Basic Overview of NARM - 2017-2018 Trainings

An Overv
NeuroAffecti

Model (NAR
Practitione

view of the
ive Relational
RM) & NARM
er Trainings

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I joined the NARM Practitioner Train
colleagues who were in the NARM clas
did. NARM is the missing piece I need

from the aftereffects o
An elegant, yet flexible framework,
embodied adult consciousness in the p
explore and resolve the core developm

profoundly stuck, for years and ev
engaged, curious and willing to take

healing and w
NARM has also helped me heal my ow

so I can provide a more skillful and
clients as they work throug

(Barbara Stafford, Sa

ning after hearing rave reviews from
ss ahead of me. I am hugely grateful I
ded to help clients liberate themselves
of childhood trauma.
, NARM lets us meet clients in their
present moment and help them gently
mental dilemmas that have kept them
ven decades. My clients are more
steps needed to facilitate their own
well-being.
wn childhood trauma at a deeper level
compassionate secure base for my

ugh very difficult material.

anta Rosa, California)

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Connection: Our Deepest
The spontaneous movem

connection, healt
No matter how withdrawn and

the deepest level, just as a
toward sunlight, there is in e

connection a

(Heller &

t Longing & Greatest Fear
ment in all of us is toward
th, and aliveness.
d isolated we have become, on
plant spontaneously moves
each of us an impulse toward
and healing.

& LaPierre)

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Working with “C

Complex” Trauma

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2 Themes of N

1. Psychobiological understa
shaped via complex traum

§Exploring clinically from a d
somatically-oriented, syste
psychobiological adaptatio
survive early attachment &
• Attachment Cycle: Attach
& the Threat of Attachme
• NARM Distress Cycle
• Distortions of the Life For
• Adaptive (Developmental
Connection, Attunement,
• NARM Personality Spectr

NARM Training

anding of how the Self gets
ma
developmentally-informed,
emic perspective the
ons individuals had to adapt to
& developmental trauma
hment, Separation-Individuation
ent Loss

rce

l) Survival Styles:
, Trust, Autonomy, Love-Sexuality
rum Model

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2 Themes of N

2. Clinical approach: the Neu
§Supporting freedom from h

identifications (survival styl
regulation (self-regulation),
connection, intimacy, agenc
• Differentiating Shock from
• Bottom-Up (e.g., Somatic M

(e.g., Deconstruction of Ex
• NARM Healing Cycle
• NARM 4 Pillars
• NARM Relational Model
• NARM Model of Working w

NARM Training

uroAffective Relational Model
historical patterns and
les), greater physiological
, and increasing capacity for more
cy, resilience, health and aliveness
m Developmental Trauma
Mindfulness) and Top-Down
xperience) Processing

with Affect

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Structure o

Didactic & Experiential (L

§Didactic
§ Lecture
§ Q&A
§ Full Class Discussion
§ Video Session Deconstruction
§ Live Session Demonstrations
§ Small Discussion Pods
§ Clinical Case Consultation

of Training

Left & Right-Brain) Learning

§Experiential
§ Somatic Exercises
§ Embodied Self-Inquiry
Exercises

n §Role Plays
§ Skill Building
§ Active Coaching with Teacher
§ Active Coaching with Training
Assistant

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Highlights of Tr

§MODULE 1

§ NARM Organizing Principles
§ Basic Clinical Skills: NARM 4 Pillars
§ Pillar 1: Clarifying Therapeutic Contract
§ Connection Survival Style
§ NARM Relational Model
§ Attunement Survival Style

§MODULE 2

§ Pillar 2: Asking Exploratory Questions
§ Trust Survival Style
§ Pillar 3: Reinforcing Agency
§ Autonomy Survival Style
§ Pillar 4: Reflecting Positive Shifts
§ Love-Sexuality Survival Style

raining Modules

§MODULE 3

§ NARM Clinical Map: Expanding the 4 Pillars
with other NARM Interventions

t § Countertransference in NARM
§ Interplay of Survival Styles
§ NARM Model of Working with Affect
§ Survival Style Issues & the Polyvagal Theory
§ Addressing Couples & Family Systems
§ Survival Styles, Intimacy & Sexuality

§MODULE 4

§ NARM Personality Spectrum
§ Identifying and Working With Survival

Styles Through the Body & Posture
§ “Cutting the Cord”: Freedom from Identity
§ Solidifying NARM into Clinical Practice

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ü 4 or 6 Live Modules (depen
ü 4 Webinars with Dr. Lauren
ü Highly Individualized Traini
ü Online and Live NARM Con
ü Online and Live NARM Ses
ü Study-Practice Groups
ü Access to NARM Demo Vid
ü 138 CEU Hours for NARM P
ü Other Learning Opportunit

• Master’s Training Level
• NARM Session Intensiv
• Online Learning Course

nding on location)
nce Heller & Brad Kammer
ing (via NARM Training Team)
nsult Groups
ssions & Consultations

deo Library & Transcripts 11
Practitioner Certificate
ties (Optional):
ls with Dr. Heller
ves
es

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Attending the NARM Practition
personal and professional dec

opinion NARM provides the
practitioner's toolbox, enabling
navigating the complexities of de
the cognitive and the somatic a

client as a whole, ful
I find myself enjoying my work in p

I witness my clients come alive
patterns which recede into the p

presence and agency

(Suzie Gruber, Seb

ner Training was one of the best
cisions I have ever made. In my
missing piece for the trauma
g us to skillfully support people in
evelopmental trauma by marrying
and thereby acknowledging each
lly empowered adult.
private practice more than ever as
e while they deconstruct lifelong
past and experience a new level of
y in the here and now.

bastopol, California)

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Trainings Beginning

• Columbus, Ohio: Oh
• Chicago, Illinois: Chi
• Durham, NC: NorthCa
• Austin, Texas: AustinN
• Maui, Hawaii: Hawai

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