Membership levels

General

Associate Member (AHGI)

Open to anyone who is interested in, or keen to support and be part of, the development and spread of the human givens insights and approach.

HG professional members

There are three grades of professional membership for successful graduates of the Human Givens Diploma, as follows:

The Institute has the power to elect as a Fellow a Registered Member who has also made a distinctive contribution to human givens studies or its teaching or application.

Honorary Members (HonHGI)

Honorary Memberships may also be awarded for outstanding contributions to the field.

> Download our membership guide The levels of HGI membership explained for more details.

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Where the rainbow ends - the collapse of civilization?

Ivan Tyrrell talks to Anne Glyn-Jones author of "Holding up a Mirror" about the dynamics of history that eventually lead to the destruction of security, prosperity and artistic achievement.
How to get apples, not cactuses: an organisation fit for purpose

Cherry Dale explains how Birmingham South Central’s clinical commissioning group meets wellbeing needs of both staff and community by working on human givens lines.
A visceral reaction

Renée van der Vloodt describes how a dramatic event during rewind helped a client resolve a whole host of difficulties in her life.
The Century of the Self

Ivan Tyrrell explores with Adam Curtis how Freudian ideas are flourishing in business and politics today and insidiously influence all of our lives.
Why we Dream

Last night, while you slept, you went into the REM state and dreamed. You probably don't remember because, for a very good reason, we evolved not to. However all normal humans go into the REM state and dream every night and most mammals show evidence of this brain pattern too.
The riddle of conditioned taste adversion

THE pain–pleasure recall principle also explains the well-known phenomenon of conditioned taste aversion, which has always presented a problem for classical conditioning.
Psychosis: indeed a living nightmare

Scientific findings confirm the connection between the dream state and schizophrenia...
How to lift depression quickly and safely

Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell explain how and why a human givens approach can help therapists shift depression in just a few sessions — or less.