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Parent pods: new training dates in March 2009

Following the overwhelming interest in the first 4-day MindFields College course for HG Diploma graduates wishing to train as pod leaders for the new 'Just What We Need' programme for parents, we are pleased to announce that the next course will run from 17th-20th March 2009 inclusive. It will be held at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes.

Also taught by Linda Hoggan and Carmen Kane, this second course will now also be open to people wishing to train as facilitators on the JWWN programme. Whilst pod leaders, who run the programmes, need to have completed their Human Givens Diploma, facilitators need to have completed just the following eight MindFields College events:

Seminars:
Workshops:

Because the course is limited to only 16 places, anyone who would like to attend should contact Kathy Hardy at MindFields College as soon as possible to register their interest.

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New MindFields prospectus launches university-accredited programme in Human Givens Psychotherapy

MindFields College are very pleased to announce in their latest prospectus, the new Master's programme in Human Givens Psychotherapy. This exciting development is a joint collaboration between MindFields and Nottingham Trent University (NTU).

The new programme will help to further enhance the already rapidly growing reputation of human givens psychotherapy as an effective approach for dealing with severe emotional distress.

NTU is known for excellence in social sciences and always keeps abreast of the latest developments in the field. It became aware of the human givens approach in 2006 and MindFields were delighted when it proposed developing a collaborative MA programme.

The new programme, which commences in January, has been carefully designed to incorporate the existing, highly successful Human Givens Diploma, whilst giving the students the option of continuing their studies to full MA Degree level should they wish to. It offers new study days which complement the already broad curriculum offered by the college and has 'exit points' at Post-Graduate Certificate and Post-Graduate Diploma level, so people can choose the level to which they wish to take their studies.

Anyone who already holds Part II or III of the existing Human Givens Diploma can also take this opportunity to further their studies to Master's level should they wish. The MindFields College website gives information for existing graduates or anyone interested can contact the College Registrar, Kathy Hardy, at MindFields College to discuss their individual options.

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New theory: Caetextia gets its own website

HG therapists who heard the presentation about ‘caetextia’, and saw filmed examples of Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell working with caetextic patients (on the MindFields College Advanced Course back in June), found this new evolutionary explanation for autistic spectrum disorders so helpful that Joe and Ivan agreed to make the ‘work in progress’ paper more widely available on a little website in advance of a book they are preparing on the topic. 

Please forward this ‘Caetextia’ link (www.caetextia.com) to anyone you know who has an interest in autism or Asperger’s syndrome.  Ivan and Joe welcome feedback.

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Ivan Tyrrell and Iain Caldwell to speak at 'Changing Hearts and Minds' Conference

On 11th September, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Trust are sponsoring an inaugural conference in their Lifemax 21 (maximising health in the 21st century) programme on wellbeing directed at health care practitioners.  Ivan Tyrrell and Iain Caldwell are joining a roster of GPs, psychologists and therapists who will present cases studies on depression, anxiety, anger and alternative ways of managing pain and some commonly occurring psychosomatic conditions.

Anyone interested in attending should contact Hayley Francomb at Norfolk and Norwich Institute of Medical Education.

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Supervision: a positive approach

In the current issue of the Human Givens journal, editor Denise Winn explains why the Human Givens Institute now adopts a positive approach to supervision. 

As well as highlighting the National Occupational Standards for Counselling with respect to supervision, she also surveys the 'limited' evidence for supervision based on the body of research done to date. 

However rather than suddenly becoming ardent supporters of supervision (HGI leaves the frequency to the discretion of members), we are rising to the challenge of identifying, championing and engaging in a supervision process that doesn't fall into the many potential traps (which Denise highlights) and also meets human givens principles in a form that can actually enhance practice, as well as meet recommendations for best practice.

To further these aims, and to increase the availability for HG therapists of supervision from the HG approach, Iain Caldwell and Julian Penton, have spent considerable time considering the core elements of effective supervision.  The result is the first HG Supervision Course which runs later this month.  The course is designed to stretch potential supervisors and strenthen their clinical practice.

"The process puts the spotlight on your own practice," says Julian. "To be able to help others move forward with challenging cases, you have to have ready access to your own experience, to see what worked and why, so that you can share it and apply it to similar cases brought by colleagues to supervision.  It encourages you to reflect in a highly positive way."
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One last thought...

"The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But the bee gathers its materials from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own.”
Leonardo da Vinci
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