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NARM Coaching for Complex Trauma & CPTSD
You've done so much work. And you're still stuck.
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You understand yourself. You've read the books, done the therapy, built the self-awareness. And yet — the same patterns keep showing up. The people-pleasing. The self-criticism. The exhaustion. The feeling that no matter what you do, something essential is just out of reach.
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This isn't a failure of willpower or insight. It's the nervous system doing exactly what it learned to do.
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What is NARM?
NARM (NeuroAffective Relational Model) is a body-centered, relational approach to healing from C-PTSD, developmental trauma, and early childhood wounds.
Unlike approaches that repeatedly revisit past events, NARM works with what's happening right now — in your body, your emotions, and your relationships — to gently shift the survival patterns that formed early in life.
At the heart of NARM is a recognition that connection is both a deep human longing and something that can feel genuinely threatening when you've grown up with relational wounds. This work brings compassionate curiosity to the ways you may have learned to disconnect — from your body, your emotions, your needs, and your sense of self.
This isn't about fixing what's wrong with you.
"Real safety is your willingness not to run away from yourself."
— Pema Chödrön
It's about understanding what you adapted to — and creating space for new ways of responding to life.In our work together, we explore:
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How you learned to disconnect from your needs and emotions
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How self-criticism and self-blame developed as forms of self-protection
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How you navigate closeness, conflict, and vulnerability in relationships
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The tension between longing for connection and fearing it
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The patterns your body still carries from an earlier time
Why NARM — and not just talk therapy or somatic work alone?
Traditional talk approaches often address symptoms without reaching their root. Pure somatic work can over-focus on the body while missing the deeper relational and meaning-making layers that drive lasting change.NARM holds both. It honors the intelligence of the patterns stored in your body and works with the conscious, relational process of shifting them — so that change isn't just intellectual or physical, but integrated.
What is C-PTSD?
Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) develops from chronic, long-term relational and emotional trauma — particularly when it occurs during childhood in response to attachment failures or unstable environments.
Unlike single-incident PTSD, C-PTSD often includes:
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Interpersonal difficulties — struggles with relationships, trust, and intimacy
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Negative self-concept — persistent self-criticism, shame, and self-blame
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Emotional dysregulation — difficulty managing or making sense of your emotions
Many people living with C-PTSD carry multiple diagnoses and have struggled to find lasting relief through symptom-focused treatment. From a NARM perspective, when we work with the underlying patterns — rather than just the symptoms — behaviors and responses begin to shift naturally, as you develop more agency and choice in your own life.
This work is one part of a larger whole.NARM Coaching is one offering within Embodied Inner Work, alongside Somatic Coaching & Mindful Movement and Embodied Dreamwork. Some clients come for NARM alone; others weave multiple modalities together over time. We'll find the approach that fits you.