Holly Lamb, LCSW
ART saved our marriage!
"Hello! I wanted to write you a thank-you note and give you a life update. The holiday season has always been hard for my husband, M. I was starting to dread the holidays because I know how hard it was for M in the past, he had some dark days. I felt hopeless and I had no idea how to help him. I was scared that my husband would always be sad at Christmas time.
This year has been completely different! Since seeing you to work through his childhood, M has found peace and excitement during this Christmas Season! He wakes up happy and goes to bed happy. He doesn't stay up all night with anxious thoughts anymore. He sleeps through the night. Our marriage is amazing! I can see a real smile on his face. Even though I never saw you for therapy, I feel like you helped me too. Thank you for saving our marriage!"
- A. M.
"ART really has no equal."
"ART really has no equal. I have been in and out of hospitals and have had years’ worth of therapy just to survive my life. Talking through my issues in therapy has helped in some ways, but I wasn’t ever getting to the root of many of my struggles, which was trauma. Even when I was brave enough to talk about my trauma in therapy, it still lived in my body, and affected me in ways I didn’t realize until I started to let it go. Just a few sessions of ART have been more effective than all of my previous treatment combined. It sounds sensational to say it like that, but it’s amazing how quick and effective it is. My PTSD and trauma responses are nowhere near what they used to be, and the quality of my life and my kids’ lives has dramatically increased. I’m immensely grateful for this simple yet profound tool I stumbled upon. I wish more people knew about it!"
- S.W.
"I'm finally getting my life back!"
"I was diagnosed with PTSD after I found out about my husband's sexual addiction and that I had been lied to for 30 years. I started seeking treatment to help me manage my uncontrollable feelings and anger that I had was struggling with (I later found out it was because of my PTSD). Holly helped me process my traumas with Accelerated Resolution Therapy, ART. I was very hesitant at first and especially didn’t want to do any work with my childhood sexual abuse, but thank heavens she encouraged me to start there. Even though it was hard work, I decided to not hold back and be 100% honest with myself and like Holly said, 'Trust the process'. After doing each session of ART I started feeling less anxious, less depressed and I noticed my suicidal thoughts weren’t there anymore!
"As long as I can remember I have felt very anxious and triggered when being watched or when around large groups of people. One night, after a few sessions with Holly, I sang karaoke with some friends and family and it didn’t bother me to get up and sing! When I got home I realized that I didn’t get triggered at all which had never before happened. I was actually excited. It was at that point that I realized that ART was really helping me. It has made me feel like I am finally getting my life back. I am so grateful for Holly for all the trauma she has helped me to get through."
- A.P.
"It healed me."
"I have gone through the ART therapy with Holly Lamb and I highly recommend it. When I first came in and talked to Holly I was devastated over a recent divorce and thought I would never be happy or confidant again. I was afraid of making decisions because of the poor decision I had made in picking a second abusive spouse. I felt hopeless and confused and devastated.
Holly and I went through traumatic situations I had gone through from childhood and two abusive marriages. I systematically confronted, visualized, and worked through all my abusive incidents using the ART therapy week after week and felt my strength, confidence, and happiness come back. By the time I was finished I felt I had navigated through and healed from all of the trauma I had encountered throughout my life. I really cannot fully explain how or why but it has changed my life and my outlook on my future.
Holly was insightful and accomplished with the ART therapy and I cannot recommend her enough. I have already given her name to two friends looking for help. I cannot explain how ART works but I feel it has enhanced and healed me. I would recommend it to anyone needing help with trauma in their life."
- T.W.
"I feel safe, for the first time in my life."
"I was at a complete breaking point when I found ART, or it found me. I wasn't sure how ART would work and went into it with a very open mind, ready to follow Holly's lead. Dx with PTSD after a childhood of trauma, abuse and instability, ART opened my mind in a completely new way. I was able to view my traumatic scenes from beginning to end, changing things along the way. I was able to go back and rescue my younger self, who had been stuck in that basement with her abuser for 30 years.
Your mind is so powerful! Rapid eye movements and prompts from Holly sparked images that brought real feelings of resolve. ART helps one organize, label and manage the intense feelings of trauma, pain and guilt. Pathways appear during sessions, and within an hour you've done the work to feel safe and strong, maybe for the first time in your life."
- A.C.
"ART treated the root of my problems, rather than the symptoms."
"I began ART in January, 2021 after my (second) wife confessed an affair she had been having for the past year. I was devastated. My first wife had carried on affairs for most of our 7 years together. This time hurt worse for some reason.
"I have done talk therapy on and off over the years, both individual and marriage counseling with mixed results. Yet none of the skills or tools I had learned worked this time. Nothing helped me feel any relief for more than a few minutes. I found a clinic to handle betrayal trauma and was a little skeptical, but was willing to try anything (to help). The first session with Holly was just laying some foundation and going over background information. She suggested (exploring) my childhood (for trauma). My skepticism increased a little because I felt I had a great childhood. But, I was willing to trust Holly and the process.
"The first session of doing the ART and processing my childhood I was blown away. Events, emotions, situations, that I hadn’t thought much about were processed and I began to see the root of so many of my relationship issues; personal relationships, professional relationships, familial relationships, and most importantly, my relationship with self. I left the first session feeling lighter, yet still understanding I had much more to process. That was a little scary. I was still waiting to see if the results would last longer than I had experienced from traditional therapy.
"Over the next several weeks as I processed the major events of my life I began to feel real peace and happiness for the first time in years. I began to love myself enough to believe I deserved happiness. I am grateful to have found ART and a therapist that is committed to the practice and to helping people heal. I would recommend anyone that is considering it to do it. ART has helped me identify and heal the most impactful moments of my life and treated the root of my issues rather than the symptoms. Thank you Holly. I’m forever grateful for your care and devotion to healing."
- G.W.
"I feel like a completely different person!"
"I started seeing my therapist, Holly, during the summer of 2020 when my world was becoming very heavy from past trauma I had experienced. Holly has been very kind and compassionate during every one of our sessions and I have left feeling safe and “heard”. Holly has used her skills with Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) with me during several sessions to help resolve and heal my trauma from sexual betrayal and abuse from a former spouse. She has also used ART to help me move through heavy emotions from childhood traumas and a more recent financial betrayal. Holly also helped me process trauma from a car accident that I was in and another that I witnessed.
"The skills and the ability to hold a “safe space” for me that Holly has, has changed my life over the past two years . I began hearing my friends and family notice the changes in the way I would handle stress. I feel like a completely different person! I no longer have the anger and jealousy that I had for years, I am able to think more clearly and many of my relationships have changed for the better!" - T.C.