Nadine Macaluso has earned degrees from Pacifica Graduate Institute in both counseling psychology and depth psychotherapy with a focus on somatic psychology. At present, Nadine Macaluso is working on a doctoral dissertation that discusses the neuro-affective relational model (NARM).

Used in psychotherapy, NARM helps individuals work through traumatic issues or incidents that have caused feelings of anxiety or depression. NARM draws from both cognitive and somatic approaches to regulating the nervous system and rectifying issues of self-worth, including low self-esteem, feelings of shame, and continuous self-judgment. NARM specifically helps to treat these issues in individuals who have experienced developmental, shock, and relational trauma.

By drawing connections between the most functional and organized aspects of the individual’s nervous system, NARM treatments underscore the important link between biological and psychological development. NARM sometimes is called a “bottom up, top down” approach in reference to its effects on both the brain and body.



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