Membership levels
Last updated: April 2020
General
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.
HGI professional membership levels
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 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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Sue's Story - IRA bombing
In 1991 Sue Hanisch was caught up in an IRA bombing at Victoria Station, London. She lost her right leg as a result and sufferd from severe PTSD for nine years…
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
Rehearsing Success
Paul Dow finds creative ways of using the human givens approach to help struggling students meet their emotional needs.
Shining Bright Radio Interview
Listen to Brian Greene’s interview with Denise Winn (Human Givens College tutor and psychology journalist, editor and author) as they discuss how the human givens approach is used for successfully treating depression.
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.
Case study - They came in the night
How a modified version of the rewind technique helped heal the emotional wounds of a family subjected to savage violence in a country torn by civil war.
Dying and Death
When? That’s the big unanswerable question: the uncertainty of which can cause us debilitating fear or a ‘head in the sand’ attitude of ignoring the inevitable. In this article Julia Welstead looks at our mortality and preparing for the inevitable.
Just what couples need
Véronique Chown explores the value of the human givens approach in successful couples therapy.
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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