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Havening, sometimes referred to as Amygdala Depotentiation Therapy (ADT), is a brief psychotherapy developed by Dr Ronald Ruden that uses patterns of touch, eye-movement, distraction techniques, visualisation and sometimes affirmations to depotentiate and decouple unwanted and problematic feelings from memories.[1][2][3] The name 'Havening' means to place in a safe haven. Havening is said to alter brain chemistry even when someone has suffered from longterm post traumatic stress disorder.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Havening techniques are claimed to help reduce anxiety and depression by altering the way memories are stored or recalled. The process is thought to work by boosting levels of serotonin and generating delta-walves, which can affect the link between the recall of an event or memory and the feeling it typically triggers. When Havening techniques have been successful, it is claimed a memory of a difficult event can still be recalled without triggering as strong a feeling or unwanted physiological response.[11][12][13]

Havening Techniques

Havening Techniques typically start by prompting a client to bring to their awareness a difficult experience or emotion and measure it using a Subjective units of distress scale by rating the intensity out of 10. At this point, Havening Touch will be utilised wherein a client or their therapist gently and rhythmically strokes the clients shoulders and arms while leading them through pleasant psychological distraction techniques such as getting them to imagine walking on a beach while counting down from 20 to 1. This process is typically repeated a couple of times with different psychological distraction techniques. At the end, the client rates the intensity of the difficult experience or emotion to gauge if it has been diminished.[3][4][14]

Havening Touch

Havening Touch involves using gentle touch such as rhythmically stroking the shoulders and arms. It is claimed that gentle touch can generate delta waves in the brain that similar to those present in deep sleep, where such patterns touch may be a signal to a newborn baby that they have not been abandoned.[1][3]

Kings College Study

In a study conducted by the Academic Department of Military Mental Health at Kings College London with twenty-seven participants, a single-session of Havening proved effacious in reducing self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety and impaired occupational functioning.[4][14][15]

History & Development

Techniques of Havening arose from attempts at understanding a neurobiological basis for psychosensory treatments such as Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, Thought Field Therapy and Emotional Freedom Technique.[1][16]

References

  1. ^ a b c Ruden, Ronald (August 23, 2010). When the Past Is Always Present: Emotional Traumatization, Causes, and Cures. Routledge. ISBN 0415875641.
  2. ^ Iley, Chrissy (January 15, 2012). "Paul McKenna: 'I'm not build for relationships'". The Telegraph. United Kingdom. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Havening: The anti-anxiety treatment you'll want to try". Beaut.ie. Ireland. April 20, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Lydall, Ross (December 8, 2015). "Rubbing arms 'can ease anxiety and depression', study finds". Evening Standard. United Kingdom. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  5. ^ Moodie, Clemmie (January 6, 2015). "Paul McKenna's hypnosis put to test: Can he make you feel like you've just had holiday?". Irish Mirror. Ireland. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  6. ^ McKenna, Paul (December 28, 2013). "Break the habit of comfort eating - and lose weight now: In a major new series, PAUL McKENNA shows how to stop your emotions compelling you to over-eat". Femail / Daily Mail. United Kingdom. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  7. ^ Preston, Alex (December 28, 2014). "Fear of flying: the spectre that haunts modern life". The Guardian. United Kingdom. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  8. ^ Cookney, Francesca (June 2, 2013). "Paul McKenna fixed our fears". Mirror. United Kingdom. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  9. ^ Robinson, Dan (May 9, 2014). "Self-help therapist to share a stage with Paul McKenna". Oxford Mail. United Kingdom. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  10. ^ Robinson, Dan (November 26, 2014). "It's a spider, get me out of here!". Reveal. United Kingdom. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  11. ^ Moore, James (May 13, 2013). "Paul McKenna: I can make you better". The Independent. United Kingdom. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  12. ^ Paul McKenna: I can change your life like I did mine, Sunday Express, January 8th, 2015
  13. ^ Spereall, David (March 25, 2016). "Living with post traumatic stress - a Hull soldier's story". The Hull Daily Mail. United Kingdom. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  14. ^ a b Freeman, Sophie (January 5, 2016). "How rubbing your arms can banish bad memories: 'Havening' technique helps you get rid of distressing thoughts". Daily Mail. United Kingdom. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  15. ^ Thandi, Gursimran; Tom, Deborah; Gould, Matthew; McKenna, Paul; Greenberg, Neil (2015). "Impact of a Single-Session of Havening" (PDF). Health Science Journal. 9 (5:1). ISSN 1791-809X. Retrieved 2016-07-17. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |display-authors=5 (help)
  16. ^ Ruden, Ronald (2005). "A Neurological Basis for the Observed Peripheral Sensory Modulation of Emotional Responses". Traumatology. 11: 145–158.

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