Registrant requirements

To be eligible for inclusion on our Professional Register, registrants must have completed and passed the Human Givens Diploma to Practitioner Level (Part 3). This ensures that they have successfully demonstrated their practical competence, and are fully qualified to practise as a human givens practitioner, therapist, counsellor or psychotherapist (the terms are used interchangeably according to how individuals choose to describe themselves), using the designatory letters HG.Dip.P.

This qualification, which is a recognised part of the SCoPEd national training framework for psychotherapy and counselling (with approved routes for its graduates to transition between the framework’s 3 columns), ensures that they have successfully demonstrated their practical competence, can deal effectively, and as quickly as possible, with all major forms of distress, including anxiety and anger disorders, depression, stress, phobias, addiction, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and relationship problems.

In addition, they must be up-to-date with the requirements of their category of Professional Membership of the Human Givens Institute (Registered, Accredited or Senior Accredited), which requires each member to:

• Agree to uphold the HGI’s ethical standards
• Agree to and abide by the HGI’s professional conduct policy
• Show evidence of completing their annual Continuous Professional Development (CPD) requirement to keep their learning and knowledge up-to-date
• Have regular supervision with an HGI-accredited Supervisor, as per their membership and experience level requirements

Those in private practice must also provide annually:

• Evidence of professional indemnity insurance (copy of current certificate)
• Written confirmation of their DBS certificate (if relevant) indicating level of disclosure
• A signed Fitness to Practise Declaration.

Lapsed Members

For the benefit of the public, our Complete Register listing also allows you to view Registered, Accredited or Senior Accredited HGI Members from the last two years who are no longer in private practice, for whatever reason, or whose membership has been cancelled or has lapsed. You can also use the Complete Register list to find fully qualified HG therapists who aren’t in private practice, as they are employed.

Raising concerns

The HGI takes the safe-guarding of the public and the matter of complaints very seriously. Please click here to find out how to raise a concern, should you have one.  Details of any upheld complaints, can be found here.