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>> 2010 Human Givens Conference Ð book early to ensure your place

The theme of this year's HGI conference, which takes place on the weekend of 6th—7th November at Sunningdale in Berkshire, is "Relationships—the human givens perspective".

This year's Guest Speaker is Dr Aric Sigman who will be talking on: 'Relationships and the media'. Also speaking will be the Canadian diplomat John Bell who will be discussing the important role of HG in Middle-East negotiations.

The various other speakers will continue to explore the key theme from a number of angles, some of which include:

  • Relationships between children and adults
  • What makes a good relationship
  • What makes relationships break down
  • Community action: Reclaim Life
  • Improving a police counselling service with HG (exciting new data)
  • How ideas spread
  • Why it is more powerful to hear a story than read one
  • Occupational psychology Ð a fresh look
  • Why the universe is built on relationships
  • Relationships and attention.

The cost is £285.00 per delegate which includes attendance at both days with lunch, a Saturday evening dinner, tea/coffee at each break and conference materials. (There is accommodation available at Sunningdale Park which can be booked separately direct or via lastminute.com.)

Click here for a PDF copy of the Conference Leaflet and Booking Form or call Kathy Hardy on +44 (0)1323 811662 to book your place.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Updated 23.08.10


>> 2010 Conference Ð Keynote speaker announced

We are pleased to announce that this year's conference will be on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th November 2010 at the same venue as last year, Sunningdale Park in Berkshire, and the keynote speaker will be Dr Aric Sigman. More details to follow soon.

Posted 12.08.10


>> 2010 Conference

Many people have expressed a wish for our normally bi-annual conference to be brought forward and plans are now well advanced for a conference to be held in November of this year Ð venue and date to be confirmed.

The theme for this year's conference is Relationships: The human givens perspective. More will be announced in the next e-newsletter and the date and venue will be confirmed as soon as possible. The event will be open to anyone interested in the HG approach, and we look forward to seeing you there.

>> Human Givens College update

The development of an autumn programme is also well underway and will be announced shortly. It will initially consist of a variety of weekend courses on key subjects (such as addiction, depression, treating trauma, anxiety disorders, brief therapy skills, psychosis, storytelling and the use of metaphor), as well as some new titles.

The college will continue to teach the Human Givens Diploma course, and dates for a two-week course next year will be announced in the near future.

Part I of the Diploma is likely to take a slightly different format to previously, but MindFields seminars and workshops will still count towards it in the form of accredited prior learning (APL).

Posted 30.07.10


>> Human Givens College

It is with sadness that we report that MindFields College went into liquidation at the beginning of this week. To read a letter to students from the former principal, click here.

However, we are pleased to announce that training in the human givens approach will continue through the new Human Givens College. We will be posting further details and information about courses here shortly.

If you would like to be kept informed about future developments, please sign up for our regular, free enewsletter (see above right).

Posted 1.07.10


>> Major article on the human givens approach is published in
ÊÊÊÊ 'The Arab Journal of Psychiatry'

The latest edition of The Arab Journal of Psychiatry (Vol. 21, No. 1, May 2010) features an extensive article on human givens psychotherapy. Written by the HGI's chairman, Dr Farouk Okhai, the article gives a wonderfully clear and useful overview of the approach and the benefits and new insights it brings to the field of psychotherapy.

As the abstract says: "There is a profusion of psychotherapy models, most of them formulated in the west, confusing both those seeking and those striving to give help. The human givens approach seeks to integrate the effective ingredients of all therapies using as its organising idea what human beings need in order to live healthy lives. As such it will have a universal appeal, in keeping with the increasing recognition that individuals and societies have much more in common than their relatively superficial cultural differences would indicate."

The article is well worth reading, click here to download a PDF version.

Posted 1.06.10


>> 'Human givens: the evidence so far'

HGI PRN founder, Bill Andrews, describes the latest practice-based evidence results from research into the efficacy of the human givens approach in his recent Human Givens journal article. Click here to read.

Posted 13.01.10


>> The human givens approach takes the spotlight this month as
ÊÊÊÊÊ the
cover feature and editorial focus in the latest issue of
ÊÊÊÊÊ BACP's
journal, Therapy Today (Dec 2009).

Julia Bueno's lead article, 'The rise of the human givens', explores the gaining momentum of the human givens approach and the success of MindFields College as the leading independent provider of training days to the NHS and social services.

Posted 12.01.10


>> HGI Fellow, Dr Grahame Brown, is to appear on BBC Radio 4 on
ÊÊÊÊ 'Healing with Metaphor'
Click here for further information.

Posted 2.10.09


>> Annual General Meeting of the HGI

This year's AGM will be held during the Human Givens Conference (see below) on Saturday 9th May at 5.30pm. All members are welcome.

Click here for further information and to read the Agenda.

Posted 20.04.08


>> 2009 Human Givens Conference

The theme of this year's HGI conference, which takes place on the weekend of 9th—10th May at Sunningdale in Berkshire, is "How people learn, and why—the human givens perspective". The speakers will explore this theme from a number of angles. The planned topics include:

  • The REM state, caetextia and the development of self-concept
  • Turning Ôspecial measuresÕ schools around: The links between psychotherapy and education
  • What prevents learning: how mental models stop us thinking clearly
  • Putting caetextia into context: practical applications of the caetextia theory
  • How to educate communities
  • Teams, leadership and the human givens
  • Practical skills that help children learn
  • Pattern-matching, learning and the REM state
  • HG Coaching: Problem solving and creativity at work
  • The central role of metaphor Ð stories, humour and sayings
  • Verbal judo: Containing potentially violent confrontations with young people
  • Update on research into the efficacy of the human givens approach.

This year's Guest Speaker is John Seddon who will be talking on: 'Systems and people: making organisations more effective - why cultural change is free'. And we will also hear from a variety of human givens (HG) practitioners who will present a selection of their interesting case histories.

The cost is £275.00 per delegate which includes attendance at both days with lunch, a Saturday evening dinner, tea/coffee at each break and conference materials. (There is accommodation available at Sunningdale Park which can be booked separately.)

Click here for a PDF copy of the Conference Leaflet and Booking Form or call Kathy Hardy on +44 (0)1323 811440 to book your place.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Updated 26.02.09


>> The real science of wellbeing — an inspirational talk about the
ÊÊÊÊÊÊ
human givens approach you can listen to now

In a gripping online video, Joe Griffin, Director of Studies at MindFields College, sets out the science-derived truths that underpin the human givens approach to psychotherapy, education and society at large.Ê You can watch his talk here: http://www.mindfields.org.uk/blog/?p=185.
Ê
If you believe these insights are important and would like to help us spread them around, please forward this to friends, colleagues and people who may influence funding policies and suggest they make the time to watch it. Please also feel free to link the talk to your website or embed it into presentations.Ê
Ê
The video lasts 30 minutes and is of JoeÕs spirited opening address to students attending the two-week residential section of the Human Givens Diploma.Ê It is introduced by Ivan Tyrrell, Principal of MindFields College, and makes an ideal refresher for College graduates and a powerful primer for anyone who wants to know more about the real science of wellbeing.
And for those who just want to listen, you can hear the audio alone on: http://www.hgiforum.org/HG_Dip_intro.html

Posted 7.03.08


>> Skills for Health: working group update

The Skills for Health-sponsored consultation into the proposed future national occupational standards (NOS) for psychotherapy and counselling has moved into the working group phase.

HGI is a member of the cognitive and behavioural therapy working group, and is represented by Ivan Tyrrell.

He reports, "My impression from the first session is that the working group is open to human givens ideas, and the RIGAAR model (rapport building, information gathering, accessing trsources, agreeing strategies for change and rehearsing desired outcomes) in particular. Many of the other representatives were interested in how the approach is being implemented and took copies of our latest book An Idea in Practice."

Posted 1.10.07


>> Human Givens Foundation's multi-site research using CORE
ÊÊÊÊÊÊ
to start

The Human Givens Foundation is delighted to announce that the multi-site study to evaluate human givens therapy using CORE is set to start in October and will run for six months. Forty HG therapists working in a wide variety of settings (from GP practice, PCT, MIND, Occupational Health, Personal Injury and other Insurance work and private practice) are now committed to contributing data to the study.

HG therapists thinking about participating can still contact Bill Andrews, who is spearheading the study. He is enthusiastic about his efforts over the last year to bring this to fruition, "Measuring at every session brings therapists much closer to the data and the clinical utility is then appreciated. I'm anticipating that we will demonstrate that, indeed, HG is a bono-fide approach to helping patients exhibiting a very wide range of emotional distress."

For more information about the study, click here.

Posted 11.09.07


>> HG work with HSBC Life wins insurance industry award

The pilot project begun in 2005 with GE Reinsurance, (now Swiss Re Life & Health) using human givens therapists to work with HSBC Life's income protection clients to help them recover from a range of presenting mental illnesses and return to work has won the Rehabilitation First Initiative of the Year. At a prize giving on 13 July, sponsors Incisive Media, AIG, AXA, and Health and Care Management Ltd announced the 2007 winners.

Posted 02.08.07


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