NARM™ Advanced Clinical Training 2026–2027

The training comprises 120 in-person hours, delivered over four five-day modules. It will be conducted in English with consecutive interpretation into Polish.

The in-person format supports deep relational experience and close connection with other participants, which is essential for embodying the NARM® approach in clinical practice.

The training combines theoretical learning and practical application, including lectures, small group work, experiential exercises, and supervision. Participants will also have opportunities to attend live demonstration sessions conducted by the lead trainer, allowing them to observe practical applications of the NARM® model.

Six-month breaks between modules provide time for integration and personal practice. Between modules, participants can join online peer learning groups, supervision sessions, and access demonstration materials.

Module 1

• Introduction to the NARM™ Model
• Working with shock and developmental trauma
• Integration of top-down and bottom-up approaches
• Core organizing principles of NARM™
• Overview of the five adaptive survival styles
• Distortions of life energy
• The stress and healing cycle
• Identity formation through pride and shame
• A new perspective on connection and loss
• The four pillars of NARM™
• Establishing the “therapeutic contract”
• Survival Style: Connection

Module 2

• Developmental process: attachment and separation–individuation
• Exploratory questions and somatic mindfulness
• Survival Style: Attunement
• Working with resources and dual awareness
• Reflecting positive psychobiological shifts
• Survival Style: Autonomy
• Working with anger, aggression, shame, and guilt

Module 3

• Survival Style: Trust
• Primary and secondary emotions
• Narcissistic and sadistic abuse
• Supporting client agency
• Survival Style: Love–Sexuality
• The psychobiological process of shame
• Polyvagal Theory and its application in NARM™
• NARM™ language, working with identifications and splitting

Module 4

• Building clinical hypotheses
• Working with intrapsychic conflict
• Self-hatred and self-rejection
• NARM™ and personality disorders
• Transference and countertransference in therapy
• Survival patterns in intimacy and sexuality
• Developing the capacity for pleasure
• Integrating NARM™ into clinical practice
• Identity from psychological and cultural perspectives

The international faculty consists of experts in trauma therapy with extensive clinical and teaching experience.

Lead Trainer:
Dr. Beate Leisse, MD – Psychiatrist and psychotherapist, certified EMDR™, SE™, and NARM™ Masterclass therapist. Since 2015, Dr. Leisse has actively led NARM™ trainings in Europe and has been a certified NARM™ Teacher since 2022.

Assistant Trainers:

• Dr. Aleksandra Chybicka-Myszka
• Dr. Marta Kochan-Wójcik
• Dr. Magdalena Stawicka
• Dr. Magdalena Czub
• Radosław Myszka

and the team of assistant trainees.

• Module 1: May 26–30, 2026
• Module 2: November 24–28, 2026
• Module 3: May 25–29, 2027
• Module 4: November 23–27, 2027

The NARM® (NeuroAffective Relational Model®) is a copyrighted training program developed by Dr. Laurence Heller and certified by the NARM Training Institute (USA).
Only graduates who complete the full program and meet certification standards are authorized to use the NARM® title professionally.

Certification Criteria:

• Attendance at all four in-person modules
• Completion of a minimum of 10 accredited individual sessions with a certified NARM® Practitioner
• Completion of a minimum of 10 accredited supervision hours (including at least 3 individual and 2 group hours with the lead trainer)
• Completion of 2 accredited individual supervision hours focused on reviewing a recorded NARM® session by the candidate

(All sessions and supervision hours are scheduled and paid for separately.)

Upon successful completion, graduates are eligible for listing in the International NARM® Therapist Directory.

Days 1–3

• 8:00–10:00 – Optional individual sessions / supervision
• 10:00–13:00 – Morning session
• 13:00–15:00 – Lunch break / optional supervision
• 15:00–18:30 – Afternoon session
• 18:30 – Optional individual sessions / supervision

Day 4

• As above + 19:00–21:00 group supervision with the trainer

Day 5

• 8:00–9:30 – Optional individual sessions / supervision
• 9:30–13:00 – Morning session + module closing

Quality Hotel Ostrava City
Hornopolní 3313/42, 702 00 Moravská Ostrava a Přívoz, Czech Republic.

The venue offers modern conference facilities and comfortable accommodation, providing an ideal environment for intensive study and professional exchange.
Ostrava’s proximity to the Polish border makes travel convenient, while its peaceful setting supports focused learning.

The training is recognized as a professional educational program exempt from VAT under regulations for vocational training.

The course registration fee (non-refundable) of €500 is payable within 14 days of the candidate being qualified for the training and guarantees a place in the training group.

Remaining payments:

• I installment: €500 – due March 31, 2026
• II installment: €1000 – due September 15, 2026
• III installment: €1000 – due March 31, 2027
• IV installment: €1000 – due September 15, 2027

The fees cover participation in all in-person training modules and coffee breaks. They do not include accommodation, meals, or certification requirements (individual sessions and supervision).

Rates for certification components:

• The cost of one hour of an accredited session or individual supervision (actual meeting time is 50 minutes): €85
• Group supervision: €40–€80 per participant depending on group size. Conversion rate of one accredited hour carried out as part of group supervision:
  

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  Actual Duration: 75 min (1,25 h)
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  Actual Duration: 1,5 h
  Fee per Person: € 70

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  Number of Participants: 4 persons
  Actual Duration: 1,5 h
  Fee per Person: € 65

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  Number of Participants: 5 persons
  Actual Duration: 2 h
  Fee per Person: € 60

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  Number of Participants: 6 persons
  Actual Duration: 2 h
  Fee per Person: € 55

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  Number of Participants: 7 persons
  Actual Duration: 2 h
  Fee per Person: € 50

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  Actual Duration: 2 h
  Fee per Person: € 45

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  Number of Participants: 9–12 persons
  Actual Duration: 3 h
  Fee per Person: € 40

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  Number of Participants: Group supervision with the lead trainer
  Actual Duration: 2 h
  Fee per Person: € 50

This training is a vocational education program under Polish and EU tax regulations, aimed at improving and developing professional qualifications.

It is intended for:

• Psychologists
• Psychotherapists
• Psychotraumatologists
• Psychiatrists
• Addiction therapists
• Participants of full psychotherapy training programs or other advanced therapeutic education

Prerequisite: Participation in a two-day online NARM INTRO course.

Introductory course dates:

• November 22–23, 2025 – more details
• February 14–15, 2026

Applications open in December 2025.
Candidates will be notified by email following review by the admissions committee. The registration is finalized upon payment of the registration fee and signing of the participation agreement. The registration fee is non-refundable.

Why choose in-person training instead of online learning?
Live, experiential education is essential for integrating the NARM® model, which emphasizes the therapist’s embodied presence and the capacity for relational attunement.

In-person participation enables:

• Direct experience of body awareness – key to trauma healing
• Practice of attunement and co-regulation in real-time interaction
• Strengthening nervous system regulation – the foundation of therapeutic relationships
• Learning through embodied personal experience

This approach supports the natural, coherent, and effective integration of NARM® into clinical practice.