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.

This volume features articles from: Jon Neal, Bernie Rochford, Fiona Sheldon, Janette Houghton, Rich Emerson and Millie Hamblin. Ian Thomson presents illuminating cases which the Registration and Professional Standards Committee considered over the year. Regular columnist Pat Williams reflects on the circus as a metaphor for a more real life. John Bell, Ivan Tyrrell and John Zada explain why they set up The Conciliators Guild and what it is starting to achieve.

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Date posted: 11/06/2018

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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.
Human givens and social work

Social work should be about helping people yet, bogged down in bureaucracy, it has lost its way. Jan Little shows how the human givens approach can put it back on track.
"I went away with so many ideas"

How one session of human givens therapy was enough to transform the life of Sarah, a depressed single mother.
Book Review – The Attention Merchants: how our time and attention are gathered and sold

Ivan Tyrrell reviews "The Attention Merchants: how our time and attention are gathered and sold" by Tim Wu (Atlantic Books, £20.00)
Treating schizophrenia without drugs

Treatmenta for schizophrenia that involve no drugs, or only low doses of them, urgently need investigation, suggests Dr Tim Calton, lecturer in psychiatry at the University of Nottingham, and colleagues.
Hold that thought! Or trash it

WRITING down negative thoughts, crumpling them up and throwing them away (as often advocated by therapists) really does help reduce negative thinking, research has shown.
3 ways to relax immediately

Do you feel overwhelmed with life? Like you are paddling hard just to stay afloat?
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.