HG newsletter - June 2023
- HG research meets NICE's real-world evidence requirements
- NEW online course for GPs
- Latest Podcast – OCD, bigmoose and Me
- 2024 training dates announced
- NEW Journal - just published
- Food for thought
Psychology Today promoting new evidence into HG's effectiveness
The evidence for HG therapy, as demonstrated by Project-100, which fits NICE's stringent new requirements for real-world evidence, is being actively promoted by Psychology Today on its website as a must-read topic under Therapy and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In her article, How we know that human givens therapy works, Denise Winn looks at the problems around gathering evidence into the effectiveness of therapy, the impressive findings from PTSD Resolution's research project, and more – read article >
Depression? There is hope
New free online course for GPs
Despite being an extremely common presentation, or factor, in primary care consultations, depression receives disproportionately little attention in doctors' pre- and post-graduate training. To help plug this gap and give doctors the information and skills they need, the Human Givens Foundation has worked with Dr Andrew Morrice and other GPs trained in the HG approach to develop a new free online course aimed specifically at working with depression in a GP practice.
The course introduces doctors to the human givens model, and gives them an up-to-date model of depression which covers all aspects of the condition, and a practical toolkit, put together by HG-trained GPs, which they can draw on in patient consultations.
Please tell any doctors or medics you know about this course – it could help thousands of people, including the doctors themselves. Find out more >
Join Dr Andrew Morrice in person
For his new in-depth Mind-Body Connection workshops in Bristol – SAVE 15% when you book both. Perfect CPD. Find out more here >
Latest HG Podcast
The Human Givens Podcast series is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in mental health and wellbeing, and how the human givens approach is being used in a wide variety of situations.
On the latest episode Hannah Phillips talks about her long battle with mental health illnesses, including OCD, and how human givens therapy, provided through the charity bigmoose, helped turn things around for her. Listen here >
2024 training dates announced
New CPD courses
HG College has added new dates to its website for 2024 – including Part 2 and Part 3 Diploma dates, and attended courses in London, Bristol and Leeds – with some special offers on upcoming workshops too!
The College has developed several new courses, including Dealing with Conflict, which is recommended by Educational Director Gareth Hughes to all therapists as an important part of their ongoing career development – so much so, that from summer 2024 the course will become part of the HG Diploma. Because of its subject matter, the workshop has wide applications outside therapy too...
NEW Issue - fresh off the press
The latest issue of the Human Givens Journal is yet again full of fascinating and inspiring articles – such as Denise Winn's look at whether autism and schizophrenia have more in common than usually thought – case histories, research findings, book reviews and two moving First Person accounts from HG therapists themselves. View contents >
If you already subscribe – your issue is on its way to you, if not you can order your copy here – it's available in printed or digital format.
Food for thought
“The fact that an opinion is widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd”
Bertrand Russell
Mathematician and Philosopher
We hope you've enjoyed this latest news round-up. Do get in contact if you have any interesting news, advice or case studies you think other readers might like to know about – we love hearing from you!
Jane Tyrrell
Editor, Human Givens News
Explore our articles and interviews
A Christmas Carol... or a tale of three therapists?
James Tapper suggests that Charles Dickens’s famous seasonal novel contains much that reflects the human givens approach to therapy.
From self-harm to self-belief
Even though self-harm is discussed in the media, the subject of self-harming can still feel difficult to approach. Emily Gajewski's ‘From Self-harm to Self-belief’ one-day training course offers clear, research-based framework and practical skills, so you needn’t feel that way again….
Taking HG into Community Care
Phil Schofield, a human givens therapist and Director of Operations at Community Care Options, tells us about the charity’s work with vulnerable people in the local community.
20 years of the human givens
We take a look at what's been achieved since two pioneering psychotherapists put a name to this powerful understanding of human nature and mental health...
From self-harm to self-belief
Emily Gajewski describes how the human givens approach has provided a practical focus for working with women struggling to cope with everyday life
Molar Memories: how an ancient mechanism can ruin lives
When we react excessively to events, major or minor, we may be victims of a primitive survival mechanism gone awry, suggests Joe Griffin. Despite often causing years of distress, it can be treated successfully — and usually remarkably quickly.
The limits of tolerance: ethics and human nature
At a time when we are struggling with a number of major moral dilemas, Ivan Tyrrell suggests that the human givens approach can help us reach ethical decisions.
Helpless to help
The torment of ‘caring’ for a much-loved brother suffering from psychosis, to whom the NHS has failed to offer meaningful help …
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2024 Conference
Our next in-person HGI Conference, is being held on the weekend of 20th and 21st April 2024