NARM 2026-2027
NARM™ - THE NEUROAFFECTIVE RELATIONAL MODEL
Portugal
COHORT 2026-2027
If you want to know more about NARM and NARM training please see the link for details: https://serintegral.pt/pt/formacao-profissional/the-neuroaffective-relational-model-narm
DATES OF COHORT 2026-2027
MODULE 1: 29 June - 4 July 2026
MODULE 2: 11 - 16 October 2026
MODULE 3: 18 - 23 April 2027
MODULE 4: 12 - 17 September 2027
Module 1 of the NARMTM training aims to present:
- NARM the model
- Working with shock and developmental trauma
- Working with top-down and bottom-up integrative approach
- NARM organising principles
- Overview of 5 adaptive survival styles
- Distortions of life force
- Distress and healing cycles
- Pride and shame-based identifications
- Reframing attachment and attachment loss
- Introducing the 4 pillars of NARM
- Establishing a therapeutic "contract”
- The NARM Relational Model
- Connection survival style
- Connection: Clients whose access to sensations and feelings are compromised
Module 2 of the NARMTM training aims to present:
- Developmental process: Attachment and separation-individuation
- Asking exploratory questions
- Somatic mindfulness
- Attunement survival style
- Identifying and using resources
- Working in present time with dual awareness
- Reflecting positive shifts
- Autonomy survival style
- Working with anger and aggression
- Working with shame and guilt
Module 3 of the NARMTM training aims to present:
- Trust survival style
- Core vs default emotions
- Anger and aggression
- Narcissism and objectification
- Narcissistic vs sadistic abuse
- Supporting agency
- Love-sexuality survival style
- The psychobiological process of shame (“shame as a verb”)
- Tracking expansion and contraction/connection and disconnection
- “Drilling down” / deconstruction of experience (in the function of disidentification)
- NARM languaging
- Deepening study into the connection survival style issues, symptoms and related disorders
- The polyvagal theory
- Trait-survival style-personality disorder continuum
- Identifying core dilemma: Core themes vs survival strategies (behaviours, symptoms, etc.)
- Countertransference and the traps of goal-oriented, solution-focused psychotherapy
Module 4 of the NARMTM training aims to present:
- How to develop a working hypothesis
- Freeze and intrapsychic conflict
- Self-hatred and self-rejection
- An overview of NARM’s different orientation to working with personality disorders
- Therapist’s countertransference acting-out and re-enactment
- Unmanaged empathy and therapist efforting
- The interplay of the survival styles: Primary and secondary patterns
- Survival styles as they relate to intimacy and sexuality
- Developing capacity for pleasure
- Working with couples
- Working with identity
- Disidentification: Loneliness and freedom
- Supporting increasing complexity, capacity and resiliency
- Addressing the physical structure of the adaptive survival styles
- Working with the social engagement channels: Eyes, ears, face and touch
- Integrating NARM effectively into our clinical practice
- Addressing identity from both a psychological and non-Western perspective
Participants are required to attend all sessions of the program. Sessions of the Modules program are covered by the tuition fee, but supervision sessions have an extra cost as described below.
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Participants are required to:
- Attend in persion all sessions of the program
- Complete minimum of 10 individual sessions with a Certified NARMTM Practitioner*
- Complete a minimum of 10 supervision sessions (individual or group format) with a certified NARMTM Supervisor*
- Present for review one recorded session with a client
*All sessions are charged separately and paid directly to the Practitioner/Supervisor.
Upon sucessful completion of all above requirements participants will be eligible to join the international directory of NARMTM Therapists.
WHO IS THE TRAINING FOR
Clinical Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Psychiatrists, Counsellors, Coaches and other Healing Practitioners with Psychotherapeutic Practice.
SCHEDULE
Sessions will start at 10am and will end at 6pm with a 2hr lunch break.
There will be one Group Supervision with the teacher in one evening of the training. Day and time will be informed during first day of the training.
*TIME ZONE: GMT LISBON/LONDON
TRAINING TEAM
TRAINER
BEATE LEISSE, MD - Specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy
- Medical studies in Cologne 1986 - 1992
- ·Physician in internship 1993-1994 psychiatric dept. Klinikum Niederberg Velbert
- ·License to practice medicine on 1.11.1994
- ·Residency 11/1994 - 04/1998 psychiatric dept. Niederberg Clinic
- ·Recognition as a specialist in psychiatry 23.04.1998
- ·Worked as a medical doctor at the Niederberg Clinic until 31.12.1998
- ·Senior physician in the psychiatric dept. of the evangelic KH Bergisch Gladbach from Jan 1999 to Jan 2000
- ·Recognition of the additional title of psychotherapy 12/1999
- ·Parental leave from Jan 2000 - Jan 2003
- Promotion 08/2001
- Since Oct. 2003 working in own practice as medical psychotherapist
- Certification as EMDR™ therapist Jan 2008
- Certification as SE™ - Therapist March 2012
- Certification as NARM™ - Therapist Sept 2014
- Certification as NARM™ Masterclass Therapist Feb 2016
Since 2015, continuous assistance in various NARM™/NARM™ masterclass trainings in Europe with Dr. Laurence Heller and Michael Mokrus with the authorization to offer individual sessions dedicated to self-awareness, individual supervision and group supervision as part of the training. NARM™ teacher since 2022.
ASSISTANTS TRAINERS:
TBC
LANGUAGE:
The retreat will be guided in English, without consecutive translation.
VENUE:
TBC by 5th October
(FLGHTS TO OPORTO AIRPORT)
COSTS
1. TUITION FEES PER MODULE:
- Payment Per Module: €1050 (VAT incl.)
- Payment of all 4 Modules: €1010 * 4 Modules = €4040 (VAT incl.)
- Payment by Installments (upon agreement with Ser Integral)
€1090 (VAT incl.) per module (we usually allow payment in two installments each module)
- Repeating Participants: 20% discount on the standard fee (please contact us for payment details. Proof of participantion in previous training required. Limited spaces available)
- Financial Difficulties: If you are coming from a country with significantly lower income levels compared to other European countries and are finding it difficult to cover the training costs, please reach out to us. We are open to exploring the possibility of a partial discount or other supportive arrangements.
2. SUPERVISION FEES
- Individual Supervision (50 minutes): €120
- Group Supervision (per participant): €65 - €120 (depending on the number of participants)
3. SELF-EXPERIENTIAL SESSIONS
- Fee per session: €120
Please refer to full training requirements here.
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT DETAILS:
By registering for the NARM™ Training in Portugal, participants are committing to the full training program, which consists of four modules.
To secure your place in the training, you are required to:
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Pay a non-refundable deposit of €250 (VAT included) (see payment options below)
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Send your CV along with the completed application to Ola Chybicka at: achybicka@gmail.com
Once your application is reviewed and your participation is confirmed, you will receive:
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A training contract with detailed payment information.
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Confirmation of your acceptance no later than 3 months before the start of Module 1.
The €250 deposit is only refundable if you are not accepted into the training. If accepted, the deposit will be deducted from your total tuition fee.
Once admitted, the remaining tuition fee must be paid in full by the deadlines outlined in the contract.
Registration Deadline:
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MODULE 1 - 29th February 2026
Spaces are limited, so early confirmation is strongly recommended
CANCELLATION POLICY
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Cancellation 4 months before the training starts: full refund minus €50 administrative fee + international bank charges.
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After 4 Months before the training starts: no refunds (transfer for to another cohort may be possible. please contact us)
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If Ser Integral needs to cancel, full refund of tuition only (no coverage of travel or accommodation costs.
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IMPORTANT DATES
ARRIVAL AND ATTENDANCE
- Arrival between 9.15-9.30am on the first day of the training is required for check-in.
- Full attendance is mandatory for certification purposes.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- The training will run with a minimum and maximum number of participants (places are limited).
- In the event that the minimum number is not reached, Ser Integral – Centro Português de Mindfulness reserves the right to cancel the training.
- The program may be subject to small adjustments according to the needs of the group and the flow of the training process.
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