Dr. Laurence Heller is a clinical psychologist with over four decades of experience in trauma healing. He created the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM), a clinical approach for working with complex and developmental trauma that emerged from his extensive work with Gestalt therapy, Somatic Experiencing, and psychodynamic psychotherapy. He co-founded the Gestalt Institute of Denver and served as senior faculty for Somatic Experiencing International before developing NARM.
Specialties
Depth orientation
Heller's NARM model is deeply rooted in psychodynamic psychotherapy, integrating attachment theory, Gestalt therapy, and somatic experiencing into a relational framework that addresses how early developmental patterns shape identity, self-regulation, and the capacity for relationship.