"the only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. "- arthur c. Clarke
"the mind is like a parachute. It works best when open. "- frank zappa
who has developed it?
havening is a psychosensory therapy that has been developed by dr ronald ruden in collaboration with his brother dr steven ruden over the last 14 years. These american doctors, who run medical and dental practices in new york, have been researching, developing and clinically testing the havening techniques®. How does it work?
the human body is an electrochemical organ. It is the havening touch that generates low frequency delta waves in the brain, which cause an electrochemical reaction and the release of certain hormones and neurotransmitters.
The feeling of “a safe haven”, which is what happens after the experience of havening sessions has given the havening techniques® their name. The havening techniques® is a psycho-sensory method invented in 2013 by the ny doctor, dr. Ronald ruden, md, phd. With “the havening touch”, hands are stroked over the face, arms and hands, a touch reminiscent of a mother’s touch on her baby, creating a very relaxed state where slow delta waves are generated in the brain. The condition enables the processing of anxiety and miraculously opens up for a recoding (depotentiation) of a traumatic event in our primordial brain, the amygdala.
Dr. Ronald A. Ruden
Dr. Ronald ruden is the creator of the havening techniques. Over the last three decades he has translated the recent advances in neuroscience into new methods of healing. In his first book, 'the craving brain' (1997), he explores the science behind addictive behaviors and proposes a way to inhibit relapse and to treat the symptoms arising from sobriety. It is a model that requires the individual to play an active role in maintaining abstinence.
In his second book, 'when the past is always present' (2010), he offers the havening techniques, methods which use sensory input (touch) intended to eliminate the consequences arising from stressful or traumatic events.
I have had the pleasure of speaking with dr. Ronald ruden about the history and background of his creation, havening techniques®.
The havening techniques® are psycho-sensory techniques that use the sensory input of touch, imagination, and attention to create lasting change and enhance neuroplasticity. Havening was developed from best available neuroscience research and assembled by its creator dr. Ronald ruden, phd, md. Havening can help with many issues negatively impacting a person’s mental state such as distressing memories, anxiety, emotional trauma, fear and pain one of the best things about havening is that the client is not required to explain, repeat or re-live any traumatic or very distressing memory. They simply remember what happend, and we begin the work. There’s no need to tell the practitioner details of what happened.