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"What was that you said again?" - a new look at psychosis
Ivan Tyrrell and Richard Bentall discuss patient-centred new approaches to the understanding and treatment of psychotic illness..
“How can you sleep at night?”
What does it take for lawyers to be able to defend the perpetrators of shocking or morally indefensible crimes? Denise Winn tried to find out.
The importance of sleep and why we need it
We all take sleep for granted until we have problems with it and then we quickly remember how desirable a good night's sleep is.
The evolution of the human givens approach
John Halker interviews Joe Griffin (co-founder of the human givens approach) at the human givens conference 2018.
The Trickster: Medicine's forgotten character
Therapy in all its forms can be confusingly capricious and unpredictable. We should not try to deny this, but learn to accept it, says Larry Dossey MD.
Madness, creativity and human nature
Ivan Tyrrell talks with Daniel Nettle about the far closer than expected connection between psychosis and creative thinking.
The APET™ model: standing cognitive therapy on its head
Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell describe a biologically-based theory which explains the shortcomings of purely cognitive approaches and why effective therapies can work fast.
When depression may be catching
People who are vulnerable to depression tend to generate interpretations of stressful life events and low moods that have negative implications for their future and for their self-worth.
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The uses and abuses of hypnosis
Ivan Tyrrell warns that hypnosis is a powerful tool that must be used with care, understanding and integrity...
The fast cure for phobia and trauma: evidence that it works
Counsellors who use it know that the 'rewind technique' is fast, safe, painless and effective for dealing with trauma. Keith Guy and Nicola Guy devised a study to test it.
7-11 breathing: How does deep breathing make you feel more relaxed?
Many online articles now advocate breathing techniques as a way to lessen anxiety and control stress levels, but we have noticed...
Meeting emotional needs whilst socially isolating or working from home
Our mental and physical health depend upon meeting emotional needs in healthy ways. This keeps stress levels low and allows our immune syst
Exploring the CULT in culture
Looking at cult behaviour. A revised version (including additional material) of an article by Ivan Tyrrell, first published in 1993, that explores Dr Arthur Deikman's enlightening work on cult behaviour.
How to lift depression quickly and safely
Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell explain how and why the human givens approach can help therapists shift depression in a handful sessions — or fewer.
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.
PTSD: why some techniques for treating it work so fast
In this article, Joe Griffin suggests that techniques which can yield immediate success, may share an underlying mechanism.
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HG practitioner participates in global congress
HG practitioner Felicity Jaffrey, who lives and works in Egypt, received the extraordinary honour of being invited to speak at Egypt’s hugely prestigious Global Congress on Population, Health and Human Development (PHDC24) in Cairo in October.
SCoPEd - latest update
The six SCoPEd partners have published their latest update on the important work currently underway with regards to the SCoPEd framework implementation, governance and impact assessment.
Date posted: 14/02/2024