Topic Overview

NARM’s unique organic approach to developmental trauma includes that the order of content may be subject to change.

Module 3 includes:

• NARM-Model for Working with Affect
• Primary vs Default Emotions
• Emotional Completion
• The Psychobiological Process of Shame (“Shame as a Verb”, “Shame as a Process not a State”)
• Working with Anger/Aggression & Sadness/Grief
• Working with Shame, Guilt & Self-Hatred
• Countertransference Dynamics in NARM
• Unmanaged Empathy and Therapist Efforting
• Narcissism and Objectification of Self
• Narcissistic vs Sadistic Abuse
• Love-Sexuality Survival Style
• NARM Personality Spectrum

Module 4 includes:

• Deepening Study into the Connection Survival Style Issues, Symptoms and Related Disorders

• The Interplay of the Survival Styles: Primary and Secondary Patterns
• Revisiting the Dynamics of Attachment, Separation-Individuation, Attachment Loss and the Core Dilemma

• Relationships, Couples, Intimacy and Sexuality
• Working with Identity
• Transgenerational Trauma
• Disidentification Process
• Freedom from Identity
• Post-Traumatic Growth
• Addressing Identity from both a Psychological, Non-Western and Spiritual Perspective
• Integrating NARM Effectively into Our Clinical Practice

Target Group and Prerequisites for Participation

Professional background of participants: completion of a psychotherapy or somatic psychotherapy education and at least 2 years of clinical experience as a practitioner working with patients/clients on a regular basis.

Certification

A certificate of completion is issued upon completion of all requirements for the NARM Therapist Training (prerequisite: full attendance plus 10 supervisions, 1 recorded session with a client and 10 individual sessions with NARM accredited therapists).

Accreditation

Language

Teachings are in English. Practicing-groups, individual sessions and supervisions can also be in Dutch.

Dates & Times

Module 1 

November 18 – 22, 2026

Module 2 

April 14 – 18, 2027

Module 3 

September 8 – 12, 2027

Module 4 

February 16 – 20, 2028

Day 1-4: 10:00 – 13:00 and 15:00 – 18:00
Day 5: 10:00 – 13:00 and 14:30 – 17:00

Costs

4350,-€

Day arrangment for planar room, lunch, coffee/tea: 235,- €  per module

Dining & overnight stay incl. day arrangement: 550,- € 

*Costs are based on former years and can change

Location

Fletcher Erica Berg en Dal, Molenbosweg 17 6571 BA Berg en Dal

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