Havening Techniques® Practitioner Certification Training - International 1:1, choose your own times

Enjoy learning about neuroscience-informed psychosensory techniques and developing skills for Havening practice. Study at your own pace, with 1:1 support and input from me, Carol, to help you build a strong foundation in Havening. Groups and teams are also welcome; please email me for more information.

This program of study is ideal for professionals working with their existing client base with the aim of becoming certified practitioners of Havening Techniques.

The Woven Together Stages: How it Works

1. After purchasing your training (£1200), you will receive an email notification from Havening HQ, New York, that you have been enrolled.
2. Log in and access your dashboard, educational pack, and resource library at Havening.org. Log in and access your support material at Psychosensory Academy (see illustrations).
3. Start training with Carol via Zoom. This training is 16 hours in total and has a structured curriculum. The time is divided into five workshops of 3 hours each and a one-hour meeting. Workshops are 1:1 or can be groups (if you prefer all 1:1 that is fine). Active and passive learning techniques are used, focusing on progressive and continuous exploring and learning. This includes live demonstrations, learning activities, interactive sessions, using projects, reading, studying video examples of the Havening Techniques in use, practising Havening and reflecting on what you learned and flipped learning, such as when you share Havening with your practice partners and clients.

Between training sessions, you will be doing the following self-study 

• Reading about Havening in the Primer and completing the Science Review
• Exploring the main concepts and classic Havening Techniques through self-havening and facilitated-Havening. You will be uploading your case studies (5 at a time works well) and responding to your reviews. Videos of yourself working as a Havening Practitioner for review are usually shared after Case Study 10 and then after Case Study 20 (30 written or audio case studies and 2 video examples).
• USA students: Complete the Online Ethics Training with Midge Murphy (students wanting to study ethics related to psychosensory practice may also do this training)

After successfully completing your training, your certification will come from Havening HQ, New York.

What will you learn about?

You will learn about the neuroscience basis of Havening and classic Havening Techniques, the origins of Havening, psychosensory classifications, what happens in the brain during an experience which is 'traumatic, helpful checklists to use to identify this type of learning experience,  typical results related to this type of learning (i.e. ranging from what is known as traumatisation, fears, phobias, rage, sadness, chronic pain, PTSD, C-PTSD, sensory overwhelm, panic attacks, allergies, somatisation, etc.), all of the classic Havening Techniques, neuroscience-informed practice, self-Havening, facilitated Havening, ethical modern practice, modern terminology and how to integrate it in your practice, how to recognise when changes such as the absorption of receptors have taken place, how to use Growth Havening, creating projects for clients and more.

What is provided?

All training materials are provided

• 16 Hours of Training Sessions with Carol Robertson PhD
• Access to the educational portal at Havening.org
• Access to support material at Psychosensory Academy
• Access to Steve Ruden's practice group
• Access to the Havening Forum and Messenger groups
• Hands-on practice
• Projects for skill-building and to  help weave modern theory into practice

About Carol
I was trained by Dr Ronald Ruden, Paul McKenna, Deborah Tom, and Dr Steven Ruden on the first training in 2013. I was one of the first five Havening practitioners and trainers, and I love how practitioners use the concepts and techniques in many disciplines. People say, ' I make complex information simple to understand and useful for practice' and that they experienced a 'paradigm shift' in learning with me.  I also coach clients and teach Neuroscience to acupuncture students at the European Institute of Integrative Health Sciences. A continued focus for me has been teaching and learning (change), and the books I co-authored are published by Thames & Hudson and are key teaching material in universities around the world. I am also a professional artist, inventor and animal 'trainer', and I find Havening useful for rapid change, creativity, understanding others and calmness.

Reasons for choosing this training 

In this 1:1 training, you will have my support as soon as you begin to study.  This means you can ask questions about the Primer and Procedural Guide material. You can use my support material to help you tackle any neuroscience that is new to you (and that relates to the Havening Primer). To help you get started on the practical side and for some balance, you can enjoy doing some simple, pleasant projects and uploading your reflections as case studies in your first week.

I designed these easy-to-do projects to help you develop specific skills and knowledge related to Havening practice and to start the process of using your dashboard at Havening.org and receiving my reviews. A list of ideas about what to study and explore as case studies is available in my support material. You can also upload case studies related to your exploration of the different Havening Techniques as you learn self-Havening.

I am a very experienced trainer and Havening practitioner.

Connecting with others
Meet other students and practitioners and swap sessions. Read their posts and learn from their experiences. You can use the search function on the forum to explore over ten years' worth of posts and dialogues. You can ask questions and engage with Dr Ronald and Steven Ruden, other trainers, practitioners and students on the Havening Facebook forum. There are also practice groups, meet-ups, conferences (annual and recorded material), advanced courses, and an international session swap thread. You may want to work quickly, or you may want to use the full course length of ten months to fulfil the various stages towards being recommended for certification from Havening HQ. Most people use the last two months of their year of access to Havening.org to write their profile and so on. 

For clarity, please note that all official trainings towards certification as a Havening Practitioner involve you accessing and using your dashboard and educational pack at Havening.org and starting to read, watch videos and complete the science review.  Because of this course structure, all Havening Practitioners understand the same principles and terminology related to Havening practice, which is great and well worth embracing.

Connecting with Carol

You can book your sessions via my online diary or by email. I answer and ask questions and share inspirational ideas about Havening daily in my group of Havening Enthusiasts.

Payment for this training can be made in instalments or as a single payment; it's your choice.

On the successful completion of your training, your certification will come from Havening HQ,  New York.

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