(ht) havening techniques®️ frequently asked questions better living through neuroscience "havening techniques engages our inherent biological system to permanently heal, strengthen and
empower our minds and bodies. " ronald a. Ruden m. D. ,ph.St: so just to give you a bit of background about the what is the havening technique therapy. It was developed by two american doctors, doctor ronald and steven ruden. Both the doctors spent over a decade really researching and understand ing how trauma gets encoded in the brain and the body, and how sensory touch can actually change what’s happening in the brain, specifically in the limbic system and the amygdala. Havening really came about from looking at therapies like thought field therapy and eft, they’re the tapping techniques, i don’t know if your audience or yourself are familiar with them. And the doctors got very curious
researchers at nottingham trent university (ntu) have explored an innovative psychological therapy known as havening, which incorporates nurturing touch to help people recover from traumatic experiences. Participants who reported experiencing a moderately distressing thought or event, at least a month prior to the study, took part in online psychological testing and
a face-to-face therapeutic session. The individuals were rand
omly allocated to a session which either did or did not include havening touch.
Led by an experienced havening therapist, participants began each session by thinking about their distressing event or memory before carrying out four cycles of activities, such as naming animals beginning with specific letters, singing a childhood song, thinking about photos of happy images, and
imagining watching a tennis match.
Havening - c-ptsd/childhood 'the one thing that has changed the game for me was a form of therapy called havening. I was sceptical at first, a friend recommended it to me and told me in 4 sessions she saw a dramatic change in her life. So i booked a session, because hey what did i have to lose, at that point i had tried everything. Today i’m so glad that i did. I had spent 7 years in therapy (talk therapy that is) and still felt triggered, and was dealing with the effects of complex ptsd from various life experiences of mine.