Havening Techniques^®

What is Havening?

Havening was researched and developed by the renowned American med. Doctor and neuroscientist; Dr. Ronald Ruden. This was based on observations of babies in distress who were able to effectively calm down as a result of their mothers applying warm havening touches. He later learned that this served to promote the release of Delta waves in the brain. When he combined this with distraction techniques via imagery, other chemical reactions ensued, which served to ‘defrost’ the disturbing material that had previously become frozen in the amygdala. He discovered how traumatic memories get encoded in the brain and how to remove the emotional and distressful symptoms from the memory or trauma.

Havening is a body-mind based therapy that uses pleasant psychological distraction techniques and relaxing touch. People experience the treatment as calming, comforting, and relaxing, and the healing results are amazing. It delinks and decodes painful emotions from overwhelming memories and events. Havening takes you to a haven, a ‘safe place,’ so you can start the healing and release of neurotransmitters.

Find out about this wonderful psychosensory therapy that uses the sense of touch to quickly and effectively reduce a wide range of stress-related issues. 

Havening Touch is applied to the hands, shoulders, and face. This touch, either self-applied or carried out by a facilitator, introduces slow wave currents (Delta-waves) that affect different parts of the brain, changing their structure and function. Interestingly, the client can self-haven when in between sessions which gives them a sense of self-care. The capacity to have control of one’s behavior is empowering.

Book a session with Rianne and experience that stress, phobia, worry, or trauma can often be cleared entirely and permanently within just one session! She will also teach you how to use self-havening techniques to build on the positive results you achieve in your sessions.