About Lynn

I’m an internationally certified Havening Techniques® Trainer, Practitioner, and Mentor, as well as a Coach and Hypnotherapist.

I trained with Havening founders Drs. Ron and Steven Ruden in 2015 and became one of the earliest certified Havening practitioners in Canada. In 2016, I hosted the first Canadian Havening training in Vancouver with Dr. Steven Ruden.

Over the years, Havening has become an important part of both my practice and the way I teach. I value close attention, curiosity, and the opportunity to explore what is happening together.

From Sculpture to Havening

Before Havening, I spent more than thirty years as a sculptor.

Those years taught me patience, close observation, and respect for what lies beneath the surface. Stone asks you to pay attention to what is already there and allow the form to emerge in its own time.

Those lessons have stayed with me.

When I discovered Havening Techniques®, much of it felt familiar. The medium was different, but the qualities it called for were much the same: curiosity, attention, patience, and a willingness to explore what might be possible.

Today, those qualities shape the way I am with both clients and students.

My Approach

My approach draws on Havening Techniques®, professional coaching, hypnotherapy, EFT, and Matrix Reimprinting. I draw from these according to the person, the moment, and what we are exploring together.

I’m interested in what may be asking for attention, what has been protective, and what possibilities might become available when there is enough space to see more clearly.

Whether I’m with a client or teaching a student, I value collaboration. I bring my experience and close attention, and I respect the perspective and insight you bring with you.

Some of the richest moments are the ones we discover together.

How Havening Can Complement Your Practice

Havening Techniques® can be integrated into many therapeutic, coaching, and helping practices, giving you another way to support the people you work with.

Havening combines gentle touch with focused attention and distraction and can be adapted to the person, the situation, and the approach you already use.

How Havening Can Support What You Already Do

Havening can give you additional ways to:

• Support Regulation: Help clients settle and feel more present during a session.
• Reduce Stress: Offer practical tools that clients can also use on their own.
• Explore Emotional Experiences: Support clients as they respond to experiences, feelings, or patterns that are asking for attention.
• Build Resilience: Help clients strengthen their capacity to respond to future challenges.
• Encourage Self-Havening: Teach clients techniques they can use between sessions to support themselves.
• Integrate with Your Existing Approach: Use Havening alongside the therapeutic, coaching, or other methods already familiar to you.

Who Is This Training For?

This training welcomes professionals from a wide range of backgrounds, including:

Coaches, psychotherapists, hypnotherapists, NLP practitioners, counsellors, psychologists, medical practitioners, complementary health practitioners, teachers, first responders, and practitioners of EFT, TFT, EMDR, and IFS.

Your existing experience becomes part of the training as we explore how Havening can fit naturally with the way you already practise.