TherapIes I AM Trained In:
NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM)
The NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) is an advanced therapy for individuals with complex or developmental trauma. Unlike traditional trauma treatments, NARM focuses on how survival strategies developed in response to trauma affect the present, without requiring clients to relive past experiences. Using mindful awareness and self-inquiry, NARM helps clients explore how attachment patterns and adaptive behaviors contribute to feeling stuck, promoting healing in the present moment.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) combines standard cognitive-behavioral techniques for emotion regulation with concepts of distress tolerance, acceptance, and mindful awareness. DBT is not only a skill-based treatment but also a philosophy that helps individuals avoid getting stuck in extremes or black-and-white thinking. Dialectics examine opposing forces and the tension between them, teaching individuals to hold both perspectives simultaneously. DBT is a behavioral therapy designed to help people with disruptive behaviors become more regulated by acquiring skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal skills.