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Trauma work has changed in the past fifteen years. Modalities that used to live on the margins, often developed by clinicians who were troubleshooting when standard treatments stalled, are drawing interest from clients and providers who want relief that is gentler, faster, and still grounded in evidence. Accelerated Resolution Therapy, often shortened to ART, is one of those approaches. I use it alongside CBT therapy, IFS therapy, and other forms of anxiety therapy when a c

Work is supposed to challenge us, not consume us. Yet many professionals tell me they wake at 3 a.m. Replaying emails, spend their commute scanning for mistakes they might have missed, and feel a quiet dread by Sunday afternoon. Pressure can be productive for a while, but when the nervous system does not get off-ramps, the gears grind. That is where anxiety starts to run the day, and burnout follows. Over the last decade in practice, I have seen a consistent pattern acro

You learn a lot about people by listening to their nights. The lawyer who falls asleep on the couch at 9:30 then snaps awake at 1:40 like clockwork. The new parent who worries the baby will cry just as their eyes close and never quite surrenders to sleep. The veteran who avoids bedtime, certain that the nightmares will come. Different stories, one shared pattern: the body has learned to be alert when it should rest. That learned pattern is the bullseye of CBT therapy for in

Anxiety does not ask for permission. It spikes during a staff meeting, under fluorescent lights in a grocery store, or while you try to sleep. In the therapy room, we tame anxiety by building skills that travel outside the office. Worksheets provide structure for that work. They turn the fog of worry into legible steps, a place where you can observe, test, and change what anxiety does to you. I have used CBT therapy worksheets with hundreds of clients, from college stude