The NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM™)

"Healing is not becoming the best version of yourself, healing is letting the worst version of yourself be loved." @kobecampell

The NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM™) addresses relational and attachment trauma, working with early, unconscious experiences of disconnection that profoundly impact our self-image, emotions, physiology, body, behavior, and relationships.

The model was developed by Laurence Heller and emphasizes five central resources: connection, needs, trust, autonomy, as well as love and sexuality. When these resources cannot develop due to trauma, individuals tend to create survival strategies to cope with these deficits.

How does NARM work?

NARM helps clients reconnect with aspects of themselves that have not fully developed. Clients are invited to perceive their inner processes from their adult awareness. This allows repressed or denied needs and feelings to be identified and reconnected with.

In an NARM session, emotions are not cathartically discharged. Instead, the capacity to hold these emotions is cultivated. Often unconscious feelings of shame and guilt can be acknowledged, understood, and eventually resolved. Emotional completion occurs when contact with the underlying needs can be re-established without fear.

Focus of NARM Work

The focus of NARM work is on healing relational, developmental, and attachment trauma. It employs a resource-oriented approach based on somatic (body-centered) mindfulness. The goal is to help clients restore their connection to themselves and their fundamental needs, facilitating emotional completion and deeper self-connection.