this. It’s amazing and breathtaking.

[@garysimone4977]

@@serinagarcia5772 did this work

[@terryhyman8511]

What an amazing, creative, hopeful, successful, quick, long-lasting, and life-changing therapy! May the spread of this hope and useful therapy multiply in a timeless manner. I am envisioning a Healed, Whole-hearted, and Harmonious World being co-directed by each of us who have participated in or provided or inspired the development of this life-renewing therapy. Thank you Laney and Counselors, Trauma Healers, and Clients with the courage and faith to try a new therapy despite past history of violence, abuse, betrayal, fear or phobia...It's time to create a new Harmony with ART!

[@annhaydu9769]

Good Job, Laney! Awesome!! I hope the Military broadens the use of this in their VA Hospitals. It's just awful they haven't incorporated this yet for their therapists.. THIS IS A WONDERFUL THERAPY that should be available to all vets!!!!

[@shimonfrankel2422]

But is it evidenced based? It seems the research is scarce.

[@KidCudiISMYLIFE]

I'm supposed to start my first session of ART on Monday after 7 years of my life being stolen from me by severe PTSD, as well as many more years stolen by other physical and mental health issues. This video made me cry because after years of feeling all of that weight, the thought of getting such relief in less than 5 sessions is almost unfathomable. It sounds too good to be true but I am really hopeful that I can start moving on with my life, so I'm hoping it's everything they make it out to be.

[@thegiraffereference]

I am starting Monday and have the same feelings as you do. I really hope it works for both of us. ❤

[@Stellarchick850610]

I’m curious about your experience, now that it’s been some time since you posted this comment. I am a counselor thinking about being trained in ART and would love to hear about whether or not it is effective.

[@staceycartlidgelpc9346]

@@Stellarchick850610 I'm a counselor who did the training this fall. It's amazing.

[@thefeloniousscot3955]

Update

[@kittydeleo4043]

I hope the therapy has been liberating and life-changing @charlotterosequartz! Would you be able to provide us with an update?

[@chrisanatra]

You can frame this however you want, but this is time travel and how you can can change the past and bring it into your current reality. It is really quantum physics at work. Some have been doing this with the Lucia Light, which puts the client into a hypnagogic state and makes the process fast and effective. It is wonderful that these methods are being introduced as they have so much potential to truly help, without the need for pharmaceuticals.

[@bigslife7400]

Can you explain this a bit more. I don't get exactly what you are saying. Is this like Edgar Casey trance stuff.....calling upon spirit guides to leave the body? Sorry, I just do not know how this can be considered an evidence based scientific method if sorcery & witchcraft are SPIRITUALLY INVOKED to get a result. We already have a method our Creator gave us, it's called : *_Calling Upon The Name of The Lord_* So it sounds like these ART technique therapists are witches using *mediums* , through hypnotic means of *giving another CONSENT to bring you out into an astral projection EXPERIENCE* And it appears that the discussion is about the *subtle energy techniques* used to achieve this *ASTRAL EVENT* to happen between the humans involved, and *spirit guide mediums UNSEEN* they are having communion with. Do I have this right?

[@eddieschodowski7493]

It’s not quantum physics, but it really is miraculous.

[@tirtic1756]

@@bigslife7400 you don't have it right, you sound like a lunatic. There is medical evidence for how all of this works

[@sherryberry32sg]

I too am wondering this. Any thoughts?​@bigslife7400

[@phildyer1896]

I live in Palm Beach Gardens and I’m going to start a 6 week program at the VAHospital!

[@theodorevegh6030]

Your presentation was very helpful. Thank you for your help. God bless you. - TAV ♥️🇺🇸🌎👍

[@lesliearia]

Great video. Sounds like a very promising treatment!

[@amyshuman1240]

Well done, Laney!!

[@roberttweten]

I’ve been struggling with ptsd and cptsd for a long time with no resolution. I’m tired.

[@lynntenenbaum6847]

I really want more information about this therapeutic intervention

[@DJQPID]

I’m starting this treatment this week. I will let you know how it goes

[@TheShowGoesOnn29]

DJQPID ???

[@garysimone4977]

@@TheShowGoesOnn29 how it go with RRT

[@TheShowGoesOnn29]

Gary Simone my therapist did eye movement therapy on me. It was interesting. U do feel relieved afterwards but my brain goes a mile a minute so id only try it if u have somewhat managed control of fast moving thoughts because u will feel overstimulated.

[@garysimone4977]

@@TheShowGoesOnn29 i did two sessions of RRT IT IS POWERFUL I had no issues with eyes not sure what you mean EMDR this was not rapid resolution therapy ...I have a appt with Dr Connolly. On 2/17 after the sessions i was drained and def helped But need more sessions at least with Dr Connolly

[@garysimone4977]

@@TheShowGoesOnn29 are you still doing art...

[@mollykidd9736]

I’m starting this in a few days. Fingers crossed Edit: update below on my first session

[@mollykidd9736]

I wanted to update everyone on how my first session went, I think it would be valuable info for people exploring if this is the correct option for them. The first session of this treatment lasted an hour. Basically I’d follow the movement of my therapist’s hand with my eyes (she moved her hand pretty quickly back and forth). From her prompts I would transition from thinking through my traumatic event, to imagining what I’d prefer have happened at the end, then finding a place I feel intensely comfortable and safe in my mind. Since then, the beating my mind would receive from this specific traumatic event has… stopped? It’s like a patch of ice has frozen over that memory, I can see it if I really try to look, but otherwise my mind just slips right over it. I do feel as if I’ve opened a door of emotion and tough feelings that come and go, but feeling worse throughout a therapy treatment is pretty normal I think. Weirdly enough I feel a sense of transition, like now that memory truly is in the past, and the people who were a part of it were putting their struggles on to a child and it really had nothing to do with ME. So… yes? This treatment has helped me with ONE SESSION. I will come back and tell more if anyone is interested later on.

[@shimonfrankel2422]

@@mollykidd9736 I am interested to hear more. Have you been to a second session?

[@mollykidd9736]

@@shimonfrankel2422 yes. Second session was for a different memory, and it went even better than the first. I started smiling 2/3 of the way through because I just couldn’t believe how this works. It definitely seems like this is a muscle to be worked and that it’ll get easier to focus and follow the prompts the more I do it. It has a peak of scariness about halfway through. But from there it’s much more manageable.

[@amcanco]

​@@mollykidd9736 Hello. It's now 7 months later. Do you still feel better? Effects long lasting? Hope so! Please update again if you see this.

[@ramonestrada9038]

How does ART deal with feeder memories, blocking beliefs, different parts that may block progress, attachment issues?

[@catherinemcconnell8647]

We call those a scene match. The brain will direct us to it and we resolve it. Then move through the original target. It’s built into the protocol.

[@samuelgioia3013]

I have trained in ART Basic. This talk and the Yolanda Harper TED Talk present it as a solution for PTSD. It has far broader application than that. I have used it also to stop compulsive activities such as video watching, obsessive rumination associated with depression, and phobia (flying on an airplane). What they have in common is putting the imaginative mid-brain in charge, simulating REM sleep. This part of the brain stimulates sponteneous healing by suspending rational processes.

[@samuelgioia3013]

There are other protocols than what she describes. The "Little Liar" protocol, for example, helps you to visual and overcome the voices (or beliefs) that interfere with your progress.

[@dmenatianart]

In short: as little as one 1hr session can remove all current distress/PTSD symptoms. One session can cover 1-3 traumas. I’ve had 5 sessions with Laney. Feel free to ask me anything. As a reply to this comment.

[@AbhilashaGupta-s1p]

How do uh feel now? After months of getting treatment?

[@sugargliderluvr]

yes, update?

[@dmenatianart]

@@sugargliderluvr in short, it has been lifesaving. I would not* be alive/in my current livings-state had it not been for the ART relocation of traumatic memories. It also works for ADHD, phobias and any visual image you don’t want in the front of your mind (PTSD/CPTSD).

[@dmenatianart]

@@AbhilashaGupta-s1p I replied with an update below. It is truly magic. She is training therapists from all over the world too! ART is the future.

[@hicknopunk]

Think of the children!!!

[@theodorevegh6030]

What is A.R.T.? Accelerated Resolution Therapy. - TAV ♥️🇺🇸🌎👍

[@luddity]

Walking is a form of bilateral stimulation. Could something like this kind of therapy be done on a nature walk rather than in an office?

[@estefanajohnson3213]

This is actually a very directive process that reconsolidates memories in a way that no longer elicits trauma responses. The process is very directive and targets images. Though walking might be 'calming', eye movements is the only bilateral stimulation that also engages the visual cortex, which is where images are stored. ART is targeting images.

[@DrCognitive]

Probably not. Ideally it is done in a distraction free environment. A nature walk is filled with distractions, albeit pleasant ones usually.

[@samuelgioia3013]

Great question, because other kinds of bilateral stimulation such as tapping are used. Kevin Kipp has done some research on this and found that eye movements are the most effective form of bilateral stimulation. Also, as suggested in the other comments, eye movement is enhanced by some simple clinical suggestions, such as "erasing" an image as described in this talk.

[@hicknopunk]

Dreams are not metaphors. They are a better reality you create

[@travisj2695]

how many sessions for permanent change? I notice many therapy methods give relief temorarily but resurfaced when there is a trigger

[@dmenatianart]

As little as one 1hr session can remove all current distress/PTSD symptoms. One session can cover 1-3 traumas. I’ve had 5 sessions with Laney. Feel free to ask anything.

[@sohailahmed7485]

ART & EMDR works with images...means memories in remembrance...what about repressed memories or childhood traumas not on surface ?

[@samuelgioia3013]

Those emerge in what is called "Scene Match." You start with the sensations of trauma that you experience on a regular basis and then the eye movement helps you to find the source. The focus of ART is not on the triggering event itself, but on what happens with you when you are triggered. Often you don't even narrate the trauma to the therapist, you just visualize it yourself with support until you can visualize it without the trauma response. The therapist invites you to share whatever you want during the pauses between eye movement, but you don't necessarily tell the therapist about the event itself. You mainly describe your feelings and body sensations, and the therapist helps you to resolve them through the eye movement.

[@vquick68]

How long does this last? Does it change back after time?

[@surfside16]

Does this cure or help cure Reactive Attention Disorder (RAD) in adults?

[@maheshramchandaani336]

Is an online session possible? I live in India...

[@myvids4family]

some clients can respond well to teletherapy ART

[@derbsbiz2266]

Wow!!

[@EricGonsenheim]

Hi. Congrats for your work. Do you have any experiences with addiction treatment.?

[@Jason-ji5yg]

She does

[@samuelgioia3013]

I think it can be very helpful in dealing with both cravings for the substance and also things that "trigger" cravings.

[@charlessmyth]

How does ART work for those who have PTSD and have been blinded.

[@catherinemcconnell8647]

If you can move your eyes left to right it will work. We can also tap- though EM is best

[@triciamckenna6554]

@@catherinemcconnell8647 What about someone who has an artificial eye, optic nerve was cut to remove it

[@dingledo23]

@@triciamckenna6554 you can still move the other. And even blind you could move your eyes left and right rapidly. A solution could be figured out like move your eyes back and forth with tapping from one leg to the next, with that rhythm snd speed. It’s the eye movement, not seeing that targets the part of the brain for storing images.

[@self-carespa9449]

I am curious how or what the new image was after being mauled by dogs?

[@samuelgioia3013]

In the replacement scene the dog was friendly. The full session is part of the training for ART Basic.

[@suzannefraser4966]

This sounds a lot like Laura Parnell’s attachment EMDR

[@onemondaynight]

How is this not EMDR?

[@poodleoodle7689]

ART is directed by the therapist, while EMDR is self directed by the client. ART uses the hand while EMDR uses two fingers. ART's core is guided self imagery while EMDR core is AIP (Adaptive Information Processing). EMDR can be up to 3-12 sessions preparation sessions for the desensitization while ART uses desensitization guided imagery in the first session. EMDR is evidenced based while current ART is not (yet). EMDR desensitization is self guided by the client, the client follows where the mind goes with the trauma. EMDR also uses float back where you float back to the traumatic event where the triggers first started, usually in childhood. ART is directed by the therapist where the therapist tells the client what to focus on and is focused on the one trauma event and does not go back to traumatic events in childhood. EMDR is attachment focused while ART is not. EMDR can extinguish and make memories extinct in research studies but the jury is still out on this with ART.

[@abkerrye1]

ART is actually evidence based :)

[@estefanajohnson3213]

@@poodleoodle7689 Actually, ART was published on NREPP as "evidence based" back in November 2015.

[@michellahaye2396]

People can probably be helped with this method because of the bilateral stimulation, the rescripting and exposure effect, but I don't understand why a therapist wouldn't use EMDR instead. It was already proven effective for PTSS when ART was 'invented' and is a lot more researched. This doesn't mean ART can not or does not work, it's just that I do not understand why someone wants to become an ART practitioner when almost all of it is based on previous EMDR findings? My 50c.

[@johnchapdelaine9698]

both are viable I trained in ART because it provided what I felt a more flexible and LESS costly process to give good help in a streamlined method and in what I feel is a more creative Gestalt method as an older therapist I have seen EMDR being used too casually and for every single little nuance a patient brings to a session .... This process is scripted which helps reduce rogue warriors

[@KR-oh3km]

I am trained in both EMDR and ART and like them both but they are actually different. ART is more directive and completes an entire traumatic event in often just one session. EMDR can leave people open where their traumas can come flooding back when they are not with the therapist. While EMDR works not to do that, it happens and there is not a specific protocol to follow so clients can end up jumping around in many different pieces of their life and events.

[@abkerrye1]

ART is more efficient. Clients can sometimes experience total processing and relief of the symptoms associated with a trauma in one session while EMDR typically takes longer.

[@samuelgioia3013]

ART practitioners are encouraged to incorporate other approaches including EMDR. ART is more than eye movement and incorporates specific scripts or sets of directions for different kinds of clinical processes. You don't get those with EMDR. Also, I think the training for ART may be more simple and straightforward. A total of three days of training for Basic, the two days each of Advanced and Enhanced completes the entire training. There are other adaptations that you find out about outside of the formal trainings, but you are fully trained after seven days. That may be less than it takes to get fully trained in EMDR. Does anyone else know what the full gamut of EMDR involves?

[@roberttweten]

@@johnchapdelaine9698I could use help with ptsd/cptsd

[@lenakunzx]

doesn't work with Aphantasia.

[@staceycartlidgelpc9346]

I've heard it can work with aphantasia - you just have them "see" it in words. More like a story than visuals.

[@josh1181980]

Anyone know anything about how this would work for a 6 year old girl? She doesn’t have “trauma” other than my and her moms divorce and some bullying from moms boyfriend? It was recommended by her therapist. I haven’t given the green light because I don’t understand it completely. Should I do it first?

[@samuelgioia3013]

I used simple eye movement on my 6 year old granddaughter and it worked very well. I just shortened the duration of the sets of eye movements. She had an earache and she had already taken aspirin. Two sets of eye movement and she said it didn't hurt as much.

[@InfinitelyBlessed]

@@samuelgioia3013 I'm just learning about this therapy, and very interested in trying your suggestion with my daughter to help release trauma from dad's and my separation. Would you please provide some detail on how to use the eye movements with her? Do I ask her to recall her feelings at the time of the separation and direct her to do the eye movements?

[@cluna9515]

@@InfinitelyBlessed Please connect with an ART-trained therapist. This is a therapy that should only be administered by a trained professional. You can find an ART-trained therapist in the therapist directory on the Accelerated Resolution Therapy website.

[@theodorevegh6030]

Think of a dog at a dog show. They look for physical measurements and proportions. They look for color and texture. But most of all they look for personality. A dog that is fearful or aggressive is disqualified. It should be friendly and alert. We should strive to be like the Champion Dogs. Fear and aggression are flaws. - TAV ♥️🇺🇸🌎👍

[@misslilkev2]

Are the patients awake and conscious of everything during this process? Or are they zoned out like in hypnosis?

[@amyshuman1240]

Patients/clients report feeling completely awake and aware

[@abkerrye1]

The client is totally awake and aware. The therapist will use her hand waving to stimulate dual brain engagement, while asking you a series of questions imagining your traumatic situation and guiding you through it with suggestive imagery. It is supposed to work through engaging the PTSD affected brain to move from the flight/fight/freeze response into a more rational and subjective response.

[@krissygoersch5942]

I was totally awake

[@cynthiawrightlcsw2627]

not hypnosis

[@samuelgioia3013]

It is highly interactive. Every minute or so, the therapist stops the EM and checks in with you to see what you are experiencing. A seasoned practitioner will utilize the feedback that you share in subsequent steps.

[@chrisbrown2211]

I don't really understand how it works all she does is wave her hands around

[@FatherofaPoet]

No, that's not all we do.

[@travisj2695]

magician? lol

[@samuelgioia3013]

Not that random. Look for videos of Kevin Kipp's talk on eye movement. With ART there is a very specific sequence of suggestions, and even a "script" that trainees are encouraged to use with their clients.

[@mothersgauri4137]

EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) was discovered and developed by Francine Shapiro in l987. Laney seems to be claiming here to have discovered eye movement therapy and I find that a bit disturbing. She has perhaps made some adjustments and re-named it for herself, but not giving any credit to the originator....?. Any credible person would do that, If you look up videos of the EMDR sessions, they look very much the same as what she is showing and claiming here, and they show the same results !

[@jpbailey3278]

When I learned about NLP I felt the same way about EMDR, because NLP was using eye movements since the 70's. But I see what you're saying. It seems to me, from reading, (I have not been trained in it), that ART - accelerated resolution therapy is a combination of EMDR and Somatic Experiencing, which is also a form of EmoTrance. Working with body sensations (also NLP based), is a HUGE improvement because it takes less sessions and has less problems between sessions than EMDR. (There is also EMT, a do-it-yourself eye-movement technique. Also in the Meridian Energy Therapies, such as EFT, eye-movements are used in addition to meridian 'tapping' to help the person process and integrate the issue being worked on ) There is also EMI which is an eye movement based therapy. I think a lot of therapies evolve and combined as we learn more and practice. I think it's unfair to say she "made some adjustments and re-named it" because there is research on ART in professional journals, which is not as easy as just renaming something. It's been through clinical trials and shown to be, like EMDR, an evidence-based therapy technique with significant differences. I think they are all fascinating and its a good thing that treatment for trauma is improving and has several options. Maybe EMDR was the first to be written about, but not every therapy has to go back and review the history of what came first, or we'd all still be talking about Freud, as if his techniques couldn't be improved upon. Every field grows and evolves and no one person has all the answers. Years ago I learned an awesome healing technique that I tweaked a bit. But I was so wrapped up in what to call it and who to credit for it and how to explain it, it never got off the ground - because I was too caught up in that fear of teaching it the wrong way. This was from taking seminars years ago that had me sign non-disclosure agreements, like their techniques were secret (and expensive) and I thought it was wrong to combine techniques, etc. ( Thanks for reading my personal opinion. )

[@mnhoops]

She addressed EMDR at 2:35. I believe it may be what you're looking for?

[@estefanajohnson3213]

@@jpbailey3278 Also Hatha Yoga has used eye movements for hundreds of years. ALL trauma interventions (even therapy interventions) are going to overlap in some areas.

[@garysimone4977]

@@jpbailey3278 question is does the treatment last Does it pass the test of time ?? I have a appt with Lanney soon i pray it works

[@garysimone4977]

@@jpbailey3278 great post i see laney soon i pray this works

[@hicknopunk]

When will we adress real abuse!?

[@fulviochecaga]

So you take EMDR change the name and claim as yours

[@catherinemcconnell8647]

She approached the EMDR creators. They asked her not to associate the two. She also credits EMDR as it is a combo of EMDR and several other therapies

[@fulviochecaga]

@@catherinemcconnell8647 cmon

[@DrCognitive]

As someone else posted: ART is directed by the therapist, while EMDR is self directed by the client. ART's core is guided self imagery while EMDR core is AIP (Adaptive Information Processing). EMDR can be up to 3-12 sessions preparation sessions for the desensitization while ART uses desensitization guided imagery in the first session (Edit: and ART typically provides significant relief within 1-4 sessions). EMDR desensitization is self guided by the client, the client follows where the mind goes with the trauma. EMDR also uses float back where you float back to the traumatic event where the triggers first started, usually in childhood. ART is directed by the therapist where the therapist tells the client what to focus on and is focused on the one trauma event and does not go back to traumatic events in childhood. EMDR is attachment focused while ART is not.

[@fulviochecaga]

@@DrCognitive I would reply point by point but I guess the hand vs fingers thing says everything

[@DrCognitive]

@@fulviochecaga There, I edited that out since your can't see past that.

[@PHanomaly]

Oh what if we could just wave a magic wand, and make reality go away, instead of actually moving through the pain, exploring the sacred part of us that has been cruelly violated, or processing the meaning of deeply personal and spiritual things that seem to make no sense in our construct of reality, or in our lives? No, let's just 'get over it's and move on to where the Stepford Wives live..

[@mikuspalmis]

That's the feeling I got. You can trick your mind for so long but there's something deeper.

[@mollykidd9736]

From the way my therapist has explained it and the impression I get from my research, this treatment is for people who have explored different therapies and treatments with little results. Especially when discussing painful events, if you can’t discuss them without becoming very distressed, this therapy can help change that intense reaction one can have when trying to do the therapy in the first place. If you can’t get the details out without making yourself throw up, it could be really helpful to find a way to calm down.

[@PHanomaly]

@@mollykidd9736 that was a well articulated explanation, and it made me rewatch the video. I still got stuck every time i heard "one session". Just not buying that. But your reasoning was really compelling. If it does allow people to be capable of getting in the door that youve previous been unable to even look at the door, then thats extremely valuable. But she kept claiming it was about erasing the original memory (perspective) through this 2 minute process, and no, Im not buying it. But, what she was describing in changing the perspective of the event, re-framing it, is the key. Trauma is about powerlessness, an experience where you had absolutely no control over your experience, and thats what affects people afterward. Feeling apprehension about horrific things that could happen to you at any moment that you cant prevent, endure or escape. But, when you can enter the event in your power, you are no longer powerless to prevent unbearable suffering that previously your emotional intensity began to relive. So, there's value there. But thank you for adding depth to this method.

[@whiterobin01]

Have you helped people who have lost a child at a young age in an accident?