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NeuroAffective
Relational Model ®

NARM® stands for NeuroAffective Relational Model® which is an approach to working with complex developmental trauma. Basically trauma that is not what you would call ‘shock’ trauma, but rather trauma that comes from experiences that you did not have the resources or support to manage at some point in your life. A narcissistic parent, a repeated school experience where maybe you didn’t have support for undiagnosed learning differences, or being bullied as a child are some of the examples of developmental trauma. 

When needs go unmet you develop unconscious strategies to help you psychologically and physiologically navigate difficult situations. These strategies often serve their purpose until they don’t. 

To understand this better, imagine that you are in a stormy sea and you are just trying to keep your boat from capsizing. You are keeping constant watch for waves, exerting a lot of energy to maneuver the boat, and perhaps collapsing when you can no longer stay awake. Now imagine that you are exerting the same amount of force and effort but the water around you is totally calm. You might wonder ‘why am I working so hard to just be okay?’ or ‘why can’t I stop always scanning my world to make sure everything is relatively safe?’. This example speaks to what I see a lot of in my office, people who work very  hard to feel okay and often feel like they are not okay, whatever that means to you. 

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Embodiment

You know something feels off in your body, but you can’t quite name it. Maybe you feel disconnected, numb, or like you’re living from the neck up. I help women reconnect to their bodies not as problems to fix, but as sources of wisdom and agency. Through somatic awareness and gentle attention to what your body is telling you, we create space for you to land more fully in yourself—to feel the exhale, the settling, the coming home.

Somatic Experiencing

Overwhelm

You look fine on the outside. You’re managing, achieving, showing up—but inside, you’re barely holding it together. Your mind replays conversations at 3am, your body stays braced for the next thing, and rest feels impossible. This is functional freeze: appearing high-functioning while stuck in nervous system overwhelm. I help you move from survival mode to actually living, from paralysis to flow, so you can finally catch your breath and find solid ground beneath you.

Embodiment

You know something feels off in your body, but you can’t quite name it. Maybe you feel disconnected, numb, or like you’re living from the neck up. I help women reconnect to their bodies not as problems to fix, but as sources of wisdom and agency. Through somatic awareness and gentle attention to what your body is telling you, we create space for you to land more fully in yourself—to feel the exhale, the settling, the coming home.

Authenticity

You sense you’re not being yourself, but you have no idea what “yourself” even means anymore. You say yes when you mean no. You focus on everyone else’s needs while yours fade into background noise. The guilt of prioritizing yourself feels suffocating. I help you excavate who you actually are beneath the people-pleasing and performance. Together, we build the capacity to know what you want, trust your inner voice, and express yourself without apology—so you can finally stop performing and start living as you.