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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Overcoming alcohol abuse: the end of a ‘career’

Tom Livesey describes how Hartlepool Mind's successful approach to working with alcohol addiction overcomes funding constraints.
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.
How to Educate & Educational Psychology

The essence of what good teachers do is that they enter each pupil's world to discover what they already know, then find ways to connect up new knowledge and/or skills to what already exists in the pupil's mind, thus expanding the learners model of reality.
Balancing up the business

Janice Haddon shows how she has drawn upon the human givens approach to work more creatively with corporate clients.
Perceptions of wellbeing

Ivan Tyrrell talks with Paul Allin about the significance of the Government’s National Well-being Programme and the contribution of the human givens
The Social Brain

Denise Winn talks with Professor John Ratey about the brain as a social organ, and the need to be alert early to inept social skills.
A much-changed practice

GP Mona Mahfouz shows how dramatically the human givens approach has altered the way she works
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.