About Chris Meaden
I'm Chris Meaden. I help adults with anxiety, panic and trauma. Talking about it hasn't shifted it — so we do something different. It's called The Meaden Method®. It uses Havening Techniques®, created by Dr Ron Ruden, plus hypnotherapy, NLP and coaching. And it's built around you, not a label.
Why people come to me
I started training in 2004. NLP and hypnotherapy first, with Dr Richard Bandler, Paul McKenna, John and Kathleen La Valle, Michael Neill and Steve Crabb. In 2012 I found Havening Techniques®. I trained with Dr Ron Ruden, who helped create it. I've been training ever since.
My clients don't want another year of weekly appointments. They want to feel better. So the work is private. It's planned. And it's built around what's really going on for you. The aim is simple. Calmer. Safer. More like yourself. In as few sessions as the work needs.
We start with your pattern. Your triggers. Your history. Your pace. Nothing comes off a template.
I'd rather get you moving than talk for years. We pick the target. Then we work on it.
We can calm the feeling without dragging you back through the story. You stay in control.
Havening Techniques®, hypnosis, NLP and coaching. I use what helps. I leave out what doesn't.
I'm not here to talk about your problem for a year. I'm here to help your body stop reacting to it. That's when life starts to feel possible again.
How I got here
It grew out of twenty years of work. I found what helped. I trained with the people who created it. And I dropped what didn't work.
Why do people stay stuck in patterns they understand perfectly well? Knowing why was never enough. Something else had to shift.
NLP, hypnosis and coaching. Not from a book — from the people who built it.
Then I trained with Dr Ron Ruden, who helped create it. It gave me a way to work with the body, not just the story.
All of it became one process. That's The Meaden Method®.
Credentials
I've been training and practising for twenty years. In the UK, Europe and the USA. If I could learn something from the person who invented it, I went and learned it from them.
What happens
Anxiety, panic and trauma all start with a reaction. It fires before you get a say. That's what I work on first. Then we make it stick.
We work out what keeps it going. The triggers. The feelings. The beliefs underneath. You won't be asked to relive anything you don't need to.
This is where Havening Techniques®, hypnosis, NLP and coaching come in. We bring the feeling down. And we give you something else to reach for.
You go home with simple practices and support. So the change settles, and you can get back to it on your own.
Clear plans. What happens, how long it takes, and what support comes after.
Most of my clients look fine. Work has no idea. Family has no idea. But the anxiety, the panic, the bad nights or the drinking is wearing them down.
Pick whatever's easiest to keep private, and easiest to get to.
What I'm asked for most
Panic attacks. Anxiety. Health worries. Social fear. Speaking in public. And the fear sitting underneath it all.
Trauma. PTSD. Childhood trauma. Grief. Relationship trauma. Feeling overwhelmed by it all.
Fear of flying. Fear of being sick. Small spaces. Crowds. Plus habits, sleep, confidence and performance.
In their words
These are word for word. Nothing edited.
“Within the first session working with Chris for my severe emethophobia I had already seen immediate improvements. He is very friendly and makes you feel very comfortable. His methods are different but extremely effective, i felt like I had tried everything and that nothing could help but the Meaden method had really changed that for me. I would 100% recommend him to anyone struggling with emethophobia as he helped me regain a lot of my life back”
Millie · verified review
“Working with Chris has been life changing. I have been struggling with anxiety for a long time. I have done different kinds of therapies, but the anxiety never truly went away. Chris’s method is genuinely groundbreaking. It has helped me reduce my anxiety, making me feel more confident about myself. After two visits, and using his techniques, my recovery gained momentum and I now feel like a new person who enjoys going out again at night! I also highly recommend Chris’ Support & Resilience Programme, an online resource that sits alongside the sessions. This provides a wealth of very useful information. Thanks Chris.”
J.P · Project Mgr
“Honestly recommend this to anyone struggling with pretty much anything, Chris has the most amazing and most effective techniques and does genuinely want to help and see you improve. Your session will be tailored to you and how be can best help you which makes the whole experience and proccess that much better!Highly recommend if you actually want change and fast.”
Josh · FX Trader
Media
My work has been in the papers and on the radio, here and abroad. Usually about anxiety, trauma, and how people actually change.
Journalists and producers: press and media enquiries.
Who you'll see
No associates. No being passed on to someone else. You get me, my training and my full attention. And an honest chat at the start about whether I'm the right person for you.
Clear boundaries. Real privacy. Fully insured. And no promises about results — nobody can honestly make those.
Questions
No. And I'd never say it was. Keep seeing your doctor or consultant. This works alongside them.
Lots of people notice a shift early on. But everyone is different. No method can promise a result or a timescale — mine included.
No. I need enough to work with, and no more than that. You won't be asked to relive anything you don't need to.
Tunbridge Wells, London, or online anywhere in the world.
Adults, 16 and over. We talk it through at the consultation. If I'm not the right person for you, I'll say so.
Chris has extensive experience in helping men and women overcome the symptoms of Anxiety, Panic Attacks, PTSD and so much more. You are not alone; help is available.