Havening, is an alternative therapy developed by ronald ruden and his brother steve ruden; it relies on "amygdala depotentiation" that purportedly can help people with psychological problems, particularly those related to phobias, post-traumatic stress and anxiety. “havening, the transitive verb of the word haven, means to put into a safe place. ”
"havening touch" is claimed to elicit delta brain waves and to act directly on receptors in the brain where trauma is believed to be stored, to down regulate the emotional charge, mostly while the client is distracted. This means the client does not have to stay in, or talk about, upsetting events or feelings.
Havening refers to a newer alternative therapy technique that incorporates distraction, touch, and eye movements. Its goal is to reduce anxiety and distress associated with negative memories. According to dr. Steven ruden and dr. Ronald ruden, the creators of the technique, the use of therapeutic touch can help treat mental health symptoms by changing pathways in the brain linked to emotional distress. The theory rests on the idea that touch can help boost the production of serotonin in your brain. This, in turn, helps you relax and detach from an upsetting memory or experience. The release of serotonin is said to have a soothing effect that helps relieve mental health symptoms and keep painful memories from troubling you further.
Havening techniques have been developed by dr ron ruden, md in collaboration with his brother dr steven ruden who are based in new york running private medical and dental practices respectively. Dr ron ruden has been studying neuroscience for 20+ years in order to develop science-based methods and techniques to help his own clients. For more than 10 of those years his focus has been on designing, researching, clinically testing and evolving a really effective set of approaches for quickly, thoroughly and reliably treating trauma and other amygdala-based issues (basically anything involving fight or flight responses). The result of this ground-breaking work is havening techniques.
Does it actually work?
Congratulations to hanna chung on becoming a certified havening techniques® practitioner. Hanna chung is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing out of orange county in southern california. Over the past 12 years, she has worked with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families to identify “stuck” reactionary patterns towards alternative, healthier patterns which promote healing, growth, and long-term change. Hanna’s professional experiences include county-contracted settings as a clinician and clinical supervisor, group private practice, and currently, private practice with individuals (adults) and couples.
She was first introduced to havening techniques from a colleague in 2018 for a demonstration session, and experienced immediate relief of old pain points from over 6 years ago.
The havening techniques™ is a method, which is designed to change the brain, to de-traumatize a memory and permanently remove its negative effects from both our psyche and body. As part of its protocol the havening technique uses the sensory input of human touch as a therapeutic tool which has been identified as havening touch®. Havening was developed by dr. Ronald ruden, a medical doctor and neuroscientist from new york. Having spent fourteen years researching successful treatments for post traumatic stress disorder, dr. Ruden was able to first develop, and now teach, this truly remarkable treatment. The process of havening is simple.
To understand how it works, it's important to understand what's happening in our bodies when we're feeling under threat or feeling anxious, stressed, angry or depressed.
who is this training for? professionals who are involved in people-development work, such as coaches, therapists, nlp practitioners, medical practitioners, psychologists, psychiatrists… tony burgess and julie french are certified practitioners of havening techniques. Havening techniques is a registered trademark of ronald ruden, 15 east 91st street, new york. Www. Havening. Org our privacy policy.
A psycho sensory therapy that helps people identify the root causes of their issues and rewires their response so that they can release issues like stress, trauma and anxiety. Havening is based on neuroscience and is all about training the brain to respond differently to the issue. For some people their brain has become stuck in a pattern of high alert around certain circumstances and situations. And these situations will trigger off, what can seem like, disproportional responses. I break this pattern by using havening touch © to create healing delta waves. It is gentle, efficient and often rapid and has no negative side effects.