Introduction to NARM

Introduction to NARM® Workshop

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2025

8:00 AM - 3:30 PM PACIFIC TIME

ONLINE VIA ZOOM

Join us for this transformative two-day online workshop

Discover how NARM® can elevate your clinical work! This 2-day online workshop offers a comprehensive introduction to the NeuroAffective Relational Model® (NARM®), a cutting-edge clinical approach for understanding and resolving the long-term impacts of complex trauma (C-PTSD) and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).

NARM® is at the forefront of the Trauma-Informed movement, offering a non-pathologizing, humanistic model for supporting clients in working through the lasting impacts of early relational and developmental trauma. This Intro Workshop is designed for licensed psychotherapists, counselors, social workers, and other mental health professionals. Graduate students, trainees and interns working toward licensure are also welcome.

Join us to learn the foundational theory and skills designed to heal complex trauma and promote post-traumatic growth.

Workshop Details:

Facilitators: NARM® Master Therapists Kelli Klinger and Lisa Gillispie

Date: October 10-11, 2025

Time: 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time with a 1-hour lunch break

Cost: $500

Location: Online, via Zoom

Continuing Education: 12 CE Hours Available, details below

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Special Offer: Attend the 2 Day Intro Workshop and receive $250 off a 2026 NARM® Therapist Training

What to expect from this workshop:

A foundational overview of NARM®’s theoretical and clinical approach to complex and developmental trauma
The distinctions between shock trauma and developmental trauma—and why that matters in clinical work
An introduction to NARM’s five early adaptive survival styles and the identity distortions they create
How unresolved developmental patterns continue to shape adult behavior, relationships, and self-image
The value of integrating bottom-up (body-based) and top-down (cognitive/identity-based) approaches in trauma resolution
Live and video demonstrations to illustrate key NARM® principles in action
Experiential exercises to support embodied learning and application

Whether you're new to NARM® or looking to expand your trauma-informed practice, this two-day workshop offers a rich introduction to one of the most effective and innovative models for healing complex trauma.

We’d love to have you join us.

Continuing Education Details

This event is co-sponsored by the Complex Trauma Training Center and The Institute for Continuing Education. The program offers a total of 12.00 CE hours- 6.00 CE hrs. per day, with full attendance required. There is no additional fee to submit application for continuing education credit. Attendees who wish to receive continuing education credit MUST complete CE forms and comply with attendance monitoring requirements.

NOTE: To receive continuing education credit, applicants are required to complete CE forms and comply with attendance monitoring requirements.
NOTE: It is the responsibility of the attendee to determine if CE credit offered by The Institute for Continuing Education meet the regulations of the participant’s licensing/certification board.

Questions: If you have questions regarding continuing education or for a listing of learning objectives, please contact The Institute at: 800-557-1950; e-mail: instconted@aol.com.

Commercial Support: The Institute for Continuing Education receives no funds from any commercial organization for financial support of its activities in providing continuing education sponsorship of this training.

Psychology: Please note - This event is not accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) or the New York State Board of Psychology.

Counseling: The Institute for Continuing Education and Complex Trauma Training Center are co-sponsors of this event. The Institute for Continuing Education has submitted a co-sponsorship application to NBCC for this program. This website will be updated to reflect approval.
New York: The Institute for Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. Provider MHC-0016.
Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, Provider 159-000606.

Social Work: Application for social work continuing education credit has been submitted. This website will be updated to reflect approval.
New York: The Institute for Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. Provider No. SW-0025.
Florida Dept. Health, Division Social Work, MFT, Counseling, Provider BAP 255.
Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, Provider 159-000606.

Marriage/Family Therapy: The Institute for Continuing Education is a recognized provider of continuing education by the Florida Department of Health, Division of Marriage and Family Therapist, BAP 255.
New York: The Institute for Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage/family therapists, Provider MHC-0012.

California Professionals: The Institute for Continuing Education, Provider 56590, is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs. The Institute for Continuing Education maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This training meets the qualifications for continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCC, as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Nursing: The Institute for Continuing Education is an approved provider of continuing education in nursing by the California Board of Nursing, Provider CEP 12646. Nurses are responsible for checking with their state board to determine if credit issued through an approved provider of the CA Board of Nursing is acceptable by their state board.
Non-U.S. Professionals: The Institute for Continuing Education holds no CE provider status with Canadian or other Non-U.S. licensing/certification boards. It is your responsibility to check the regulations of your licensing/certification board to determine CE requirements for training activities.

Skill Level: Intermediate / Advanced.

Instruction Methodology: Didactic and theoretical learning to include lecture, question/answer periods, class-wide discussion, case examples and vignettes.

Ethics Hours / Academic Credit: This training offers no “ethics hours”. The training offers no “academic” credit and CE hours awarded are not eligible toward fulfillment of a degree.

Facilitators:

Kelli Klinger is a Lead Training Assistant and on the Faculty Track for the Complex Trauma Training Center. She is an LCSW in private practice, and has been working with developmental and shock trauma since 1985. Throughout the years as the field has grown, she has continued to learn psychodynamic, somatic and neurobiological models to support clients in healing and growth. She appreciates NARM for its comprehensive, integrated and humanistic approach to treatment and to teaching and supporting practitioners in this important work.

Kelli Klinger

NARM® Master Therapist

Lisa Gillispie, LPCC-S is a licensed clinical counselor based in Columbus, Ohio, with a rich background in somatic and trauma-informed care. She began her studies in the NeuroAffective Relational Model in 2017 and earned her NARM Master Therapist certification in 2021. Prior to becoming a counselor, Lisa spent over two decades as a trauma-informed bodyworker and is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. She currently serves as a Lead Training Assistant and is on the Faculty Track with the Complex Trauma Training Institute. Lisa is deeply passionate about supporting fellow therapists in developing sustainable, embodied approaches to working with complex trauma, and brings warmth, depth, and clarity to her teaching.

Lisa Gillispie

NARM® Master Therapist

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Inner Development

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Refund & Cancellation Policy

In order to receive a refund, you must contact admin@complextraumatrainingcenter.com at least five days before the event takes place. Refunds will not be accommodated if the request is made less than five days prior to the event.

Disclaimer: The Complex Trauma Training Center is neither a regulatory nor licensing organization and therefore not sanctioned to certify, license, or otherwise bestow the legal authorization to practice as a mental health professional. You are responsible for working under your professional license and within your scope of practice.

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Complex Trauma Training Institute, LLC

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