Mary A. Anders, MA, LP

03/27/2025

03/25/2025

There's still time to sign up for my next training!
April 3-5 in Plymouth, MN

03/25/2025

Traditional talk therapies, like CBT, mainly engage the rational part of the brain. This can make progress slow when dealing with trauma, as trauma affects deeper emotional and sensory parts of the brain.

ART is a "bottom-up" therapy.
What does that mean?
It means that ART focuses on the emotional side of the brain and the limbic system, which is deeply affected by trauma. This approach engages the feeling center of the brain and the sensory receptors of the peripheral nervous system.

Bottom-up treatments like ART help regulate and adjust bodily responses by focusing on body sensations, emotional awareness, and movement impulses. This process releases energy trapped in a traumatic "freeze" response or persistent hypervigilance in fight or flight mode.

Unlike talk therapies, which only speak to the rational brain, ART addresses the whole person. It can be effective in just 1-5 sessions by targeting the parts of the brain and body impacted by trauma.

If you're tired of not seeing progress in your therapy sessions, try ART.
Find an ART trained therapist near you.
Visit www.ARTworksnow.com

02/17/2025

11/05/2024

I'd love to train you in this amazing therapy that accelerates healing and brings resolution to problems. After 30 years of doing therapy, I have trained in many modalities of therapy and this is the only one that brings resolution quickly and comfortably.
Please join me for a Basic training before the year ends!
November 7-8, Thursday through Saturday in Minnetonka, MN
December 4-6, Wednesday through Friday in Minnetonka, MN
2025 Trainings scheduled so far..
January 8-9, 2925, I'll be doing an Advanced Training in Des Moines, Iowa for those who have done the Basic Training.
January 30-February 1, 2025 Basic Training in McKinney, Texas
February 10-12 and March 6-8, 2025 Basic Training in Plymouth, Minnesota.
Mental Health Professionals can register here:
https://acceleratedresolutiontherapy.com/reg/icat.php...

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 (𝗔𝗥𝗧)?
𝘼𝙍𝙏 is an innovative tool that has been proven to resolve trauma, depression, addiction and other mental health issues in only a few sessions*. (*University research states most issues are resolved in between one and six sessions with an average of 2.7 sessions.)
𝘼𝙍𝙏 is used by thousands of practitioners in both private practice as well as a long list of clinics that include:
· Numerous military facilities: Walter Reed Medical Center, Fort Belvoir, Fort Bragg, Tripler Army Medical Center, Eglin AFB to just name a few
· Lone Survivor Foundation
· Warrior Wellness
· Banyan Treatment Centers
· Betty Ford
· Yale University School of Nursing
· Connecticut DMHAS
· Nuway Counseling Center
· Alberta Health Services
You can gather more information by viewing a short, TEDx video featuring ART developer, Laney Rosenzweig. https://acceleratedresolutiontherapy.com/reg/icat.php?course=Intro&fbclid=IwAR2zwziD1fr0ENBhytdLHCrtlFEC7boYH_sp88ZO_dNm3qz0G2_0tmBn024

Would you like to hear more about what other clinicians like you have learned that can help to expand your practice?
Then please accept our invitation as your opportunity to attend an exclusive, 90 minute FREE online presentation by ART developer Laney Rosenzweig, LMFT.

https://acceleratedresolutiontherapy.com/reg/icat.php?course=Intro&fbclid=IwAR2zwziD1fr0ENBhytdLHCrtlFEC7boYH_sp88ZO_dNm3qz0G2_0tmBn024

or visit www.ARTworksnow.com to learn more about 𝘼𝙍𝙏

09/30/2024

Please check out my final ART trainings of 2024!
October 10-12 in Plymouth, Minnesota
October 18-20 in Phoenix, Arizona is filled
November 7-9 in Minnetonka, Mn
December 5-7 in Plymouth, MN

08/02/2024

08/02/2024

C-PTSD arises from prolonged or repeated trauma, often occurring during childhood. It shares many symptoms with PTSD but also includes difficulties with emotional regulation, consciousness, self-perception, and relationships. Ongoing childhood trauma can often take years to unpack and process in talk therapy.

ART can be particularly beneficial for C-PTSD because it addresses the complex web of traumatic memories and the deep-seated emotional responses they trigger.
Trauma experienced during childhood can manifest in various ways, including anxiety, depression, behavioral issues, and difficulties in forming healthy relationships.

By helping you reframe these memories, ART can help create better emotional regulation, enhance self-perception, and improve your interpersonal relationships.

ART helps alleviate the emotional burden carried from childhood. This therapeutic process can lead to profound changes, promoting resilience, emotional well-being, and a more positive outlook on life.

Find an ART trained therapist near you:
visit www.ARTworksnow.com

07/30/2024

Here are my Fall Trainings/Early Winter in Accelerated Resolution Therapy
September 5-7 in Plymouth, MN
October 10-12 in Plymouth, MN
October 18-20 in Phoenix, Arizona
Novemeber 21-23 in Plymouth, MN
December 5-7 in Plymouth, MN
Register here:
https://acceleratedresolutiontherapy.com/reg/icat.php...

You've probably heard that trauma rewires the brain…it actually rewires all parts of you!
If you've been trying to make long-lasting changes through years of talk therapy, there's a reason why you may not be making progress.

Trauma leaves an imprint in our amygdala, the brain's fear center, making us easily triggered. The brain signals danger, setting off a cascade of physical responses.

Trauma can affect:

🧠 Thoughts & Beliefs: Your ability to think clearly and make decisions deeply influences your beliefs, like "I'm not good enough."
❤️ Emotions: Overcoming emotional turbulence, those sticky feelings such as shame, guilt, fear, anger, and pain.
💪 Physical Well-Being: Creating physical tension in muscles and joints, affecting metabolism, sleep, body temperature, and the immune system.
👥 Connections: Compromising connection with both ourselves and others, shifting from protective patterns to a focus on genuine connection.

The amygdala doesn't respond to talking.

Many of us have felt disheartened when seeking help for trauma and life's challenges. Conventional wisdom often emphasizes talking as the primary path to healing. However, True healing begins by helping the body find calm and safety. This basic step comes before involving the thinking part of the brain.
It's about restoring inner peace and laying the groundwork for lasting transformation.
𝘼𝙍𝙏 speaks to your whole person.
It cuts to the chase, and when it's this effective, it works quickly.
Learn more about how your therapy can address all of you. Visit www.ARTworksnow.com

05/18/2024

Connecting with others is hard when you're constantly wondering if you're safe around them.
Even if they've given you no reason to distrust them, your brain may still say, "We've been wrong before, let's be aware."

Your brain is trying to keep you safe. It bends over backward to achieve its job. Sometimes you feel like it goes too far.
But the brain's job is to keep you out of harm's way, so it's going to make sure that makes it a priority. The amygdala, often called the lizard brain, works quickly and over time to detect potential threats.

When you experience trauma, your amygdala switch can be easily triggered: "Remember that time that super scary thing happened? We can't let that happen again." Even if the circumstance seems rationally low threat and insignificant, your amygdala doesn't have time to recognize the distinction.

For example, if you are robbed at gunpoint by someone wearing a bright orange sweatshirt, this memory is imprinted in your brain. The amygdala has now been taught to become aware of anyone wearing orange.

When the amygdala is as easily triggered as it is,
your fight or flight systems are aroused and take precedence over your higher cognitive functions, responsible for processing information, evaluating options, maintaining social interactions, and rationalizing, become temporarily inaccessible.


In this state, your brain shifts into survival mode, prioritizing preserving your life above all else. Connecting with others on a deeper level becomes challenging when the alarm is sounding, as the higher brain regions responsible for such connections remain offline.


Practicing emotional regulation and feeling safe in your body help remind your lizard brain that you're okay. But it's hard for it to understand rationally.

𝘼𝙍𝙏 helps you reprocess and reprogram your fear responses so your amygdala can rest. When you're no longer in a state of fight or flight, your brain can shift to other priorities like making loving interactions and feelings of safety and connection.

To learn more about 𝘼𝙍𝙏 or to find an 𝘼𝙍𝙏-trained therapist near you, visit www.ARTworksnow.com

05/08/2024

Have you ever been in a situation that triggered such an intense emotional response that you felt like you were completely taken over, losing all control? It almost felt like you were having an out-of-body experience, dissociating from yourself and your surroundings? Maybe you experience extreme rage, lashing out, and yelling, or you may feel completely numb and unable to react.

When stress triggers reactions like irritability, panic, rage, or conversely, a sense of numbness, disconnection, or freezing, you may have stepped outside your “window of tolerance.” This window is where you operate at your best and can even thrive. Mental Health Professionals believe that understanding and managing your emotions is key for overall emotional well-being and improving your mental health.

What is the Window of Tolerance?
The Window of Tolerance was developed by Dr. Dan Siegel. It refers to your emotional experience and the optimal range of emotional and physiological arousal within you that can effectively cope with stressors. In this zone, you can experience and process emotions without becoming overwhelmed or shutting down. If your arousal falls outside the window, you experience intense emotions and may enter either a Hyper-aroused state (fight or flight response) or a Hypo-aroused state (freeze or dissociation).

What happens when you exceed your Window of Tolerance?

When the amygdala (the survival part of the brain) is activated, it puts you in a state of fight/flight(hyperarousal) or freeze (hypoarousal). Safety is your priority in this state, and emotional regulation takes a back seat as the prefrontal cortex (the reasoning brain) shuts down.

𝘼𝙍𝙏 can help...
Read more on our blog!
https://acceleratedresolutiontherapy.com/how-can-you-increase-your-window-of-tolerance/

05/05/2024