NARM Inner Circle
Membership Overview
Discover the forefront of trauma-informed treatment with NARM, a dynamic approach reshaping how we address developmental and Complex Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and their lasting impacts on people and communities. Developed by Dr. Laurence Heller, NARM empowers therapists and other helping professionals to delve into the complexities of complex trauma’s effects on self-regulation, self-image, relationships, and more.
Who Should Join the Inner Circle?
The NARM® Inner Circle Membership is an online program open to all, with a focus on mental health and other helping professionals. Whether you’re a current NARM student, a seasoned practitioner, or completely new to NARM, the Inner Circle was designed to enhance your understanding of NARM and complex trauma, and foster your connections within the growing NARM community worldwide.
Stay updated with the latest teachings, connect with fellow practitioners, learn from the most advanced NARM providers, and deepen your work with NARM’s innovative approach through joining the NARM Inner Circle today!
Inner Circle Benefits
Demos are NARM demonstration sessions led by experienced NARM trainers, including NARM Founder, Dr. Laurence Heller and other senior NARM professionals.
The demos are structured like a NARM therapy session. Individuals volunteer to serve as a client, while senior NARM practitioners lead NARM demonstration sessions in accordance with the intention set by the client.
The volunteers typically do not have experience with NARM and are chosen to simulate broader clientele that our community experiences in the field. Often, we include a series of sessions with the same client to show progression.
Demos are conducted live or are pre-recorded, all recordings are posted in the membership portal and are made available to all members.
Each month’s Demo corresponds to a Live Demo Debrief, hosted by the advanced NARM provider who led that month’s Demo Session.
In the Live Demo Debrief, the provider deconstructs that month’s Demo Video, explains how they are applying NARM in the clinical process of the session, pointing out the themes that emerge, and takes questions from those attending the event live.
These Demo Debriefs take place live and are also recorded and made available to all Inner Circle members after the live event has completed.
A monthly Live Topic Webinar is hosted by senior NARM Trainers, including NARM Founder Dr. Laurence Heller.
The webinars highlight and deconstruct a topic important to NARM. Webinars include didactic and experiential components which help participants engage with the topic.
Past Webinars have included topics such as NARM and Addiction, Differentiating NARM from Self-Regulation Models, NARM and Parenting, and many others.
These Webinars are also recorded and made available to Inner Circle members after the webinar is over.
The NARM Inner Circle is made up of a community of over 600 NARM professionals and enthusiasts from all over the world!
To connect with other community members and leaders in NARM, we offer the NARM Inner Circle Facebook Group, which is a private group only made available to Inner Circle members.
In this engaging group, members can interact with one another, reflect on Demo Videos/Debriefs and Topic Webinars, participate in professional discussions, share resources, and receive insights from advanced NARM practitioners.
Recordings, audio files, and transcripts for each Monthly Live Topic Webinar, each Monthly Demo Video, and each Monthly Live Demo Debrief are available to Inner Circle members for either 3 months for Monthly Members or 6 months for Annual Members.
Inner Circle Annual Memberships also include exclusive bonus content, available for the life of the membership. This content includes:
– Intro to NARM Webinar
– NARM’s Development with Dr. Heller Webinar
– NARM Bonus Demos
– NARM: The Four Pillars and Emotional Completion e-book
And More! We are always looking for ways to contribute new content and bonus materials to the Inner Circle community.
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best value
Annual Membership
Inner Circle Annual Memberships come with exclusive bonus content and 6 month access to the material archive!
$597 USD/per year
auto-billed annually | after 14 day free trial
Flexible Option
Monthly Membership
Inner Circle Monthly Memberships come with 3 month access to the material archive. Monthly Memberships may upgrade to Annual Memberships at any time.
$70 USD/per month
auto-billed monthly | after 14 day free trial
After completing your Inner Circle Membership registration, you will be sent an email with your access login information. If you do not receive this email within 15 minutes of signing up, please contact us at [email protected].
You may cancel your Inner Circle Membership at any time by emailing us at [email protected]. Please note that we do not offer refunds for past payments.
Continuing Education (CE) credit is available for purchase for
Inner Circle Topic Webinars (for live attendance)! See full CE info by clicking the link below.
NARM Inner Circle Trainers
Dr. Laurence Heller
Creator of the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM)
Dr. Laurence Heller is the creator of the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM), founder and Senior Faculty member of the NARM Training Institute, international trainer, and co-author of Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image and the Capacity for Relationship, now published in fifteen different languages. Dr. Heller has a PhD in clinical psychology and has conducted NARM trainings and case consultations for thousands of therapists throughout the United States and Europe.
Dr. Beate Leisse
NARM Teacher
Dr. Beate Leisse is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist based in Essen, Germany, with over 20 years of clinical experience in treating complex trauma through a psychodynamic and integrative lens. A long-time student of Dr. Laurence Heller and one of the first NARM Therapists in Europe, she has been a key contributor to the development and delivery of NARM Training across Europe. Dr. Leisse brings warmth, expertise, and a deep commitment to trauma healing in her work with clients and practitioners alike.
Ralf Marzen
NARM Teacher
Ralf Marzen, Dipl. Psych., is a clinical psychologist, trauma psychotherapist, and NARM Trainer based in London, UK. He is the founder and director of Embodied Trauma Healing and has over 15 years of experience in private practice, specializing in developmental and complex trauma. Ralf integrates the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) with Somatic Experiencing, Integral Somatic Psychology, and other somatic modalities to support clients navigating a wide range of trauma-related issues, including anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief, and relational difficulties. He has been actively training practitioners in NARM since 2013 and serves as a NARM faculty member in Europe, where he also regularly assists Dr. Laurence Heller in Master Therapist trainings. Passionate about embodied approaches to healing, Ralf is dedicated to supporting practitioners in developing trauma-informed skills with presence, depth, and compassion.
Jeanett Bonnichsen
NARM Teacher
Jeanett is a licensed psychologist based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and a NARM Inner Circle Trainer. She brings an integrative therapeutic approach rooted in existential and psychodynamic perspectives, with a strong foundation in the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM), having trained with Dr. Laurence Heller in his first European training cohort in 2012. Jeanett is deeply committed to creating a respectful, nonjudgmental, and authentic therapeutic space where clients feel supported in exploring the inner obstacles that may be preventing them from living the lives they long for. With a warm and grounded presence, she honors each person’s unique life journey and sees relational presence as central to healing from complex trauma. Jeanett maintains a private practice in central Copenhagen, where she welcomes individuals with compassion, curiosity, and a deep respect for the healing process.
Stephan Konrad Niederwieser
NARM Teacher
Stephan has been working as a psychotherapist for over three decades. His work is guided by a quiet fascination with how human beings become who they believe to be—and how they can, even after early adversity, return to their natural sense of trust, dignity, and authentic self-expression.
His therapeutic training began with Hakomi in the late 1980s, followed by extensive advanced training in trauma-oriented modalities, including Somatic Experiencing and, eventually, the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM), which today forms the core of his clinical work. As a member of the NARM faculty, he teaches and supervises therapists in many countries all over the world.
Together with NARM founder Dr. Laurence Heller, he has recently completed a book on chronic shame and guilt: Healing Shame and Guilt: The Developmental Roots of Chronic Shame and Guilt—and How the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) Can Help You Heal and Reconnect, which will be published early in 2026.
Beyond his therapeutic work, Stephan loves to travel. His curiosity about people extends far beyond the therapy room and is reflected in his passion for exploring how human beings live and relate across cultures in both the West and the East. Two places he holds especially close to his heart are the Himalayan mountains and the vast icy landscapes of Greenland—connecting him to humility, resilience, and the quiet power of nature. He is married and lives with his partner in Berlin.
Member Experiences
Another great Inner Circle webinar today. The conversation around anger – containment, integration, and the connection to anxiety and depression was so useful. I found that asking the question “what is your relationship to anger” especially helpful with two long-term clients I saw after the webinar. Even though I ask this question relatively early in a person’s therapy, it opened up a deeper level of exploration even after months (years in one case) of meeting. Thank you for these rich topics…keep ’em coming.
I just took in this month’s demo debrief… I am deeply moved. I put it on to listen to while I did some tasks around my kitchen and had to stop and weep, to be with the depth of humanity and human unfolding process, our beauty and power and potential all that were discussed and demonstrated in this demo. My own heart is changed by witnessing. Deep gratitude.
If you missed the Inner Circle Webinar NARM and Running Away from the Self, I highly recommend you listen whenever you get a chance. I have been in the NARM community since 2019 and have completed all levels of training. Every time I listen to a webinar or watch a demo, my understanding and embodiment of the NARM model deepen. I think about many clients and often about myself. I can’t take clients where I have not been, so I intend to continue learning on the Inner Circle and everywhere I can.
Start Your Journey Toward Trauma-Informed Care with NARM Today
The NARM® Training Institute offers professional training for those working with developmental and complex trauma. Our mission—to humanize and depathologize the mental health field and other helping professions—is at the heart of our trainings.