ESSENCE ALIVE
With Brianna Lia Ho, NARM Master, Somatic Experiencing & Somatic Attachment Practitioner
Leading Edge Modalities
Have you been seeking personal and spiritual growth for years, but still feel that something is missing?
NARM
Dr. Laurence Heller’s NeuroAffective Relational Model™ (NARM) supports clients to develop a healthy capacity for connection and aliveness. Dr. Laurence says, “An impaired capacity for connection to self and others, and the ensuing diminished aliveness, are the hidden dimensions that underlie most psychological and many physiological problems.” With NARM, I explore with clients what keeps them from experiencing the connection and aliveness - their authentic self with access to their essence/true nature such as confidence, clarity, joy and heart-fullness. I support them to digest developmental and shock traumas and the related nervous system dysregulation, disruptions in attachment, and distortions of identity (e.g. belief that I’m bad when environment failed us).
Somatic Experiencing
Dr. Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing™ (SE), helps to regulate the nervous system and to release traumas held in the body.
Our organismic self is designed to thrive, survive and to orient towards resilience and health.
I use my SE skills to help clients who've had traumas like sexual or physical abuse, falls or accidents. SE is especially helpful for folks who have Global High Intensity Activation (GHIA), where they have chronic intense anxiety or shutdown. Please see my blog for more information. https://www.essence-alive.com/post/why-are-some-people-flooded-with-intense-sensations-emotions-and-shut-down
Somatic Attachment
With the earliest traumas such as in the womb or preverbal, the body and even the organs are contracted. These early woundings can have a huge impact throughout our lives. I have trained with a number of of teachers including the following:
Dr. Aline LaPierre in NeuroAffective Touch®
Dr. LaPierre developed an effective modality to address developmental trauma in the body, incorporating touch, some of which can be self-directed. Her tools have helped my clients (online) calm their nervous system, unbrace from survival patterns and repair attachment wounds. Dr. LaPierre co-authored Healing Developmental Trauma with NARM founder Dr. Larry Heller.
Dr. Stephen Terrell’s Transforming Intentional Touch. This is a healing modality that supports repair of early attachment ruptures through co-regulation and building somatic trust to expand our window of tolerance for aliveness.
Both in-person and remote, clients feel a deep settling in their physiology when I support their brainstem (related to hypervigilance) and kidney/adrenals (related to alarm & stress hormones), as two examples
Dr. Raja Selvam’s Integral Somatic Psychology
This is an approach that helps clients to fully embody their emotions by not getting overwhelmed. We expand the body so there is more room for emotions to be digested.
Kathy L Kain, PhD & Stephen J Terrell PsyD's Somatic Resilience Regulation, in the milieu of nonverbal trauma by understanding the neurochemistry of early trauma, and rebuilding developmental platforms through regulation.
As part of my commitment to providing best care to my clients, I continue to participate in trainings and consultations. Other teachings include Pat Ogden, Ray Castiino, Janina Fisher and Kate White.