Presenters:
Ellen Byrne, MS, SEP
Ellen Byrne has been in private practice since 1995, offering therapeutic bodywork and body-based trauma resolution. She is a Body-Mind Centering Somatic Educator (2002), a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (2004), a Master Level NARM Informed Practitioner (2016), and has a Master’s in Counseling from Palo Alto University (2021).
In addition to her private practice, Ellen worked at the Menlo Park-based Camden Treatment Center, a private intensive outpatient facility for dual-diagnosis patients from 2017-2021. Camden provides comprehensive services and recognizes the role of Complex Trauma in mental health and addictive disorders. Ellen actively collaborated with the medical and clinical teams in creating and carrying out treatment programs for patients, lending her particular trauma-informed and body-based perspective.
As part of her clinical practicum work for her Master's degree, she co-led weekly grief groups in 2020 – 2021 for the recognized Bill Wilson Centre for Living with Dying in San Jose. Ellen co-facilitated groups for Loss of Partner and Loss of Child, sometimes providing additional private counseling for group members. Ellen recently relocated to Utah and is preparing to open her practice in the Park City area, offering NARM-informed trauma resolution and consultation. Therapists and bodyworkers seek her guidance, particularly in practice building, Scope of Practice, and becoming trauma-informed.
Alex White, CMHC
Alex White, CMHC, approaches his clinical work with more than 10 years of professional experience in residential, wilderness, and community-based treatment settings. As a private practitioner and staff therapist at the University of Utah Counseling Center, Alex approaches each session with a trauma-focused lens informed by specialization in the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM). Founded in somatic, relational, and attachment frameworks, this integrative approach focuses on the resolution of complex and developmental trauma and aligns closely with Alex’s belief in the power of the therapeutic alliance as a modality for healing. He recently completed the NARM Masters training and is entering a role as TA with the NARM Training Institute and is thrilled to be sharing on a topic of such significance, both personally and professionally, for him.
Alex is also passionate about the integration of therapeutic work with the natural world. He is credentialed as a Certified Clinical Adventure Therapist and specialized in Adventure-Based Psychotherapy during his graduate education at Prescott College. In collaboration with the Westminster College counseling program, Alex is developing a postgraduate adventure therapy certificate to begin in Spring, 2024.
Presentation Overview:
Please join us for a presentation on the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM ©) on
January 27, 6:00 PM. NARM is an advanced clinical model for mental health
practitioners who work with developmental trauma. It offers a comprehensive approach
to address adverse childhood experiences and to resolve complex trauma (C-PTSD).
Come learn about this ground-breaking model that goes beyond behavior change and
symptom reduction, addressing the causes and dynamics of trauma and relational
difficulties.
This event is co-sponsored by the NARM Training Institute NarmTraining.com