Sometimes, even when we know how we want to respond, our emotions take over.
Havening Techniques is a neuroscience-informed approach designed to reduce the emotional impact of stressful experiences, helping you move forward with greater calm, confidence and choice.
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Havening Techniques®
Change your relationship with difficult experiences


What is Havening?
Havening is a psychosensory technique that combines gentle touch, guided attention and mental exercises.
Using Havening Touch®, the technique aims to reduce the emotional impact of stressful or traumatic memories, helping people respond differently to experiences that previously triggered distress.
Havening can be practitioner-assisted or self-applied.
What can Havening support?
Stress and overwhelm
Supporting a calmer response to everyday pressures and emotional stress.
Emotional reactions
Addressing patterns of anger, defensiveness, avoidance or shutdown.
Confidence and performance
Building confidence when facing challenging situations or important events.
Fears and phobias
Working with emotional reactions to specific situations or triggers.
Difficult memories and grief
Reducing the emotional intensity associated with past experiences and loss.
Addressing patterns of anger, defensiveness, avoidance or shutdown.
Working with emotional reactions to specific situations or triggers.
Emotional resilience
Developing tools to navigate challenges with greater calm and choice.
How I use Havening in coaching
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Identify the pattern
We explore what is troubling you and what you would like to change.
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Work with the emotional response
I guide you through Havening Techniques, using gentle touch and mental exercises to help reduce emotional intensity.
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Build new possibilities
We integrate the experience into coaching, supporting new perspectives, behaviours and practical steps towards your goals.