Level 2 NARM Therapist Training

Healing Developmental Trauma (NeuroAffective Relational Model®, NARM®)

NARM® is a comprehensive psychodynamic and somatic approach to treating the consequences of developmental and relational trauma. NARM® draws on psychodynamic models such as object relations theory; attachment theory, as well as on interpersonal neurobiology and somatic mindfulness. It offers a process-oriented approach to working in the here and now.

NARM® works relationally in the present moment, offering a new approach that is resource-oriented, non-regressive, non-cathartic and non-pathologising. Drawing on interpersonal neurobiology, It works with early, unconscious patterns of disconnection that profoundly affect our identity, emotions, physiology, behaviour and relationships. Learning how to work with these different elements simultaneously, is a radical shift that has profound clinical implications for healing developmental trauma and supporting personal and relational growth.

The main focuses of the training are:

  • different skills required for working with developmental trauma;
  • addressing the complex interplay between nervous system dysregulation and identity distortions such as toxic shame and guilt, low self-esteem, chronic self-judgement and other psychobiological symptoms;
  • working with affects and emotions, aiming to support psychobiological completion;
  • working with early adaptive survival styles that have helped clients survive difficult circumstances but distort their current life experience, moment to moment;
  • supporting clients in a process of disengagement from identity distortions.

More information about NARM®:

NARM article by Tobias Konermann

NARM® Practitioner Training Introductory Calls:


Detailed training program

The NARM ™ Practitioner Training Program Curricullum: A Practitioner Training for Healing Developmental Trauma
Topic OverviewTopics and schedule subject to change by instructor.

Module 1 includes:

  • NARM Organizing Principles
  • NARM Theoretical Orientation
  • Differentiating Interventions for working with Shock vs. Developmental Trauma
  • Working Top-Down and Bottom-Up
  • Tracking Connection & Disconnection
  • Developmental Process: Attachment & Separation-Individuation
  • Reframing Attachment and Attachment Loss
  • The Distortion of the Life Force Model
  • Distress and Healing Cycles
  • 5 Adaptive Survival Styles
  • Connection Survival Style
  • Attunement Survival Style
  • NARM 4 Pillars: Clinical Model
  • NARM Pillar 1: Establishing a Therapeutic "Contract"
  • NARM Pillar 2: Asking Exploratory Questions
  • Deconstruction of Experience (in the function of Disidentification)
  • "Drilling Down": A Process of Challenging Assumptions & Clarifying Experience

Module 2 includes:

  • The NARM Relational Model
  • Working Hypothesis
  • Identifying Core Dilemma: Core Themes vs Survival Strategies (Behaviors, symptoms, etc.)
  • Trust Survival Style
  • Autonomy Survival Style
  • Love-Sexuality Survival Style
  • NARM Pillar 3: Supporting Agency (Agency as the Foundation for the Development of Adult Self)
  • NARM Pillar 4: Reflecting Positive Shifts
  • NARM Languaging

Module 3 includes:​

  • NARM Model for Working with Affect
  • Primary vs Default Emotions
  • Emotional Completion
  • The Psychobiological Process of Shame ("Shame as a Verb not a Noun"; "Shame as a Process not a State")
  • Shame, Guilt & Self-Hatred
  • Working with Anger & Aggression
  • Countertransference in NARM
  • Unmanaged Empathy and Therapist Efforting
  • Narcissism and Objectification of Self
  • Narcissistic vs Sadistic Abuse
  • 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
  • Survival Styles & the Polyvagal Theory
  • NARM & the Body
  • Working with Identity
  • Transgenerational Trauma
  • Disidentification Process
  • "Cutting the Cord": Freedom from Identity
  • Post-Traumatic Growth
  • Resiliency: Supporting the Capacity to Tolerate Increasing Complexity
  • Integrating NARM Effectively Into Our Clinical Practice

Practicioner training Agreement 

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Application form

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Bank information for the transfer

BAN: SI56 0400 0027 8698 110
SWIFT BIC:
KBMASI2X
Beneficiary:
Karima Valentina Hočevar s.p.

NOTE: When making the bank transfer, please be sure to include YOUR NAME and NARM26 in the document. After completing the transfer, kindly send the confirmation to karima@mudita-institute.com via email.

Teaching Team

Karima Valentina Hočevar

Karima Valentina Hočevar

Organizer and Lead Assistant Teacher

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I am the founder of Mudita Institute and a trauma-informed therapist and teacher working with Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) and the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM).

Since 2011, I have been teaching BCST seminars in Slovenia and internationally, and since 2015 I have been part of the teaching team for NARM trainings across Europe, where I also offer supervision.

My work is guided by a deep interest in presence, relational attunement and the natural movement towards integration and wholeness.

I am touched by how healing unfolds when we are met with openness, sensitivity and care.

From this exploration, I am developing Resonant Touch, a process-oriented approach integrating principles of BCST and NARM.

My role in the training: Organizer and Lead Assistant Teacher

Languages: Slovenian, English

Tarima

Tarima

Assistant Teacher

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I am working as a psychotherapist in Berlin.

My work is deeply rooted in Gestalt and different somatic approaches.

I met Laurence Heller 2013 and I have been actively training practitioners in NARM®️ as well as part of the training team in Europe since 2015.

I offer single sessions and supervisions during the training.

What is driving my work is the curiosity in human beings, what we all have in common and what makes as unique.

And the combination of both as a expression of deeply anchored humanity.

My role in the training: Assistant Teacher

Languages: English and German

Kristina Werth

Kristina Werth

Assistant Teacher

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I am a clinical psychologist working in private practice in Bad Belzig and Berlin, Germany.

Over many years of developing and working in psychosocial centres for traumatised migrants and refugees across Germany, I have gained a deep understanding of trauma and its complex manifestations.

I studied psychology at the University of Hamburg, where I discovered my deep resonance and alignment with the humanistic approach.

I have trained in Gestalt therapy and am a trainer in Nonviolent Communication (NVC).

Through my professional path, I came to the Neuro-Affective Relational Model (NARM), which continues to inform and deepen my work.

I currently assist in NARM trainings, supporting the integration of developmental trauma work in therapeutic and counselling contexts.

I look forward to learning together and deepening this work in a shared space.

My role in the training: Assiatant Teacher

Languages: German and English.

Magdalena Stawicka

Magdalena Stawicka

Assistant Teacher

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I am a psychologist (PhD in clinical psychology) and a psychotherapist with more than 20 years of clinical experience in private practice (working with adults).

I am trained in psychodynamic and systemic approaches, Parent-Infant Psychotherapy, EMDR, SE.

For many years I was working at University in Poznań (Poland), Psychology Department and I am still involved in teaching there.

Additionally I teach and supervise specialists in private and public agencies.

I am NARM (and NARM Masterclass and NARM Touch) certified practitioner, currently also in a NARM Fellow Program.

I am assisting NARM trainings in Poland and internationally.

Since I got to know NARM I am in full admiration of that approach, which became my main path in clinical work.

I can offer individual sessions and supervisions.

My role in the training: Assistant Teacher

Languages: English and Polish

Simon Courtney

Simon Courtney

Assistant Teacher

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I am an Irish trauma-informed psychotherapist and group facilitator offering relational, attuned support to individuals and groups navigating change, healing, and growth.

My work is informed by the principles of NARM and explores the intersection of personal and collective trauma, with careful attention to the body, the nervous system, and the impact of history and culture on lived experience.

My role in this training is to support the deepening and integration of the teaching.

My role: Assistant Teacher

Languages: English

Estherina De. Stefano

Estherina De. Stefano

Trainee Assistant

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I studied clinical psychology and psychotherapy at the university of Zurich (Master of Science 2007).

I am a mother of two kids (2010/2012).

I work as a caregiver for people with intellectual disabilities and in one-on-one settings in my own practice as a psychologist and parent coach.

I completed my NARM Practitioner Training in Zurich in 2022/2023, where I first met Tobias in his role as assistant. When I heard about his own offer, “Principles of Process Facilitation”, I became interested in this approach to deepening my understanding of NARM.

In Ljubljana, I will be supporting Karima in the local organization and will be learning in the role of a trainee assistant.

I speak swiss german (native), german (fluently) english (quite fluently), italian and french (basics).

Dr. Jelena Zwingmann

Dr. Jelena Zwingmann

Trainee Assistant

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My deepest interest in life lies in fostering human compassion, embodiment and healing.

Professionally, I am a licensed psychotherapist with a psychodynamic background. After several years in research in the human sciences, I have been running my own psychotherapy practice for the past ten years, now based south of Berlin.

With growing enthusiasm, I am a NARM Master Practitioner, currently in the Intermediate training of Somatic Experiencing, and trained in group psychotherapy. I am particularly interested in integrating NARM and Somatic Experiencing into group psychotherapy and am actively exploring ways of bringing these approaches together. In the upcoming NARM training in Slovenia, I will be joining the NARM training team for the first time as a trainee assistant.

In my private life, I am the mother of a wonderful six-year-old son. I spend much of my time with family and friends, in my garden or in nature, and enjoy singing and dancing. I am also a long-term senior student of Thomas Hübl and maintain a dedicated meditation and mantra practice.

Languages

English, German, Spanish

Nik Schreiner

Nik Schreiner

Trainee Assistant & Tech / Documentation Lead

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I mainly work as a NARM™️-Therapist working with Individuals and I am starting to work with couples. I have been completing the training in 2025 and I am happy to deepen my learning and support deeping the learning of our group.

I also run men’s retreats, run a podcast and am a speaker around Men’s Work.

In the upcoming training I will be supporting as a trainee assistant and tech & documentation lead.

I speak German and English

Max Junginger

Max Junginger

Trainee Assistant

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I am an M.Sc. psychologist with a lifelong curiosity about the inner worlds of human experience. I am deeply moved by the beauty, truth, and goodness in life, which continues to guide both my personal and professional path.

I completed my NARM training from 2020 to 2022, and since then have been supervised by Tobias, including assisting in one of his trainings. I am also a student of Thomas Hübl.

I especially enjoy working with groups and intentional communities, supporting processes that foster authentic and attuned ways of being and working together. Alongside my professional journey, I have been on a healing path with a chronic condition, and I am grateful to take another step toward greater aliveness through this training.

My role: Trainee Assistant

Languages: German and English

Course schedule

  • 1st module:

    July 15-19 2026

  • 2nd module:

    December 2-6 2026

  • 3rd module:

    June 9-13 2027

  • 4th module:

    November 24-28 2027

Venue

City Hotel Ljubljana, Dalmatinova 15, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Teacher

  • Tobias Konermann

    Tobias Konermann

Prerequisites for participation:

Participation requires a professional background in the field of psychosocial health (psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, counsellors, social workers, occupational therapists, etc.) and a training in a psychotherapeutic modality with at least 2 years practical/clinical experience of regular contact with clients/patients. Graduate trainees and interns working toward licensure are welcome to apply. This clinical training is not appropriate for those solely seeking a personal growth experience.

Language

English only

Teacher

Tobias Konermann

Tobias Konermann

Tobias Konermann is a clinical psychologist and certified psychotherapist in private practice in Berlin, Germany. He is a certified teacher of the Neuro-Affective Relational Model (NARM) and has assisted Laurence Heller and other teachers with various trainings and masterclasses across Europe over the past 10 years. He has received extensive clinical training in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and EMDR, as well as additional training in Gestalt and process-oriented approaches. He teaches at several psychotherapy and counselling training institutes (DGVT, HAP and IMU) in Germany, specialising in the treatment of developmental trauma.

Course schedule

The training was postponed. New dates will be announced.

  • 1st module

    July 15-19 2026

  • 2nd module

    December 2-6 2026

  • 3rd module

    June 9-13 2027

  • 4th module

    November 24-28 2027

Each module begins at 10 a.m. on the first day. Please come at 8.30 a.m. at the latest, because of the registration.

Venue

City Hotel Ljubljana

Dalmatinova 15, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Price

  • Registration fee*

    500 € Payable one month before the first module.

  • 1st to 4th instalment

    2x 1.240 € + 1x 1.245 € Payable no later than 10 days before the first day of classes of the respective module.

  • entire training

    4.225 € The price includes the registration fee and covers payment for four modules, which can be paid in 4 instalments.

* The registration fee is a non-refundable initial fee that covers the costs of recruiting participants and at the same time constitutes a commitment that the place reserved by the participant will be used by the participant. Please also note that there are additional costs in form of individual sessions and supervisions.

Register

Fill out the form and receive all the instructions and documentation required for registration to your email address.

Terms and payment of application

Based on the online application we will send you a mandatory application which you should print out, sign, and send back to us at Mudita Institute email: karima@mudita-institute.com.

To confirm your application for a Healing Developmental Trauma (NeuroAffective Relational Model®, NARM®) training, you pay an application fee of €500. This reserves you a spot in the group and confirms your presence for all education modules. 

Before each module, you should pay the price of the module. The price of the entire training is €4.225. You can pay in instalments. If you pay at once, you receive a 5% discount for a total price of €4.013,75.