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The Lifting Depression Summit - Replay Now Available
Our first-ever online conference was held in February this year, and was a great success. If you missed the day, you haven't missed out. The replay is now available.
HGI Attended Conference Postponed
Due to Covid-19 and the ongoing uncertainty over when large groups will be able to reconvene safely, the HGI has made the difficult decision to postpone this year’s attended conference. We will now be putting all our efforts into planning next year’s to make it another rewarding event.
Introducing our new Chair
Sue Gray, who takes over from Dr Declan Lyons, is an accomplished Senior Health & Social Care Director and Clinician...
SCoPED Update – in respect of HGI involvement
As you may be aware of the work being carried out by the BACP/BPC/UKCP to create a framework called Scope of Practice and Education (SCoPEd).
RedArc adds HGI Register to its panel of professional bodies
Red Arc works with insurers, intermediaries, employers and membership organisations... their Red Arc’s curated panel is used by their nurses to select therapies for individuals where external specialist support is needed.
Our grateful thanks...
Our grateful thanks.... to Declan Lyons and Sue Saunders
Date posted: 01/07/2020
HG Emotional Needs Audit used to assess emotional wellbeing during the pandemic
Just Released: A new report uses the HG framework to assess emotional wellbeing during the panemic lockdown - contains vital information and confirms the value of the HG approach in assessing mental health.
Counselling and psychotherapy organisations unite...
The HGI is one of the organisations supporting the campaign organised by BACP, BPC and UKCP to maximise the role of counselling and psychotherapy in helping to support people through the Covid 19 c
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.
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Ros Jeal describes how she is helping women stop themselves from being lured back into abusive relationships.
Emma Charlton describes how the human givens approach provides the framework for the fertility support group she co-facilitates in Bristol.
Emma Charlton describes how the human givens approach provides the framework for the fertility support group she co-facilitates in Bristol.
Eco-anxiety: active solutions
Julia Welstead considers the connection between our mental health and our planet
PTSD: why some techniques for treating it work so fast
In this article, Joe Griffin suggests that techniques which can yield immediate success, may share an underlying mechanism.
Human givens in primary care
Community psychiatric nurse Liz Potts describes her experience as one of the few primary care professionals in Coventry using the human givens approach.
Only the Lonely
Julia Welstead on loneliness and the Human Givens approach
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.
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.
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The Lifting Depression Summit - Replay Now Available
Our first-ever online conference was held in February this year, and was a great success. If you missed the day, you haven't missed out. The replay is now available.
HGI Attended Conference Postponed
Due to Covid-19 and the ongoing uncertainty over when large groups will be able to reconvene safely, the HGI has made the difficult decision to postpone this year’s attended conference. We will now be putting all our efforts into planning next year’s to make it another rewarding event.