Honorary Membership – HonHGI
An Honorary membership of the HGI (HonHG) is bestowed on individuals with no therapy qualifications who have been actively involved in the promotion, development or strategic leadership of the Institute and have made a great contribution to the development of its aims and interests.
Honorary members of the Institute are not permitted to practise unless they also hold Registered, Accredited or Senior Accredited membership. No other benefits, entitlements or payments are provided in respect of Honorary membership. The appointment of Honorary members will be made by the HGI Board in consultation with the Registration and Professional Standards Committee (RPSC).
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Tipping the scales: an HG approach to weight management
Fiona Sheldon describes the impact of her human givens work in an NHS clinic for patients struggling with obesity.
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.
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
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…
Beautiful outside and in
Lee Pycroft describes how a beauty makeover can trigger self-care and self-respect in vulnerable or traumatised women.
Give your car keys to someone who loves you
Mark Evans describes how one key idea helped Stephen to master his drug addiction.
Book review - You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here: a psychiatrist’s life
Denise Winn reviews 'You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here: a psychiatrist’s life' by Dr Benji Waterhouse (Jonathan Cape, 2024)
The Emotional Needs Scale
Brett Culham describes the outcome of his research to validate the needs-based human givens approach to psychological health.
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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