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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 illustra
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Our biennial HGI conferences are always a fun way to stay up-to-date and network with like-minded professionals.
HG Therapy now available via AVIVA
The Human Givens Institute is now listed as a regulatory body on Aviva’s private practice register.
New dates for "JUST WHAT WE NEED" Training Course
‘JUST WHAT WE NEED’ is a therapeutic group approach using a Human Givens framework. Dates for the next course are available.
The alarming hijacking of the BioPsychoSocial model
HG-trained lobbyist Marion Brown has spotted an alarming reversal in the use of the bio-psycho-social model for mental health and wellbeing within the medical world.
Date posted: 24/04/2019
HGI's Emotional Needs Audit used to conduct survey into mental health and wellbeing in Ireland
Amárach Research have just published the results of their recent survey of the mental health and wellbeing of 1,000 adults in Ireland, using the Human Givens Emotoinal Needs Audit
Date posted: 07/03/2019
New HG Podcast Series launched
Blue Monday saw the launch of our new podcast series: Ask the Expert. We were delighted that Lee Pycroft agreed to be our first expert...
Date posted: 23/01/2019
HG Practitioner wins Children's Social Worker of the Year Award
A hearty congratulations to Senior Social Worker and HG therapist Chris Dyas.
Date posted: 03/12/2018
Latest edition of the Human Givens Journal out now - Vol 25, no 1 2018
Volume 25, No 1, 2018, the latest edition of the Human Givens Journal is now available.
Date posted: 11/06/2018
Couples Therapy Interview for Shining Bright Radio
Brian Greene and Jennifer Broadley discuss how to apply the human givens approach in couples therapy.
Date posted: 30/05/2018
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“I was Angela long before I became a self-harmer”
Self-harm is still a taboo subject. Angela shares her experience of self-harm and the impact it had on her life before taking the first steps to recovery.
20 years of the human givens
We take a look at what's been achieved since two pioneering psychotherapists put a name to this powerful understanding of human nature and mental health...
Teaching that works: using the human givens in the classroom
Teacher trainer Andy Vass shows how knowledge and application of the human givens approach could help hard-pressed teachers reduce stress and improve the climate in class.
Aspects of good practice
Ian Thomson takes a look at a selection of ethical issues of relevance to human givens practitioners.
Humanity under stress: a survival strategy
The governing organisations of the world seem all at sea. They are missing an essential element: that of the psychology of human nature, which is programmed into us from our genes (the human 'givens').
Practising ethically
The HGI Ethics and Complaints Committee considers some of the ethical challenges that human givens practitioners may face. Ian Thomson sets the scene.
The wrong write stuff?
Denise Winn looks at the research on whether writing about traumatic experiences enhances physical and psychological health.
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.
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