Read Denise Winn's monthly blog

Date posted: 21/04/2022

Every month, HG Journal Editor and highly experienced HG therapist, Denise Winn, shares topical insights and fascinating case histories in her Psychology Today blog, Helping Humanity Thrive - emotional health and making well-being a given.

Covering a wide variety of mental health topics, Denise draws upon current events and recent relevant research and describes techniques she has used to help clients move forward with their lives as quickly and effectively as possible. Her latest post, Regrets are mostly imagined, explores what regret is and how clients can be helped to overcome it. Other recent posts include:

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Extending emotional wellbeing in schools

Stuart Coulden describes an innovative project for enhancing emotional health in diverse school communities.
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.
The human givens: in our own words

A set of stand-alone articles on Stress, Anxiety, Phobias, Panic attacks, PTSD, Depression, Addiciton, Anger and OCD that human givens practitioners can use to promote both the approach and their own practice.
3 ways to relax immediately

Do you feel overwhelmed with life? Like you are paddling hard just to stay afloat?
Molar Memories: how an ancient mechanism can ruin lives

When we react excessively to events, major or minor, we may be victims of a primitive survival mechanism gone awry, suggests Joe Griffin. Despite often causing years of distress, it can be treated successfully — and usually remarkably quickly.
From self-harm to self-belief

Emily Gajewski describes how the human givens approach has provided a practical focus for working with women struggling to cope with everyday life
The Social Brain

Denise Winn talks with Professor John Ratey about the brain as a social organ, and the need to be alert early to inept social skills.
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').