Havening Techniques®

Havening Therapy for Anxiety, Trauma & Emotional Wellbeing

A gentle, science-led psychosensory approach to releasing the emotional impact of trauma, stress and difficult life experiences.

Havening therapy is a psychosensory method designed to reduce the emotional charge of distressing memories, calm the amygdala, and support long-term nervous system regulation. As a certified Havening Practitioner in the UK, I offer safe, structured sessions that help your mind and body shift out of survival mode and into resilience. We can work online so you can book sessions from anywhere in the world.

Havening can be especially helpful for individuals who feel stuck in a fight-or-flight response, struggle to move beyond traumatic experiences, or find traditional talking therapies overwhelming or ineffective. As a standalone approach, it can be particularly supportive for those experiencing the effects of PTSD, persistent fear, limiting beliefs, work blocks or stuck areas in your life, and other stress or trauma-related patterns held in the nervous system.

How Havening Therapy Works

Havening uses gentle, soothing touch (self-applied or guided) alongside specific eye movements and grounding techniques. This combination activates delta brainwaves, de-links emotional activation from traumatic memories, and helps the brain store that memory differently.

Research shows Havening can:

  • Calm an overactive amygdala

  • Reduce anxiety and emotional overwhelm

  • Release trauma responses held in the body

  • Create a sense of internal safety and grounding

  • Support long-term resilience and emotional stability

You don’t have to revisit trauma in detail — Havening allows healing through body-based processing rather than re-exposure.

What Havening Can Help With

Havening may be helpful for:

  • Panic responses

  • Trauma and PTSD

  • Fear and phobias

  • Stress and burnout

  • Emotional overwhelm

  • Specific traumatic memories

  • Emotional triggers and unwanted patterns

  • Feeling stuck after difficult life experiences

  • Low confidence/work blocks and self-limiting beliefs

Havening is particularly useful when you know what the problem is, but understanding it or talking about it hasn't created the change you're looking for.

What a Havening Session Looks Like

A typical session includes:

  1. Creating safety – grounding, nervous system attunement

  2. Identifying emotional charge – without forcing details

  3. Guided Havening touch – self-applied (hands, arms, face)

  4. Clearing process – gentle techniques that remove the emotional intensity

  5. Integration – grounding, reflection, resilience building

While some people experience significant shifts in a single session, others choose to work together over several sessions to address deeper or more complex patterns.

Havening works very well online, allowing you to access support from the comfort of your own home. All you need is a laptop, internet connection, and somewhere comfortable to sit.

Why Clients Choose This Approach

Many of my clients have already tried talking therapies, self-help, mindfulness practices, yoga, meditation, or nervous system regulation techniques.

  • They understand their patterns intellectually, but still find themselves reacting in the same ways.

  • Havening offers a different approach, working with a different part of the brain than traditional talking therapies.

  • By working directly with the nervous system and the emotional impact held around memories, experiences and patterns, Havening can help create shifts that you can feel, not just understand.

Havening FAQS

Book a Havening Therapy Session

If you'd like to explore whether Havening is right for you, book a free discovery call. Together we'll discuss your goals, answer any questions, and create a plan that feels right for you.

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