The Havening Techniques® is a psychosensory method, which can be applied to transform and alter thought, emotions and behaviour. 

The Havening Techniques® have three distinct applications

1. Down-regulation of emotional disturbances and encoded psychological and physical trauma
2. Wellness, stress management, and peak performance and coaching
3. As a Self-help tool

Havening can be applied to help change the brain to de-traumatise a memory and remove its negative consequences. This is particularly useful when stressful life events or traumatic experiences slow or stop personal growth or cause symptoms associated with anxiety, but include all adverse outcomes.

Havening is a warm and welcoming modality, It has shown to be fantastic with children, teens, the neurodiverse and especially with anyone who does NOT want to talk through their problems. This is an actionable modality that the client can feel working. 

As part of its protocol, the Havening Techniques® uses the sensory input of Havening Touch® which can either be facilitated or self-applied, which triggers an increase in our natural delta waves in the brain. The delta waves in turn prompt helpful chemical chain reactions in the amygdala. This removes specific AMPA Receptors from the surface of neurons in the amygdala where the traumatic event is ‘stored’. 

This down-regulation of the AMPA  receptors means the pathway for the encoded event, emotion, or thought, is no longer available. The memory remains, but the reaction has dissolved. 

Havening origins

These techniques are the result of many years of scientific research and development by New York based Medical Practitioner and PhD in Chemistry, Dr Ronald Ruden, author of ‘When the Past is Always Present’ and ‘The Craving Brain’ with the support of his brother Dr Steven Ruden. Both doctors use Havening Techniques regularly in their practices. 

Havening can increase resilience through a sense of safety and help a person access their creativity, intuition and sense of self-esteem and calm. It enables and encourages self-regulation of emotions and a sense of personal mastery and confidence. It reduces cortisol from the stress response and promotes serotonin and oxytocin neurotransmitters enhancing a sense of innate calm and peace. 

Havening Techniques® combines easily with many other methods and approaches. Examples of therapeutic areas include; fear, blocks, addiction, trauma, PTSD, cPTSD, phobias, anxieties, stress responses, physical complaints, chronic pain, anger, grief and many other issues like fear of abandonment, imposter syndrome and panic attacks. 

An example of Havening Techniques in action is its use to support the recovery of military veterans and their families in the aftermath of service-related trauma. It is also being used for the recovery of those used in Humanitarian crises such as sex trafficking and those displaced from war or natural disasters.

If you wish to use Havening in a professional capacity, and to become an insurable Certified Havening Techniques™ Practitioner you need to first complete the approved 2 Day in-person Training experience and then the certification process outlined below.

The full Certification £499

Training, Assessment, Science and Case History Certification

• Full participation 2-Day Training Course £640 
• Submission of 30 Case Histories (forms provided) where you have used Havening Techniques™
• Submission of 2 video sessions where you use Havening Techniques™
• Successful completion of a Science Review, to check your understanding of the science behind Havening Techniques™

Upon successful completion of all the learning and assessment, there is a certification fee of $99 to become a Certified Havening Techniques Practitioner to be paid to headquarters. Your fees include being listed on the official www.havening.org website.

Please note that there is an annual fee of $99 to remain a Certified Havening Practitioner, for your listing on the Havening.org website and access to the resources.

Participants completing this training will be eligible to attend our Annual Havening Conference, access to the Havening Practitioners Facebook group and the wealth of support, and any free monthly practice groups. The Practitioner library is jam-packed with additional content designed to enrich you as a Havening Practitioner.