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Explore our articles and interviews

Psychotherapy's Third Wave? The promise of narrative

The fundamental new direction in therapy is more than just a set of new techniques explains Bill O'Hanlon in an article first published in 1995.
Car Crash

Denise Winn describes how the rewind technique helped with a mother and son’s complex responses to his near-fatal injury.
The fast cure for phobia and trauma: evidence that it works

Counsellors who use it know that the 'rewind technique' is fast, safe, painless and effective for dealing with trauma. Keith Guy and Nicola Guy have tested it in research.
Bringing the help to home

Most severe, even psychotic, mental illness can be helped more effectively at home than in hospital. Professor Marcellino Smyth illustrates how home treatment services work.
To advise or not advise: that is the ethical question

Sam Gerrard throws new light on the case for directive or non-directive counselling.
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.
Psychosis: indeed a living nightmare

Scientific findings confirm the connection between the dream state and schizophrenia...
Therapy techniques that work

In the first of an occasional series featuring contributions from HG practitioners, Miriam Chachamu shares two simple therapeutic ideas that fit well with the human givens toolkit.