The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma: Using the NeuroAffective Relational Model to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resolve Complex Trauma

13 reviews for The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma: Using the NeuroAffective Relational Model to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resolve Complex Trauma

1. LISA SANTA BARBARA

   Rated 5 out of 5

   August 25, 2023

   5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read- Informative

   NARM is a profound process of healing developmental trauma. It not only is a guide for how to apply the process but also for how to educate the client...More

   NARM is a profound process of healing developmental trauma. It not only is a guide for how to apply the process but also for how to educate the client on the understanding of how trauma has affected them. This model covers more than any other therapeutic model out there. And I believe this model is the one that can create sustainable change for the client.

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   Leslie Morris

   Rated 5 out of 5

   June 21, 2023

   5.0 out of 5 stars Still reading!

   So far it’s a great read. The NARM model has been so helpful to learn about

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   Caroline

   Rated 4 out of 5

   May 8, 2023

   Great read

   Well written.
   Thoughtful.
   Useful.

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   Marie

   Rated 5 out of 5

   December 20, 2022

   5.0 out of 5 stars Life Transforming!

   Thank you both, Larry and Brad, for this gift of a guide. It is one of the few books that has, with its practical aspects backed up by a deep philosop...More

   Thank you both, Larry and Brad, for this gift of a guide. It is one of the few books that has, with its practical aspects backed up by a deep philosophy of how to be in life, the potential to change the world. If more humans read it and take one learning away from it, we would be in a better place!

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   Ivan Skolnikoff

   Rated 5 out of 5

   August 26, 2022

   5.0 out of 5 stars This Book is Gift to the Field of Psychology

   The Practical Guide For Healing Developmental Trauma gave me a chance as a reader to look under the hood to get an in-depth look at how this approach ...More

   The Practical Guide For Healing Developmental Trauma gave me a chance as a reader to look under the hood to get an in-depth look at how this approach works. I love the many different reflective exercises throughout the chapters that support deepening the learning and taking in the conceptual information. There is a lot to absorb within this book. I also appreciate that the authors organized the book in the same way that they teach the model.

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   Pamela J. Kraus, LCPC, MBA

   Rated 5 out of 5

   August 26, 2022

   5.0 out of 5 stars A must have book for Psychotherapists, Self-Help Seekers, and many other professions as well!

   Versus those many, many books in my personal library, bought in my "self-help" seeking days, and in the years of amassing books to support my clinical...More

   Versus those many, many books in my personal library, bought in my "self-help" seeking days, and in the years of amassing books to support my clinical practice as a psychotherapist, this book stands at the top of the reading heap as it has meant the most to me, personally, and professionally. Reading it I felt seen, heard, and known, in a way I never had before. And it is supporting me, in supporting my clients in healing from their own developmental relational and complex trauma. The work is deeply powerful.
   
   I can say that this NARM book speaks so deeply to my own inner knowing, experiences, and implicit understanding (without the words or a framework for it) that I have carried and struggled with since the age of 8. It provides the framework, validation and an effective way-forward supporting my longtime passion for understanding and working to help heal developmental trauma. The book and the words on each page feel literally electric and vibrant and like water when you are thirsty. I feel a heartful connection to it. I don’t have the words for how deeply impacted I am with every word I read personally. Professionally, the book feels like the ‘holy grail” for supporting my clients healing from deep childhood and relational wounds.
   
   This book is a must have, whether your interest is in helping yourself to heal from your own childhood and family of origin trauma, or as a helping professional. The book also speaks to the significance of the NARM understanding and model for other types of professional, cultural and community healing.
   
   What an enormous and important impact NARM, now through this book, from Laurence Heller and Brad Kammer, is already having, and now will continue to have in so many more lives and places.
   
   Full of gratitude!

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   Dr. Martin Lemon

   Rated 5 out of 5

   August 25, 2022

   5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Addition to NARM Training resources!

   After 24 years in private practice, I began my NARM training journey. And what a richly rewarding journey it has been! The NARM model has helped me u...More

   After 24 years in private practice, I began my NARM training journey. And what a richly rewarding journey it has been! The NARM model has helped me understand and support my clients and myself in ways I could not have fathomed before. I am much more effective in my work whether with individuals, couples or groups. NARM allows me to support my clients in a very different kind of exploration of how they are relating to their own internal emotional worlds, and very often it has helped them open up life-changing new capacities. But let's be honest . . . NARM is a complex model that is challenging to learn. Fortunately, the NARM Training Institute offers abundant resources, several training levels, many videos of NARM sessions with helpful instruction and commentary, as well as supervision and peer collaborations. And now, a second book, "The Practical Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma." Whether you are seeking an introduction to NARM or you're wanting to deepen and strengthen your NARM skills and insights, this book will hit the mark. It's written in a way that's consistent with the first levels of NARM training in that it does not assume a prior level of knowledge or skill. It's both practical and full of helpful perspectives that can challenge and help shift basic assumptions of how we can engage our clients. You'll probably find yourself highlighting and re-reading many sections over and over. And, in my experience, my learning efforts have been rewarded very well. I've always felt like I've actually gotten as much or more from NARM training as I've invested in it, and that's what I've experienced with this book as well.

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   Deborah Mulgrew

   Rated 5 out of 5

   August 22, 2022

   5.0 out of 5 stars An Outstanding Addition to the Field of Healing Developmental Trauma

   "The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma" is exactly what it says: a down-to-earth resource for clinicians working in the trauma field a...More

   "The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma" is exactly what it says: a down-to-earth resource for clinicians working in the trauma field as well as anyone interested in learning what developmental trauma is and how to heal from these early wounds. I've read Dr. Heller's first book on "Healing Developmental Trauma" and am currently being trained as a NARM therapist; this book really solidifies what I've been learning. It is a refreshing and much needed approach to understanding the complexities of developmental trauma - whether in individuals we with work with or in ourselves. The book includes a concise summary of the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) along with reflective exercises that can be done alone or in partnership. Highly recommended as a resource which offers hope and support to those on their own personal journey of healing and growth!

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   Crystal

   Rated 5 out of 5

   August 19, 2022

   5.0 out of 5 stars The most valuable book for understanding and working with complex trauma.

   As a NARM trained therapist who’s been taught by both authors I can say that this book aligns with the title. It’s practical, applicable, and invaluab...More

   As a NARM trained therapist who’s been taught by both authors I can say that this book aligns with the title. It’s practical, applicable, and invaluable. NARM is a complex modality for good reason. However, the way the authors are able to synthesis NARM is so helpful and has deepened my learning even more. I often refer back to the book when wanting clarity or to understand something deeper and it seems that each time I pick it up I learn even more. I can’t say enough about how much NARM has impacted my life both personally and professionally and I find comfort in knowing that I have this book as an additional support in my life. I believe complex trauma is a public health crisis and the more people who learn about trauma and get support from NARM the more we can collectively heal. This book is one solution towards offering education, awareness, and healing for all who have endured complex trauma.

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   Laura Carr, MA

   Rated 5 out of 5

   August 17, 2022

   5.0 out of 5 stars An essential guide for working with complex, developmental and relational trauma

   This book is an excellent guide to learning about how NARM considers the clinician an essential vehicle for joining the client on their healing journe...More

   This book is an excellent guide to learning about how NARM considers the clinician an essential vehicle for joining the client on their healing journey. This practical guide clarifies how complex post-traumatic stress disorder produces adaptive survival strategies that can get in the way of what our clients want most for themselves. It has helped me to look at the client’s adaptations and not the trauma as a way to work with what comes up in the session moment-by-moment. It also offers the reader, who may not be a clinician, valuable information about how the adaptations may present in their lives. The book is sprinkled with experiential exercises as an additional bonus to invite a more embodied understanding of this depth-oriented model. The most helpful chapter consists of annotated transcripts of actual NARM sessions and how it is applied in a clinical setting. This practical guide communicates the necessity for relating to our clients through heartfulness which sets NARM apart from other modalities.

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   Gillian

   Rated 5 out of 5

   August 4, 2022

   5.0 out of 5 stars Heartful approach to working with developmental trauma

   This is the 2nd and newest book on the NARM approach and I highly recommend ordering it! As a licensed counselor who has been trained in several diffe...More

   This is the 2nd and newest book on the NARM approach and I highly recommend ordering it! As a licensed counselor who has been trained in several different trauma approaches, I am excited to see that this book is currently #1 because I truly believe this approach is life changing work- that helps my clients, and is also changing my life.
   
   Now more than ever- we need more empathy, heartfulness, love and connection in our world- and this book definitely helps readers connect to- and share more of that!! 💞

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   Stefanie Klein, LCSW

   Rated 5 out of 5

   August 4, 2022

   5.0 out of 5 stars Deeply informative and easy to read and digest.

   Brad Kammer and Dr. Laurence Heller opened a vault full of resources, information and heart in this new book about NARM. A must read for mental health...More

   Brad Kammer and Dr. Laurence Heller opened a vault full of resources, information and heart in this new book about NARM. A must read for mental health professionals as well as any helping professionals working with developmental and complex trauma. This guide is also very informative for anyone seeking to understand the impact of their own adverse childhood experiences on their current life. I read Healing Developmental Trauma in 2012 and it fundamentally changed the way I approach my work as a psychotherapist as well as the way I experience myself in the world. This 2nd book on NARM gets into the nuts and bolts of the model. I love the exercises that can be used for personal growth or can be used with your clients. The transcripts of actual sessions really bring the model to life in a way that feels more experiential. Great book. Great contribution to the field of Trauma!

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   Kristen Donigan

   Rated 5 out of 5

   July 26, 2022

   5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring and Instructive

   The authors successfully articulate a powerfully transformative model, both beautifully humane and clinically sophisticated. NARM is not just an effec...More

   The authors successfully articulate a powerfully transformative model, both beautifully humane and clinically sophisticated. NARM is not just an effective form of therapy, it’s a way of being - relating, growing and healing. Heller and Kammer embody the NARM philosophy and their words transmit ease, confidence and humility. The reader is held in respect and compassion, invited to be at once client and therapist, acknowledging we all have the capacity for greater wholeness. NARM illuminates how, on the part of both clients and therapists, even subtle or well-intended adaptations to trauma can get in the way of meaningful change. This discernment holds promise to resolve the perpetuation of trauma throughout our lives, but especially in therapeutic relationships.
   
   As a NARM practitioner, visual learner and lover of language, this book satisfied a desire to have a detailed and thorough reference I can return to as I continue to relate to the model in ever deepening ways. My gratitude to Heller and Kammer for this careful articulation of their work. I eagerly await the next book(s) that will take us even deeper into the spiritual underpinnings of NARM.

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