12 things you need to know about Havening Techniques®

Havening Techniques®  is designed to resolve trauma and negative emotions and build up inner strengths and resources. In 2014, Paul McKenna said: “Havening is going to change the entire face of psychology.”. Here are 12 things you need to know about the techniques and how it can help:

1. If you are considering seeing a Havening® practitioner, it is essential that you only see an experienced practitioner who is fully trained (or has attended the approved training and is working towards their certification) and certified by Dr Ruden. This is because they have gone through a very thorough process to understand the science and are better equipped (and up to date) in how the Havening techniques®  work.
   
   
2. Havening® is not just one technique. There is Event Havening (most commonly known), Transpirational Havening, Affirmational Havening, Outcome Havening, and Role Havening to name but a few. As doctors and practitioners continue with research and development this will evolve.
   
   
3. Havening has beenrefined in the past few years. You may have seen numerous articles or videos online showing how to apply Havening® – many of these are misinterpreted, flawed, or out of date. Please always check the source of information to ensure it's correct and up to date.
   
   
4. The process behind successful Havening® is different from other types of therapies. Requiring a skilled practitioner to understand how non-specific stressors can produce symptomatology, and how there can be multilayers generating symptoms that are dependent upon the landscape of the brain. The key is finding the original encoding event to remove the trauma and it’s not always straightforward, but once it’s discovered, the trauma can be depotentiated (removed).
   
   
5. Abreactions are not uncommon during a Havening® session. It is therefore crucial that the practitioner is skilled and qualified to know how to continue.
   
   
6. Havening® can be astand-alone therapy or used alongside other therapies. Therapies that work well alongside includeNLP, hypnotherapy, and coaching for an all-around process of personal change.
   
   
7.  Routine self-Haveningis highly effective. Self-Havening can help everyone, however, it is particularly useful for those working in stressful situations (police, fire, ambulance, medical, lifeguard, troops etc.), or even before attending an interview, important meeting, pre and post-surgery, or a presentation.
   
   
8. Havening® is truly exceptional in emergency situations, particularly where traumatisation can potentially occur.
   
   
9. The Havening Techniques® have been developed by New York neuroscientistDr Ronald Ruden. Dr. Ruden is an open-minded conventional medical doctor with a PhD in neuropharmacology (the study of brain chemistry) together with his brother Dr Steven Ruden, and is championed by Paul McKenna.
   
   
10. The Havening techniques are ground-breaking in the field of personal change, based on many years of clinical observations, research and development, which is ongoing.
    
    
11. Whilst the process appears deceptively simple, the effects are remarkable and are believed to create a measurable physiological change in the structure or landscape of the brain.
    
    
12. All approved Havening Practitioners can be found on The Havening Techniques® website or you can search on Hypnotherapy Directory here.