Accelerated resolution therapy

Domain VI · Brief, integrative, trauma, hypnosis & coaching · Laney Rosenzweig · 2008 · USA

What it is

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART; "ART" and "Accelerated Resolution Therapy" are registered trademarks of RCRR) was developed by Laney Rosenzweig, LMFT, and introduced in 2008. It is a brief, procedural, exposure-based trauma therapy that combines imaginal exposure and imagery rescripting with…

Format

• Format. Individual, face to face, 60–75 minutes per session (research protocols). Research courses ran 1–5 sessions over about 3 weeks, with a mean of about 3.5–3.7 sessions. The 2018 grief protocol set a standard dose of 4 weekly sessions and reassessed symptoms after each. Rosenzweig's 2025…
• ART is not organised in multi-session phases. Its unit is a single session that processes one or more scenes. The stages below come from the published session structure, with the course-level logic added.

Who practises it, and how they are trained or regulated

• Training and fidelity.
• USF therapists had two 8-hour days of training from the developer. Training covered theory, protocol, intake, intervention techniques, the eye-movement regimen, challenges and solutions, and closure techniques. Directly observed supervised practice followed.
• Current RCRR training is open to licensed clinicians and master's students (Rosenzweig 2025). Its present length and levels were not verified.

Questions to explore with your client

• What drew you to it, and what are you hoping it will change?
• Does it involve any substance, plant preparation, remedy or supplement? Has your doctor or prescriber been told, especially about any medication you take?
• Does it involve intense or unusual breathing? Have you been told about the medical conditions for which that is not advised?
• Is it a group, retreat or community? How do they respond if someone wants to leave or raises a concern?
• How do you and the practitioner understand what is happening, in spiritual or cultural terms? Is that a source of comfort, worry, or both?
• Who runs it, and what training or registration do they hold?
• What actually happens in a session or meeting, and how often?
• What does it cost, and is there pressure to commit to more?
• How do you feel afterwards, in the hours and days that follow?
• Does it fit with, or clash with, the work we do here?

What practitioners of it watch for

• do not present the generic frame as the ART technique.
• client-generated metaphors work better than therapist-supplied ones.
• avoidance of naming triggers. Use the client's own symptom list to prompt.
• a target that is too broad (a whole period of life). Narrow it to one scene.
• a return of present orientation and a steadier voice and breathing before resuming.

When to involve someone else

• New or worsening physical symptoms, or advice to stop or change prescribed medication: involve the client's doctor or prescriber.
• Signs of coercion, isolation from family and friends, escalating costs or secrecy: discuss openly and consider safeguarding.
• A crisis or thoughts of suicide: follow your crisis protocol. In the US, call or text 988; in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans on 116 123.

Drawn automatically from the guide's own sections. Stay curious: neither endorse nor dismiss what the client values, and check anything that matters against the full guide and its sources. Not medical advice.