Like every healing method, the havening techniques have possible side effects, especially if you are dealing with some severe trauma or a psychological disorder. If that’s the case, it’s recommended to use the modality only with a professional mental health care provider, fully trained and certified in the havening techniques. The side effects can result from bringing to the surface forgotten unresolved memories. Potential risks with using the havening techniques include:
in-session crying, anger, and physical movements
post-havening lightheadedness
rarely a temporary worsening of symptoms or emotional numbing
this said, in general, the havening technique is perfectly safe.
What is the Havening Technique?
I've received an invitation to an event happening in london this coming weekend, fronted by the stage hypnotist turned self-help guru paul mckenna. The two-day seminar is for healthcare professionals to learn about the havening (amygdala depotentiation) technique. According to a press release, the technique is a "system of scientific procedures" that involves eye movements and touching people on their arms. Compared with nlp and talking therapies, havening can apparently "cure people quicker and cure multiple problems in one go," including "trauma, fear , distressing memories and compulsions.
" mckenna says: "i can now do in minutes what used to take months.
Havening techniques® is a therapeutic modal that assists people to ‘de-traumatise’ memory that has been encoded in their brain. When the distressing aspects of a stressful life event are traumatically encoded in the brain and body, they become ‘stuck’ and often go onto manifest into psychologically distressing symptoms, anxiety, fears or mental health disorders. The approach is based on the ever-unfolding breakthroughs of neuroscience and was developed by dr ronald a. Ruden m. D. , ph. D and his brother steven j. Ruden d. D. S. , icf/acc. Monica karst is a certified havening techniques practitioner.
there are myriad ways to help manage stress and anxiety in the moment you're feeling them — and the havening technique is one that doesn't sound as familiar as, say, breathing exercises. The practice garnered mainstream attention after justin bieber revealed his use of the technique in his youtube documentary seasons. Buzz mingin, psy. D. , who treats bieber using the havening technique, weighed in on the technique during the documentary: "havening is a psycho-sensory technique that actually raises the feel-good chemicals in your brain on demand. [justin] and i coordinate prompts that allow him to know what it is he should be doing in the moment that he's feeling stressed, and then he has a coordinated signal back to me that lets me know what's wrong, how he feels, and what he needs," he explained.