Introduction to NARM Free Webinar with Bianka Hardin

• Overview of NARM’s theoretical and clinical approach to developmental trauma
• NARM’s roots in the fields of somatic psychology, psychodynamic psychology, and interpersonal neurobiology
• The pitfalls of working with all forms of trauma without recognizing the complex developmental themes running in the background
• The distinction between shock and developmental trauma
• NARM’s 5 early adaptive survival styles, their corresponding identity distortions, & how they affect adult life
• Integrating a bottom-up (body-based) and top-down (cognitive or identity-based) therapeutic approach

• Experiential exercises on each of the five adaptive survival styles
• Downloadable version of graphics that you can keep for your own learning

NARM Webinar Presenter : Bianka Hardin NARM Therapist

Dr. Bianka Hardin is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), NARM Therapist, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Professor at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and owner of Centered Therapy Chicago, LLC. Bianka has been a trauma therapist for over 20 years and teaches graduate trauma courses and is a Training Assistant for NARM and SE. Bianka founded CTC in 2014 with the mission to help children, adolescents, and adults improve their mental health and quality of life. She provides therapy, supervision, and consultation services and presents in the community on issues related to parenting, child abuse prevention, self-care, mindfulness, trauma informed care, trauma stewardship, and cultural issues.