Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Would you like to learn more?

If you feel inspired by the information and case histories on this website, we suggest you take a look at the training offered by Human Givens College

It is the official, international source of training in the human givens approach and offers a wide range of courses, both online and in person, on how best to help people with a range of emotional and behavioural problems and more. It also offers essential psychotherapy and counselling skills training. 

You can develop your own knowledge and skills through its:

Training in the USA

HG College is working with EverybodyOK run by Samantha Stepleton, an HG-trained social worker, to bring the Diploma Part 1 workshops to California.  Click here for more information.

"The Human Givens approach is not just a model of therapy. Based on how the brain works, it provides a simple yet profound framework for understanding human nature and for working to help individuals in distress develop fulfilling, emotionally and mentally healthy lives." Samantha Stepleton

This will be the second time HG training events have been run in America, these courses were North Carolina, with the help of the North Carolina Human Givens Center.

 

You can read more about human givens courses here

Explore our articles and interviews

Search our archive

  • Imagine

    If people are suffering emotional distress there will always be unmet emotional needs, this is how the Human Givens approach works.

  • HG in Practice

    Primary school teaching assistant and HG Diploma graduate, Kashfi Khan describes how she has applied the HG ideas in very practical ways, to the benefit of pupils, parents and teachers alike.

  • How the police measure up

    By introducing the human givens approach along with outcome measurements, Jayne Timmins has made her mark on Dyfed-Powys police.

  • Ten-minute therapy

    GP Adam Lake describes how he makes effective use of HG understandings and techniques in consultations for mental health conditions.

  • The Emotional Needs Scale

    Brett Culham describes the outcome of his research to validate the needs-based human givens approach to psychological health.

  • The wrong write stuff?

    Denise Winn looks at the research on whether writing about traumatic experiences enhances physical and psychological health.

Latest News:

BBC Somerset Radio Interview

Charlie Taylor interviews Judith Desbonne and Tiffany Osborne about the human givens approach to therapy and its many benefits.

2020 Conference Programme announced

This year's 2-day conference promises to be another cracking event with some fascinating new insights, a wealth of practical content to expand your professional knowledge and inspirational illustrations of how widely the HG approach is spreading.