ART training and credentials: what they mean and how to check a therapist

Clinicians learn Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) in a three-day, in-person Basic training, open only to mental health professionals whose license or supervised training lets them provide psychotherapy. Completing it makes someone ART-trained. Certification is a separate step through the International Society of Accelerated Resolution Therapy (IS-ART), and it stops being valid if the clinician’s IS-ART membership lapses. You can check a clinician’s ART listing in the IS-ART directory and their license on the Texas board’s lookup.

Who runs ART training and certification

Rosenzweig Center for Rapid Recovery (RCRR)

The company founded by ART’s developer, Laney Rosenzweig, MS, LMFT, who created ART in 2008. It runs the trainings and holds the rights to ART. “Accelerated Resolution Therapy” is a registered service mark it owns.

IS-ART

The International Society of Accelerated Resolution Therapy, formed in 2014. It is an independent professional membership organization, separate from RCRR, and it “designates and maintains clinician certifications.”

The Rosenzweig Mission

A separate nonprofit. It is not a department of RCRR and does not certify clinicians.

You may see “ART International” in older articles. The current official pages name RCRR as the trainer and IS-ART as the certifying body.

How ART training works

Basic training is a three-day, live, in-person course. It includes lecture, video, a live demonstration and supervised practice in small groups. RCRR’s FAQ is clear that the training is not available online. As of September 2026 the standard fee is $1,700.

It is open to licensed or otherwise legally authorized professionals whose scope of practice includes psychotherapy or counseling, such as licensed professional counselors, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners. Pre-licensed clinicians with a relevant master’s degree can train while they are supervised and working toward licensure, and so can graduate students in their final practicum or internship. First-year graduate students cannot. Everyone must carry professional liability insurance.

RCRR adds an important line: “Participation in ART training does not expand a participant’s legal scope of practice or authorize independent clinical practice.” In other words, ART training is not a license. A person who is not licensed to provide therapy does not become a therapist by taking it.

Advanced training is another three-day course. To take it, a clinician must have completed Basic and provided at least 30 sessions using the full ART protocol in the previous year.

You may also see SĀF-T (Sensation Awareness Focused Technique), a one-day course open to parents, teachers and others. It is not the clinical ART protocol, and completing it does not mean someone provides ART.

Trained, certified and Master certified

Whatever the level, what matters is that a clinician describes their level accurately, and that you can check it.

How to check a clinician

1. Check the license first. In Texas, use the Behavioral Health Executive Council’s Verify a License search. It shows license status, the dates the license was issued and expires, and any public disciplinary history. Current complaints and investigations are not public. A license is what makes someone legally able to provide therapy; ART training is not.
2. Look them up in the IS-ART directory. The IS-ART directory is run by the certifying body. If a clinician says they are certified, this is the place to look.
3. Know what the RCRR directory is. RCRR also runs a therapist directory with categories such as “ART Trained Therapist,” “Basic ART Certified Therapist” and “Master ART Practitioner.” Listings are paid (a one-time $50 fee), and the page does not say it checks licenses, so check the license separately.
4. Ask directly. “Are you trained or certified in ART, at what level, and is your IS-ART membership current?” A clinician should be glad to answer and to show you a certificate.

What training does not tell you

An ART credential tells you someone has learned the protocol. It does not tell you whether ART is the right starting point for you, and ART is not right for everyone. It is worth knowing what else a clinician is trained in. If they also offer therapies with stronger guideline support for PTSD, such as EMDR, Cognitive Processing Therapy or Prolonged Exposure, they can offer you a real choice. Questions to ask an ART therapist goes through this.

I am trained in ART and in EMDR, and licensed in Texas as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC #73687). You can check my license on the board’s lookup, and I am happy to answer questions about my ART training before you start.