Somatic Experience and NARM

SE: Somatic Experiencing®  was developed by Peter A. Levine, Phd. to address the effects of shock-trauma. Levine developed this approach after observing that prey animals, whose lives are routinely threatened in the wild, are able to recover readily by physically releasing the energy they accumulate during stressful events. Humans, on the other hand, often override these natural ways of regulating the nervous system with feelings of shame and pervasive thoughts, judgments, and fears. Somatic Experiencing aims to help people move past the place where they might be “stuck” in processing a traumatic event.

NARM: Neuro Affective Relational Model was develop by Laurence Heller, Phd. to address developmental trauma stemming from the early relational experiences and the effects on our development.