What is Havening and how does it relate to coaching?

Havening is a psycho-sensory approach that uses the Havening Touch® and pleasant distraction to change the landscape of the brain.

If you are not living life to your full potential, or if you are stressed, anxious, heading towards burn-out, lack confidence, suffering from imposter syndrome, sad, unhappy, or where the past is intruding on the present creating limiting beliefs and triggering you in high stakes situations, or suffering from phobias and PTSD — the Havening Techniques® may help.

Dr Ronald Ruden discovered that neuroscience shows how it is possible to modify the encoding from a stressful or traumatic event so the memory can be de-traumatised and its negative effects reduced in both psyche and body.

Imagine using a simple self-soothing tool to eliminate upsets. This neuroscience-based approach can alter thoughts, moods, emotions, and behaviours rapidly, release feel-good chemicals in the brain, and promote Delta waves so you can feel calm and heal from within.

Havening and coaching

So how does this neuroscience-based tool relate to our coaching practice? Many clients set enriching and motivational goals yet inner blocks get in the way of the outer work. As coaches we have several tools — NLP, Mindfulness, Gestalt, CBT, Psychodynamics — but in my experience the Havening Techniques® are remarkably fast, gentle, and effective with a clear neuroscientific mechanism.

Paul McKenna also trained with Dr Ruden and his endorsement speaks to the power of Havening: “I eventually began working with Dr Ronald Ruden, who was trying to find his own version of a ‘magic bullet for change…’”

As a coaching practitioner I find Havening invaluable for working on limiting beliefs such as imposter syndrome, lack of confidence, and other areas where the past intrudes on the present and keeps us in survival mode.

To know I have this tool as part of my therapeutic coaching toolkit is a dream come true for me and my clients.