About Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) in Edmonton
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) at Sana Soma Integrative Centre is a structured, body-based, trauma-informed approach that helps the nervous system resolve distressing memories, images, and emotional reactions without requiring detailed verbal retelling. Using eye movements alongside body awareness, ART supports the brain in reorganizing how memories are stored, allowing them to feel more neutral and less charged. Sessions are relational, paced, and guided by nervous system readiness, ensuring safety, containment, and integration while promoting resolution rather than re-exposure or reliving experiences.
The Benefits They Have Gained From Using It
Clients who engage in ART often notice reduced emotional reactivity, less intrusive memories, and improved regulation. The therapy supports nervous system balance, emotional resilience, and clarity, providing a contained, safe, and structured approach to resolving distress without repeatedly revisiting the past or overwhelming the body.
Frequently Asked Questions?
What is somatic therapy?
Somatic therapy works with the nervous system through body awareness, sensation, breath, and movement, helping release stress patterns that talking alone often cannot shift safely over time with support.
What happens in a somatic therapy session?
Sessions are collaborative and paced for safety, combining conversation with body tracking to help you feel regulated, grounded, and more connected to yourself in daily life without overwhelm pressure.
What is Somatic and Therapeutic Touch?
Somatic and Therapeutic Touch may include therapeutic touch only with consent, supporting nervous system safety, embodiment, and repair of holding patterns when appropriate and clinically supportive within sessions, carefully paced.
Who can benefit from somatic therapy?
This approach is helpful for anxiety, trauma responses, chronic stress, overwhelm, and patterns that feel stuck, supporting resilience, emotional regulation, boundaries, and healthier relationships over time gently, safely, sustainably.