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Exactly how do the Havening Techniques work?

We believe the consequences of trauma and stressful life events are stored in the brain and are activated by conscious or inadvertent recall. Once this recall occurs, symptoms are generated. This activation also makes the pathway that generates these feelings subject to disruption (see Primer for details). The Havening Techniques are designed to disrupt this pathway through a process called synaptic depotentiation; literally, it is as if we darken a room by pulling a plug on a lit lamp. Although we can’t provide any guarantees, the emotions and sometimes even the ability to recall the memory can be extinguished after performing The Havening Techniques.

Havening Research

Becoming a practitioner isn't the only way you can help Havening! Havening Research is a non-profit organization that seeks to study the efficacy of the Havening Techniques by funding scientific studies. The foundation also identifies and studies possible additions and modifications to the practice, as well as new patient populations that might benefit from its use, see haveningresearch.org

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