Keep the knowledge. Lose the pain.
The memory doesn’t have to keep hurting you.
with Dr. Summer Sullivan
ART is a fast-acting, evidence-based therapy that helps your brain file painful memories differently — often in as few as one to five sessions. You don’t have to describe your trauma out loud, and you don’t have to spend years in weekly sessions to feel it lift. Dr. Sullivan is passionate about helping others through this dynamic, effective therapeutic modality, and believes ART can bring rapid and powerful relief to people of all ages.
A therapy built for how your brain actually heals.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy is a structured, evidence-based approach that pairs guided eye movements with imagery techniques to help your brain change how a distressing memory feels — without erasing what happened. The facts of the memory stay. The emotional charge attached to it doesn’t have to. ART is recognized as an evidence-based treatment by Division 12 of the American Psychological Association, and research on it continues to grow.
You stay in control the entire time. There’s no requirement to narrate your trauma in detail, no hypnosis, and no reliving the event the way you might expect from traditional exposure work.
Notice, safely
You bring the memory or feeling to mind just enough to work with it — you’re never asked to relive it in detail or say it out loud.
Track
Guided eye movements, similar to what happens naturally during REM sleep, help your brain process the memory differently in real time.
Replace
You voluntarily swap disturbing images for ones you choose — a technique called Voluntary Image Replacement — so the memory loses its grip.
ART isn’t a replacement for talk therapy. It’s a different tool entirely.
Talk Therapy
- Builds insight gradually, often over months or years
- Usually involves describing what happened in detail
- Relief tends to build slowly, session by session
- Works through the story with words
ART
- Follows a structured protocol, often complete in 1–5 sessions
- You never have to narrate your trauma out loud
- Many clients feel a shift by the end of a single session
- Works through the brain’s imagery, not conversation
ART can stand entirely on its own, or it can work alongside individual therapy you’re already doing with another provider — nothing about starting ART requires you to end that relationship.
Common reasons people come to ART
These are some of the most common reasons people come to ART sessions, but ART can be applied to any challenge in your life disrupting your peace and well-being.
Go at a steady pace, or go faster. Both get you there.
Weekly Individual Sessions
A steady, once-a-week rhythm. A great fit if you want ART on a predictable schedule, or as an add-on to therapy you’re already doing elsewhere.
- 75-minute sessions, once weekly
- Most people complete ART in 1–5 sessions
- Works as a standalone therapy or alongside your current therapist
- In-person in Miami or virtual (PsyPact states)
ART Intensives
Extended 2–3 hour sessions that condense the same 1–5 session arc into a much shorter window — helpful if you want relief sooner, or you’re coming in from out of town.
- Extended 2–3 hour sessions, scheduled around your timeline
- Fewer total appointments to reach the same depth of work
- Ideal if traditional weekly therapy hasn’t been enough on its own
- In-person in Miami or virtual (PsyPact states)
Transparent fees, no surprises
I don’t take insurance directly, so we can focus on the work rather than what a plan will approve. On request, I’ll provide a superbill you can submit to your insurer for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
Weekly Individual Sessions
Most people work through ART in 1–5 total sessions.
ART Intensives
Exact intensive pricing is confirmed at your consultation, based on the length and structure that fits your goals.
Dr. Summer Sullivan
Licensed Psychologist and co-founder of South Miami Psychology Group, licensed since 2009 and trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy to help clients move through trauma and stuck patterns without spending years revisiting them. Dr. Sullivan is currently the only ART-trained therapist at the practice.
- Licensed in Florida since 2009
- PsyPact provider — virtual sessions available to residents of PsyPact states
- Sessions offered in person at our Pinecrest office, or virtually
- Private pay — no insurance filing, superbills provided on request
— C.S. Lewis
Before you reach out
Is ART the same as EMDR?
They’re related but not identical. Both use eye movements to help the brain process difficult memories, but ART follows a more structured, directive protocol and typically works in fewer sessions.
Do I have to talk about my trauma in detail?
No. ART doesn’t require you to describe what happened out loud. You stay in control of what you bring to mind and how much you share.
Is this hypnosis?
No. You remain fully awake, alert, and in control throughout the entire session.
How many sessions will I need?
Most people complete ART for a specific issue in one to five sessions, whether spread out weekly or condensed into an intensive. We’ll talk through what makes sense for your goals at your intake.
Can I do ART if I already have my own therapist?
Yes. ART can stand alone, or it can work as an adjunct to therapy you’re already doing with someone else — you don’t need to pause or end that relationship.
Do you accept insurance?
I don’t bill insurance directly. I’m happy to provide a superbill so you can submit for out-of-network reimbursement if your plan allows it — I’d recommend checking your out-of-network benefits beforehand.
Can I do sessions virtually?
Yes. Virtual sessions are available in-state in Florida, and in any PsyPact state through my PsyPact authorization. In-person sessions are held at our Pinecrest office.
Ready to feel different?
Reach out one of the three ways below, or fill out the contact form beneath this section, and let’s talk about whether weekly sessions or an intensive is the right fit for you.
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