Havening Techniques ®
Your safe haven is within yourself. It just might be a little hard to find sometimes. It happens to us all - especially if you've had some difficult challenges in the past.
The good news is this: your system always wants to return to safety. It's there; let's go and find it again.
As a certified Havening Techniques Practitioner ® I'd be honored to support you in re-establishing that sense of safety and calmness within, using a specific technique based on the latest neuroscientific insights. You in?
Anchoring back into Safety
What is Havening exactly?
Havening Techniques ® is a relatively young (since 2002) form of psychosensory therapy, by Dr. Ronald Ruden, based on neurscience and neurobiology that uses sensory input (touch) to shift your mood, thoughts, emotional response, charge around memories and behavior.
By applying 'Havening touch', we aim to change this and create new neural pathways by evoking a different neurochemical and neuro-electrical response. When you experience anxiety, ongoing stress, uncontrolled emotions, self-doubt, or you feel easily overwhelmed by life or the thoughts in your head, Havening can help you shift from stress to safety.
Havening is known to help relatively quickly and with lasting results - particularly around traumatic or intense memories.
Who is this for?
If you have experienced not-so-pleasant situations in your past - maybe even traumatic ones - you will most likely have developed beliefs around yourself, others or the world that aren't helping you in your current life.
The memories may still haunt you. Possibly, you notice that your response to certain situations is a lot more intense than you'd like. Or you may notice that your mind is stuck in a loop of doubt. Perhaps your nervous system is parked in fight, flight, freeze or fix too much of the time. This could be affecting your career, your relationships, even your health.
I'd be very happy to see if Havening would help you to retrieve your sense of agency in your life by using your beautiful brain to reprogram itself. Yay to neurplasticity!
Safety is...
...your birthright. The place your whole system always wants to return to. The anchor to cherish. Let's find your Safe Haven again.
When could Havening Help?
Havening is a powerful modality that can help in a great variety of situations, and can easily be integrated with other therapy / coaching modalities.
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When you experience both mild or severe anxiety, worry, fear, phobias
- When you're still experiencing the negative consequences of trauma, for example through sexual, emotional or physical abuse, but also developmental trauma
- When you're stuck in a loop of negative thoughts and self-doubt
- When you're struggling to work yourself through grief, after losing a loved one, a relationship, a job, etc
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When you've been feeling a lot of overwhelm lately and can't seem to calm down your nervous system yet
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When you notice you've been self-sabotaging yourself for a while and want to get to the root of the cause
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When you experience a lot of stress about an upcoming situation
- When you have a hard time letting go of something (e.g. habits) or someone
I'm intrigued. Let's meet!
"Sovereignty is the ability to remain or get back into your own center, while you navigate life and interact with people. This means that you bring yourself in. No islanding, no clinging. You accept life as it comes and learn how to shift your perspective around challenges."
- Michelle Coops
What can you expect?
Preparation
First, you will get plenty of opportunity to share what you're struggling with. We will dive into the situation deeper. Then we figure out how Havening can help you.
Tuned into You
Every Havening session is different. I work with what's coming up for you, and tune into what's needed to guide you towards that safe haven. We trust the process!
Layers
For the best results, we work together a few times to peel off the layers and really get to the core. That's how we bring about lasting change!
I'd be honored
...to become a part of your journey. To guide you into the flow of love, as many have said is my purpose and greatest talent. In my 20 years as a communication specialist, personal leadership mentor and Life Designer there's always been one life area I have focused on: relationships and sexuality. And that starts with the relationship you have with YOU. Claiming your sovereignty.
In 2014 I attended my first tantra workshop. In 2019 I dedicated myself to deepen the tantric path. Now, it's a integral part of my life that I feel no need to put a label on. :)
Therapist or coach?
I work as a coach, therapist and educator. I am a certified practitioner in Relational Life Therapy®, and from that modality, I take on the role of fellow-traveler. I am by your side.
From inner child work to creating new imprints, from working towards goals to learning new skills. I dance between different roles, depending on what presents itself. If specific traumas come up that I feel require a specialist, I will always refer you.
Professional Learning
I take pride in always learning and going deeper.
For all my credentials, please go here.
It takes a lot of Trust
For you to be guided, supported and held by somebody you don't know that well yet. I don't take that lightly.
So here's my promise to you.
Choice
Challenge
Check-ins
Complete presence
Talk first?
Working on yourself could bring things up. And you don't just go about trusting 'anyone'.
So how about we tune in first? Book a free 30-minute consultation. No strings attached.
Michelle Coops is a certified practitioner(s) of Havening Techniques. Havening Techniques is a registered trade mark of Ronald Ruden, 15 East 91st Street, New York.
www.havening.org
Pricing
of the Gift you Give yourself
Basic Havening Session
- One-off session: €200 each
- Between 90-120 minutes
- 90-120 minutes
Prices in euros, incl 21% vat for private use or excl vat for business. Invoice provided.
Back to Safety - Havening Package
- 4 online or in-person Havening sessions
- 90 - 120 minutes each
- Whatsapp support in between sessions
- €800
Prices in euros, incl 21% vat for private use or excl vat for business. Invoice provided.