Abstract
Letter to the Editor regarding the article Youngson R. (2025). A novel theory of trauma offers new treatment possibilities. The New Zealand Medical Journal, 138(1623), 95–104. https://doi.org/10.26635/6965.6955.
As mental health professionals trained in evidence-based trauma treatments, we read with interest the recent New Zealand Medical Journal article stating that Havening could completely erase the physical and mental impacts of trauma in minutes. Upon reviewing this article alongside related literature, we became concerned about the strength and validity of some of the claims. Several assertions appear inconsistent with established scientific understanding of trauma and its treatment, rely heavily on anecdotal vignettes and overstate the findings of the limited empirical studies available.