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British Psychological Society publishes research showing the effectiveness of HG Therapy

Piloting a practice research network: A 12-month evaluation of the Human Givens approach in primary care at a general medical practice has been published in The British Psychological Society’s peer reviewed publication: Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. The paper’s conclusion supports the massive amount of anecdotal evidence and data sets on thousands of patients now gathered by human givens therapists in the UK and Ireland.

This is good news for all those facing critics who, without looking directly at actual examples of effectiveness, say there is no evidence for the human givens holistic approach to mental health because it has not appeared in a peer reviewed journal.

Typical of the conclusions in the paper are, “The HG approach is informed by NICE guidelines and the evidence upon which they are based … the approach is a bona fide treatment that significantly contributes to assisting service users in primary care to move towards recovery.” “Pre- to post-treatment changes measured with the CORE-OM and CORE-10 suggested that the therapy was highly effective.” And, “The HG approach is an effective treatment for working with service users presenting with a variety of problems, and particularly anxiety and depression, in primary care settings.”

Much of the funding for this research project was raised and donated by the HG Foundation. The papers authors were, William Andrews, Elspeth Twigg, Takuya Minami and Gina Johnson, the GP whose initiative and enthusiasm triggered the research project with the three Human Givens therapists, Mary Marshall, Jane Newson-Smith and Jan Sherlock. Thanks should go to all these people and also to Sam Desborough, the project’s very competent administrator, and the funders: Steel Charitable Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation and the Human Givens Foundation. Some of Gina’s time was also supported by the National Institute for Health Research Flexibility and Sustainability Funding.

If you would like to receive a copy of the paper please email Bill Andrews at wandrews22@mac.com

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The ‘Measuring National Wellbeing Project’

Paul Allin, Director of the Measuring National Wellbeing Programme for the Office of National Statistics (ONS), had an in-depth discussion with Ivan Tyrrell, Director of Human Givens College and co-founder with Joe Griffin of the HG approach about innate human needs and how these are the ‘capital’ we all come into the world with.

Paul Allin was full of praise for our members' great work in energising, promoting and using all that’s known already about what makes for a fulfilled life. He said that he and his colleagues had found the submissions from Ivan and other HGI members very useful indeed (so much so that ONS were prompted to contact us directly for more information). He also wanted Ivan to encourage you all to contribute to the ‘National Debate on Wellbeing’ in whatever way you can.

This discussion will be published in the next issue of the Human Givens Journal.

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The new HGI Board named

Dr Farouk Okhai, chair of the Human Givens Institute has named his enlarged board which consists of a cross section from the many members who offered to give their time and service on behalf of the human givens approach to psychotherapy, education and societal wellbeing generally. 

The board members are:

Dr Farouk Okhai (Chair),
Ros Jeal (Communications Coordinator),
Joe Griffin,
Kevin McDonagh,
Bart McEnroe,
Nick Meredith,
Julian Penton,
Gail Rhodes,
Sue Saunders,
Ivan Tyrrell.

Peer Groups and individuals wishing to communicate with the board can do so by email to our communications coordinator at: rosjeal@hgtherapy.eu    
           
I would like to thank everyone who got in touch with Ivan and Joe over the last year to offer to help them develop HGI into a more influential organisation.

The board’s first face-to face meeting will take place in early April but it is already actively working through its own on-line forum to discuss and create an agenda of work to be done, including responding to the very useful HGICC report gathered together by Tony Gauvain. At that meeting the board will also consider what others who offered their services might be able to do to assist them with special projects such as PR, fund raising, event organizing etc.

Dr Farouk Okhai

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One last thought...

“To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.”  Confucius

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Further information:
Read previous enewsletters at: www.hgi.org.uk/newsletters.htm
Useful publications: www.humangivens.com
Courses and training: www.humangivenscollege.com
Talk about the human givens: www.vimeo.com/754995
Registered charity:www.hgfoundation.com
Website about depression: www.lift-depression.com