The human givens approach and the insights it brings are enriching psychotherapy, education, social work, primary care, the workplace and beyond.

  • About the Institute

    Thousands of people around the world recognise that the organising ideas summed up in the phrase 'human givens' have enormous, beneficial implications for improving any human endeavour...

  • Claim your FREE Journal

    Sample the HGI's content-rich Journal 'Human Givens: Promoting emotional health and clear thinking' for yourself with a FREE back issue – find out more here...

  • Books and CDs

    Want to find out more about the human givens approach?

    A great place to start is with our range of seminal books, self-help titles, audio CDs, and journals...

  • The Human Givens Charter

    Many of the attempts to tackle the complex problems we face today, lack one basic element – a sound psychological understanding of human nature and what we all need to thrive...

  • About the Human Givens Institute

    The Human Givens Institute (HGI) is a global organisation concerned with unifying the most effective forms of counselling and psychotherapy into a truly bio-psycho-social approach which incorporates the most effective therapeutic techniques, neuroscientific findings and newly-devised interventions, and focuses on achieving positive outcomes for clients as quickly as possible.

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  • What are the 'human givens'?

    We are all born with innate knowledge programmed into us from our genes. Throughout life we experience this knowledge as feelings of physical and emotional need. These evolved over millions of years and, whatever our cultural background, are our common biological inheritance – the driving force that motivates us to become fully human and succeed in ...

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NEW Webinar now available on-demand...

Adapting to university life can be a daunting and highly stressful time for young people and their families as everyone adjusts to the many challenges and changes it brings – this 90 minute webinar with Gareth Hughes gives you some of the best advice available for anxious students and their loved ones...