Past in-person conferences
“Absorbing and inspiring from start to finish"
Our online and in-person conference events are created for you. All have inspiring speakers, ideas and stimulating content. The in-person events are a great networking opportunity. They are well attended by a range of interesting people from around the world, the majority of whom use the human givens approach directly in their work, but many others have benefited from it in their lives or are simply interested in how the rich psychological knowledge the approach encapsulates can be used to improve not only mental health and wellbeing, but any human endeavour.
- 2023 The Overcoming Addiction Summit
Online via Zoom, Sat 11th March 2023 - 2022 HGI Conference
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK - Sat 14th and Sun 15th May 2022 - 2021 The Lifting Depression Summit
Online via Zoom, Sat 27th February 2021 - 2018 HGI Conference - Living with uncertainty
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK - Sat 12th and Sun 13th May 2018 - 2016 HGI Conference - Seeking meaning in the modern world
Trinity College, Dublin - Sat 18th and Sun 19th June 2016
Explore our articles and interviews
“Use the breath. It’s easier”
Sam Gerrard explores the benefits of 7:11 breathing and shares the results of his own and others’ research into the technique
Come fly with me (calmly)
Sian Withers shows how she makes very good use of the human givens approach thousands of feet up in the air.
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.
Emma Charlton describes how the human givens approach provides the framework for the fertility support group she co-facilitates in Bristol.
Emma Charlton describes how the human givens approach provides the framework for the fertility support group she co-facilitates in Bristol.
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.
Mapping the mind
Carol Harper explores how the HG approach can help us to adjust our perspectives and better understand both ourselves and the challenges we face …
Common ground: diplomacy and the human givens
John Bell suggests that only a radically different, innate needs-based approach to conflict resolution can bring a possibility of peace to the Middle East.
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Could you help produce this valuable resource?
As you may be aware, after 26 years as editor of the Human Givens Journal, Denise Winn will be stepping down at the end of 2023. Despite advertising for a successor last year, we have been unable to find any one person who could fulfil the role.
Date posted: 13/04/2023