Your Journey to Thrive

Kamaia Pere, Havening Practitioner, M.D

What we will cover…

How symptoms of anxiety, stress and depression can link to trauma

Understand the science behind trauma

Learn how Havening can be used as a tool to regulate the ANS and neutralise trauma

Explore the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

My Story

In my worst moment

Our Current Paradigm

Pharmacotherapy

Psychotherapy

2 Weeks Stress Leave

There must be an easier way to release this.

We remember threatening situations.

That we cannot escape

See

Hear

Smell

Taste

Context

Physical Sensation

Beliefs

Emotions

Thoughts

Encoded as Trauma in the Brain

Brain Encodes Traumatic Moments

Ruden, 2018

Polyvagal Theory & Autonomic Ladder

Steven Porges & Deb Dana (adapted)

Havening Techniques™

Dr Ronald Ruden

Create a sense of safety in brain through Delta waves

Erase trauma encoding
Downregulate emotional distress

Delta Waves Delete AMPA Receptors & Erases Trauma

Ruden, 2019

Trauma, Burnout & Havening

A case study of Katie, a Junior Doctor’s burnout over 3 Havening sessions using the Mayo Wellbeing Index.

The Impacts of Havening Training

What we’ve covered

How brain stores trauma

How the stress response links to trauma

The possibility of Havening as a tool to erase trauma & regulate ANS