To schedule an appointment please call: MindBody Intergrated at FMC Yolanda 813.973.1304 Harper, LCSW Yolanda Harper, LCSW is an advanced Accelerated Resolution Therapy clinician and has used ART to help individuals improve sleep, manage physical pain without additional medications, Introduces and reduce the impact that anxiety, depression, and Rapid recovery with distressing memories have on daily life. She has also used ART to help individuals make healthier day-to- day choices regarding food and smoking cessation. Yolanda specializes in Holistic Pain Management, What People Say women’s issues, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, parenting support and works with individuals, couples, About ART families, and groups to bring healing and wellness. ART Therapy has truly made an incredible difference As a part of her holistic approach to therapy, Yolanda in my life. I was a bit skeptical at fi rst, but was very incorporates creativity and faith-based counseling as interested after reading more about how ART works. I appropriate. went through each ART process and turned negative Developed to Treat Children and Adults with: feelings, bad memories, and some traumatic experiences Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in my life into very POSITIVE feelings. The negative Depression and Grief experiences and feelings in my life no longer held the Anxiety, Phobias, & Sleep Issues power over me that they once did. After each session, I Camille felt an incredible sense of RENEWAL. Each ART session Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Francis, LCSW is work and takes courage to face some bad experiences, Victimization / Sexual Abuse but Yolanda is so terrifi c to work with and I felt such a Relationship Issues / Infi delity It’s diffi cult letting go of sense of peace and encouragement when I worked with Family Issues, Codependency painful memories and negative her. Through ART, I feel like I am a “whole” person again Job Related Stress, Performance Anxiety images, but Camille Francis, and I face each day with a new outlook on life. Pain Management, Anger Problems LCSW and Accelerated – A patient treated by Yolanda using ART Memory Enhancement Resolution Therapy (ART) clinician utilizes ART to enable trauma survivors to ART is an exciting new option for people seeking Sports Performance overcome their past and embrace an enriched future. psychotherapy. Alone or in combination with traditional Survivors of both Hurricane Katrina and 9-11 have counseling, ART is a powerful therapeutic tool. My clients benefi ted and experienced relief as well as individuals are seeing fast, effective results that are long lasting. I dealing with post traumatic stress disorder, obsessive recommend ART because it has broad application and compulsive behavior, depression, and anxiety. Camille can be used for anything from trauma to increasing utilizes ART in combination with her psychotherapy confi dence and self-esteem. If it can ease emotional pain experience of over twenty years to empower and mental distress in a fast, safe, non-invasive way it’s individuals, couples, families, and groups to live the life a no-brainer! they imagine. Camille also incorporates faith-based – Jennifer Street, LCSW To schedule an appointment, counseling when requested. please call 813.973.1304 www.FMCMindbody.com Eye Movement THE FIVE “C” What to Expect Therapies ELEMENTS OF ART from ART In the late 1980’s, it was discovered that when Therapy begins with an initial traditional intake a therapist asked a client to move their eyes, session. The client can talk to the ART clinician while focusing on a problem, the eye movements about the problem and can discuss the outcome accelerated the client’s recovery. The eye movements that the client is seeking. The ART clinician will have the effect of both reducing anxiety and explain how the eye movement therapy works. facilitating new connections in the processing of The client can then decide to try ART at the next information. Clients are able to reach a resolution of session or continue with traditional therapy their problems in a fraction of the time it normally such as a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) takes with traditional therapies. It is believed that approach. the eye movements, when used in therapy, simulate the eye movements during the Rapid Eye Movement If clients choose to use Accelerated Resolution (REM) phase of sleep. In this sleep stage, our eyes Therapy, relief usually occurs within one to two move from side to side as part of a natural process sessions for each incident or problem they focus that enhances the processing of our day’s events. on during the ART session. ART can utilize a combination of eye movement sessions and talk therapy sessions if clients wish to discuss the changes and gains made during therapy or What Makes ART Client Centered discuss different issues. Directives used by the ART therapist originate from the Different information provided by the clients. Clients have consistently reported that their • Accelerated Resolution Therapy® differs from degree of upset, on average, starts out on a high other eye movement therapies in the directive Creative end with a measure of 8 to 10, 10 being the most way it focuses clients while using the eye Clients become part of the healing process by using their intense feeling and zero being the least intense movements. own innate creative abilities. feeling. By the end of the session, the degree of • ART’s interventions result in the ART upset usually drops signifi cantly, often to zero, phenomenon known as Voluntary Memory/Image Conversational indicating relief from their presenting emotional Replacement (VMR/VIR). Eye movements are combined with a two way dialogue distress. • Negative images can be eliminated while clients between the client and the therapist. can choose the positive images to replace those ART is a drug free therapy that can accomplish disturbing memories. Calming emotional healing which otherwise takes months • The client retains the knowledge of their memory ART has calming effect on the clients as clients resolves or years of traditional therapy, in just one to three but loses the pain associated with the image(s). their problems. It is not hypnosis. sessions. Accelerated Resolution Therapy enables • A conversational approach to therapy is clients to experience a rapid recovery from trauma integrated with the eye movement technique. Closure Oriented and other mental health problems with long While maintaining client stability ART’s goal is to resolve • This is not hypnosis. The client, guided by the ART lasting results. problems as quickly and effectively as possible. clinician, will be in total control of the session.