WORKSHOP by Paul McKenna

Paul McKenna is going to demonstrate how three modalities work together in synergy – hypnotherapy, NLP and Havening (the new psycho-sensory technique). Not only will he explain how the combination of these three approaches is greater than the sum total of their individual parts, but he will demonstrate this as well. 

Many people are familiar with hypnotherapy and NLP and how the use of language and visualisation can achieve behavioural change. Havening is a relatively new therapy, based on neuroscience , that works extremely well in treating trauma, depression, pain and anxiety, and when combined with the other two modalities, produces a super-therapy.

In Havening, the brief activation of a distressing memory combined with visualisations and sequences of repeated touch to specific parts of the body can have a rapid, reliable and predictable effect on our being. 

As a result, in a matter of minutes, we can now reduce the intensity of an emotion or feeling of unhappiness and establish a calmer state that can support resilience.

In addition, certain brain waves are associated with different functions in our lives. Beta waves are associated with being alert and focused or anxious. Alpha waves represent a state of relaxed alertness. One wave synonymous with really deep relaxation – the holy grail that we are all after in terms of therapy and healing – are delta waves. Delta waves are produced when you are deeply asleep, in meditative states, and when Havening.

Delta waves facilitate the reconfiguration of traumatic or upsetting feelings. So, when you think about a distressing experience and follow the Havening techniques, the brain is flooded with delta waves and this enables resolution by de-linking the experience at a neurological level.

Paul McKenna, Ph.D. is a Master Trainer in NLP and a Havening and TFT practitioner. He now has a worldwide online hypnotherapy training organization in conjunction with Mind Valley. He has worked closely with Dr Richard Bandler, the co-creator of NLP, for the last 35 years. He was named by the Sunday Times as one of the world’s leading and most important modern gurus alongside Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. He is one of the world’s bestselling authors, selling 15 million books in 35 different countries. He has worked his unique brand of personal transformation with Hollywood movie stars, Olympic gold medalists, rock stars, leading business achievers, and royalty. Over the past forty years, Paul McKenna has helped millions of people successfully quit smoking, lose weight, overcome insomnia, eliminate stress, and increase self-confidence. In the last decade, he has specialized in treating trauma and PTSD.