Graduation Year
2022
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Ed.D.
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
Degree Granting Department
Educational Measurement and Research
Major Professor
Elizabeth Shaunessy-Dedrick, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Howard Johnston, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Rich Young, Ed.D.
Committee Member
Donna Knudsen, Ed.D.
Committee Member
Cheryl R. Ellerbrock, Ph.D.
Keywords
prolonged exposure, eye movement, burnout, veteran, practioner
Abstract
In the past, patients diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) were treated with medications that masked their conditions or through the use of various mental health treatments like Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) with limited success. Each of these treatments, lasting weeks or months, are mentally exhausting for the patient, and, over time, contribute to burn-out for the practitioner as well. The purpose of the study was to compare mental health treatments from the practitioner’s point of view regarding burn out. Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is a new form of treatment, calling for a shorter treatment period and, with assistance of a therapist, provides patients’ greater control of their recovery. The procedure replaces negative images from patients’ experience to help the patient to recover. This study compared ART with other PTSD treatments by having practitioners answer a survey regarding burnout and treatment success. The finding of the study is that ART can be used as frontline mental health treatment for mental health with little to no burn out associated with the practitioner. The findings are important in that ART offers an alternative treatment that reduces practitioner burn out.
Scholar Commons Citation
Burns, Henry B. Jr., "Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART): A review of Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" (2022). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/10283
