Strengthening Parent-Child Connections with Kirsten Timmer and Jens Heidegger
Transforming Trauma
Brad Kammer
4.4 • 131 Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
CEO and TransParents co-founder Kirsten Timmer is a licensed psychologist and psychotherapist; Jens Heidegger, lead course facilitator, trainer, and supervisor at TransParents, is a licensed doctor. Focusing on the importance of the parent-child relationship, TransParents is a platform for parents and professionals who are committed to creating meaningful relationships with children while respecting and preserving life processes. Kirsten and Jens’ work lies in strengthening that connection by utilizing a trauma-informed approach.
In their training, they invite curiosity by employing tools like puppets and roleplay for parents to see how they can relate to their children in a more supportive, playful way. A heartfelt openness can strengthen parent-child connections in this act of playful discovery.
In reconnecting to her own childhood and raising a son, Kirsten came to understand the importance of how attachment impacts how we relate to ourselves and others. She describes becoming a parent for the first time as “an invitation to life, to grow.”
Kirsten and Jens support parents in a shift from shaming themselves to developing deep curiosity for themselves and their children. Jens says, “The cause of it is that you develop more freedom, more possibilities, more agency, that are then helpful for the kids.”
About Kirsten Timmer and Jens Heidegger:
Kirsten Timmer is one of the founders and CEO of TransParents. She is a psychologist, psychotherapist, and parenting advisor. Kirsten was trained in Client-Centered Therapy by Carl Rogers and in NARM® by Dr. Laurence Heller and has her own practice. She is also a senior student of Thomas Hübl, a contemporary spiritual teacher and mystic.
Jens Heidegger is a specialist in psychosomatics and psychotherapy trained in Behavioral Therapy at IVB Berlin and trained in NARM® by Dr. L. Heller. Jens is one of TransParents' lead course facilitators, trainer, and supervisor of the mentor team.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Transforming Trauma podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | Transforming Trauma is presented by the NARM Training Institute. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm your host, Emily Ruth, and I'm so glad you've joined us today. |
| 0:15.0 | Hi, Transforming Trauma listeners. |
| 0:18.0 | Do you want to join the international NARM community in support of trauma-informed |
| 0:22.2 | care? If so, please consider joining us for the online NARM basics training to become a NARM-informed |
| 0:29.1 | professional. This is the Level 1 training in the neuroaffective relational model for helping |
| 0:34.8 | professionals work with complex trauma. This professional training is designed to support those of you working with clients or |
| 0:42.1 | populations dealing with the effects of adverse childhood experiences and complex trauma. |
| 0:48.0 | This training is for helping professionals in a variety of fields, such as mental health |
| 0:52.8 | professionals, substance abuse counselors, |
| 0:55.0 | educators, doctors, nurses, other healthcare providers, coaches, and more. |
| 1:01.0 | In this online training, participants will learn more about the changing field of trauma, |
| 1:06.0 | a deeper understanding of the impacts of ACEs and complex trauma, |
| 1:10.0 | and how NARM, one of the first models specifically designed to address complex trauma |
| 1:15.6 | can support professionals in the growing trauma-informed field. |
| 1:19.6 | The next online NARM Basics Training is starting in September 2022 |
| 1:24.6 | and will run one weekend a month through December 2022. |
| 1:29.4 | 60 continuing education units will be available for most helping professionals. |
| 1:34.5 | Register now to reserve your spot. |
| 1:36.8 | We hope you will join us in learning how to transform trauma. |
| 1:40.9 | For more information and to apply to the online Narm Basics Training, please visit |
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