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Human Givens Foundation
The Human Givens Foundation (HGF), is a charity registered in England and Wales, Charity No. 1108432.
Its objectives are to promote research and public education into the 'givens' of human nature and their application into the treatment and care of those suffering from mental illness.
For more information about the charity, visit: www.hgfoundation.com
Explore our articles and interviews
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.
A Christmas Carol... or a tale of three therapists?
James Tapper suggests that Charles Dickens’s famous seasonal novel contains much that reflects the human givens approach to therapy.
The evolution of the human givens approach
John Halker interviews Joe Griffin (co-founder of the human givens approach) at the human givens conference 2018.
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.
Book review: 'Lost Connections: uncovering the real causes of depression – and the unexpected solutions'
Denise Winn has read Lost Connections: uncovering the real causes of depression – and the unexpected solutions, and talked to its author, Johann Hari.
The uses and abuses of hypnosis
Ivan Tyrrell warns that hypnosis is a powerful tool that must be used with care, understanding and integrity.
Imagine
If people are suffering emotional distress there will always be unmet emotional needs, this is how the Human Givens approach works.
On the receiving end...
A young Russian woman, Nina, describes how just three sessions of human givens therapy lifted out of her suicidal depression and turned her life around.
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