Trauma is an invisible wound—an inner ache that often goes unseen but profoundly affects us, sometimes consciously and other times through unconscious patterns in our thoughts, behaviors, and beliefs. Many people hesitate to explore or acknowledge the trauma they carry, fearing they might unleash a “Pandora’s Box” of painful memories or be forced to relive their experiences in overwhelming, vivid detail. This fear of re-traumatization or emotional overload can prevent them from taking the first step toward healing.

My approach, however, is both gentle and deeply effective. Over the years, I’ve guided many individuals through this process with care and compassion. Many of my clients  are often surprised by how much lighter and more at peace they feel after just one session. Healing doesn’t have to be daunting—it can be an enlightening journey toward reclaiming your strength and well-being.

If you have landed on this page, the likelihood is that you have experienced some level of trauma in your life and are having difficulties on either a physical, mental and/or emotional level. Think back to any time in your life that was upsetting or highly stressful, how did you manage your feelings or emotions around that situation? What we are mostly encouraged to do (by people who have no idea how to identify, acknowledge, manage and heal trauma) when a traumatic event happens, is suppress the emotions or feelings that may be triggered around the event or situation and move on (so we think). When nobody knows what to do or how to support you with it, you most likely decided to lock it away in a metaphorical box in the back of your mind and tell yourself “it’s done now just get on with your life”. This can happen over and over throughout our life experience, one trauma on top of another and what people fail to realise is that, trauma gets stored in our mind, body and nervous system. Trauma and the suppressed emotions that go along with it, does not ever really go away until you actively process it and it will show up in many other ways until you eventually reach a point of awareness that something needs to change.

I support people in uncovering and healing the deeper roots of emotional pain and unresolved trauma, gently, respectfully, and at a pace that feels safe. My approach is grounded in both professional experience and personal understanding. Having navigated an extensive trauma history of my own, I know what it’s like to feel as though everything should be fine on the outside, yet still carry deep inner turmoil.

In my early twenties, life was unfolding as I had hoped, but inwardly I felt disconnected and unhappy. I appeared socially confident, but inside I was filled with self-doubt, a negative mindset, and a heavy load of suppressed hurt and anger. Those buried emotions would often erupt as intense overreactions to small triggers, followed by waves of guilt and shame. I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t “just let go” of the anger, and that only deepened my frustration.

Like many people, I coped in the only ways I knew how, through cigarettes, alcohol, food, numbing the pain rather than addressing it. But eventually, I reached a turning point. I realised that if I didn’t change, I risked losing relationships that mattered to me and missing out on the genuine self-love, happiness, and fulfilment I longed for.

That realisation marked the beginning of my own healing journey and recovery. It wasn’t linear, it was full of challenges, but every step was worth it. Today, I live with far more peace, joy, and emotional freedom than I ever imagined possible. And it’s from this place that I now help others navigate their own path to healing.

The truth is, almost everyone carries some level of unconscious or unresolved trauma, and it impacts the way we think, feel, and relate to ourselves and others. Left unaddressed, it can quietly shape or limit our choices, hold us back, and diminish our quality of life. But when we bring compassion, awareness, and support to these wounds, healing becomes not only possible—but transformative.

As part of its protocol The Havening Techniques uses the sensory input of human touch as a therapeutic tool which we have identified as Havening Touch®. 

The Havening Techniques® are powerful tools that can be used to treat the consequences of encoded traumatic or stressful memories. Depending on the nature of the encoded trauma it can be done with guidance by a certified Havening Techniques practitioner or by oneself.

Havening has three (3) distinct applications—the first is for emotional disturbances and encoded psychological trauma; the second is for wellness, stress management, and peak performance; and the third is a self-help tool. 

Havening can be described as a type of psychosensory modality based on the fields of neuroscience and neurobiology, which uses sensory input in order to alter thought, mood, and behaviour. It is believed that when an event or experience is perceived as traumatic or stressful, it becomes immutably encoded in the psyche and the body, often with life altering consequences. Havening is designed to make changes in the brain in order to de-traumatize and remove from both the psyche and the body the emotional memory of a traumatic or stressful life event and its negative effects. Therefore, Havening is a healing modality that is designed to help individuals overcome problems that are the consequence of traumatic or stressful encoding. Havening comprises a number of protocols; one of these protocols used as a therapeutic tool includes human touch, and is identified as Havening Touch®.

Discovering The Havening Techniques has been life changing for me on so many levels. I struggled for many years to find my true purpose in life and when I started my journey to becoming a Havening Techniques Practitioner, everything started to fall into place for me personally and professionally. I carried my own unresolved pain for many years and many times looked for support in the wrong places. I did many years of talk therapy and while I found it so helpful, supportive and beneficial, a few months after finishing up with a therapist, I would feel that pain slowly creep back in. I think this is because while talking about pain is an excellent way to identify and acknowledge it, that wasn’t enough for me. I still had lots of pain and hurt suppressed deep in my body that would only come up in very unconscious ways. Havening gave me a very effective way of releasing that pain permanently. Don’t get me wrong, I am still a work in progress but I feel lighter and lighter with each session I do! I can see now that releasing that pain from my body was the missing link in my healing journey. Plus the reward and results I get from working with others using the Havening Techniques is nothing short of phenomenal!!

What Types of Problems Can Havening be Used for?

The consequences of traumatic encoding can be physical and psychological. Havening has been shown to help with:

Phobias

Chronic pain

Distressing memories (broken relationships, shocking news, loss, embarrassment, etc.)

Victims of natural disasters (hurricanes, floods, etc.) and man-made (war, fire, assault,home intrusion, etc.)

Anger-Fear of abandonment

Stress/Anxiety

Self Esteem

Cravings

PTSD

Panic attacks

Sexual abuse

Performance enhancement

Public speaking

Sports

Emotional eating

Emotional Supression