The mental health continuum: spreading the message
Jon Neal describes how Suffolk Mind is successfully introducing human givens concepts across the whole county.
Celebrating 20 years of the human givens approach
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...
Helping couples cope with their struggle for a child
Emma Charlton describes how the human givens approach provides the framework for the fertility support group she co-facilitates in Bristol.
Why people with schizophrenia so often use illicit drugs
USE of illicit drugs is common in schizophrenia, with a recent meta-analysis showing that as many as one in four patients had ‘cannabis use disorder’.
Tipping the scales: an HG approach to weight management
Fiona Sheldon describes the impact of her human givens work in an NHS clinic for patients struggling with obesity.
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.
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Using the human givens to cope with personal adversity
Val Giblett shares her experience of how human givens principles helped her cope, in her own way, with the diagnosis and treatment of an aggressive cancer.
Body image and mental health
Julia Welstead looks at why we care so much about body image
The evolution of the human givens approach
John Halker interviews Joe Griffin (co-founder of the human givens approach) at the human givens conference 2018.
Music to my ears
Working as a therapist is rarely a first career and is often the result of a mid-life change of track. Here Kat Marlow relates her particular path through the diverse careers of orchestral musician and process engineer, as well as her own mental health challenges, to her current role as HG practitioner and DWP trainer.
The Trickster: Medicine's forgotten character
Therapy in all its forms can be confusingly capricious and unpredictable. We should not try to deny this, but learn to accept it, says Larry Dossey MD.
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').
My First Year as a Human Givens Therapist
Sally Nillson reflects on her first year in private practice.
Case study - They came in the night
How a modified version of the rewind technique helped heal the emotional wounds of a family subjected to savage violence in a country torn by civil war.
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HG practitioner participates in global congress
HG practitioner Felicity Jaffrey, who lives and works in Egypt, received the extraordinary honour of being invited to speak at Egypt’s hugely prestigious Global Congress on Population, Health and Human Development (PHDC24) in Cairo in October.
SCoPEd - latest update
The six SCoPEd partners have published their latest update on the important work currently underway with regards to the SCoPEd framework implementation, governance and impact assessment.
Date posted: 14/02/2024