AUSTIN, Texas -- A new form of therapy is helping patients with PTSD and other conditions by helping them focus on their trauma through eye movements.

• Treatment is called Accelerated Resolution Therapy
• Goal is to replace bad memory with a pleasant one
• ART International is working to train clinicians across the country

"Our hope would be at some point all of our service members returning from combat would be able to receive a treatment like this," said Jennifer Street with ART International.

The treatment is called Accelerated Resolution Therapy, also known as ART.

The clinician sways their hand back and forth, while the patient focuses on their eye movements and remembers a traumatic event in their life. Picturing the event may cause some physical and emotional distress, but the clinician helps the patient navigate through.

The ultimate goal is replacing that memory with a pleasant one.

"It allows the client to stop experiencing those images in their mind and we do that through a process of desensitizing them to the images, working on the sensations and the effect that the sensations have on the body and then re-scripting that image," said Street.

Ann Brown has worked with a variety of different patients, but has spent a lot of time with veterans dealing with PTSD. She said she uses ART for all kinds of conditions such as anxiety, phobias, and even weight loss.

"I could see a definite change in the frequency that people come back and when they do come back. They are working on a whole new level of their trauma," said Brown.

On average, clinicians say it takes about three to four treatment sessions to work through a traumatic event. So far, there are a couple dozen clinicians, who are trained in ART in the State of Texas. ART International is working to train clinicians across the country.