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Ruth Longworth-Zurcher
York Human Givens Wellbeing Centre33 Bishopthorpe RoadUnited KingdomYorkNorth YorkshireYO23 1NAI started my professional life in Switzerland where I qualified and worked as a Kindergarten Teacher. After moving to Britain in 1994 I trained as an Occupational Therapist.
Corinne Marsh
OvertonUnited KingdomBasingstokeHampshireRG25 3DUUnited KingdomAndoverEnglandUnited KingdomNewburyEnglandUnited KingdomBasingstokeEnglandUnited KingdomWinchesterEnglandCorinne works primarily with the human givens approach due to it's proven speed and effectiveness. She also uses CBT, mindfulness and visualisation when appropriate.
Carmel Austin
Oaklee WellbeingUnited KingdomKing's LynnNorfolkWith 30 years working and studying in the Health & Social Care sector Carmel now practices as a HG Therapist.
Jo Coyle
18 Duke StIrelandAthyCo KildareIrelandGrangeconCo WicklowWith 35 years of experience in a variety of settings, I am a fully-qualified and registered Human Givens therapist.
Des Rice
29 Ravenhill ParkUnited KingdomBelfastBT6 0DEDes has been a business consultant, and latterly business coach, for more than 20 years. He received an OBE in 2004 for services to industry.
Iris McEnroe
Cormaddy DuffIrelandVirginiaCo CavanIris has over 20 years' experience as a registered nurse in the acute medical area. She is now running a private counselling practice in Cavon/Meath area.
Lorna Kearney
Rue de la HouguetteJerseyFive OaksJE2 7UGAn experienced counsellor who specialises in working with women who are in/leaving abusive relationships.
Judith Desbonne
United KingdomBridgwaterSomersetJudith is an experienced Human Givens Therapist, Supervisor and psychiatric nurse with thirty years of experience of working within the mental health services.
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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.
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.
Try a little kindness
In the midst of lockdown, and echoing the theme of this year's Mental Health Week, Julia Welstead takes a moment to consider acts of kindn
Lifting depression is easy to do — when you know its cause
An article about the human givens approach that appeared in the major American publication, Family Therapy Magazine.
Great Expectations
Joe Griffin goes back to basics to arrive at some powerful new insights into the givens of human nature.
Why we Dream
Last night, while you slept, you went into the REM state and dreamed. You probably don't remember because, for a very good reason, we evolved not to. However all normal humans go into the REM state and dream every night and most mammals show evidence of this brain pattern too.
When depression may be catching
People who are vulnerable to depression tend to generate interpretations of stressful life events and low moods that have negative implications for their future and for their self-worth.
Why abstractions confuse people
Most people think ethics is concerned with truth, justice, equality, loyalty, fairness, values, principles, morals, etc. All these words in italics are abstractions. They are content free. They contain no sensory information. Such words used to be called 'reifications' in philosophy and are now more commonly called 'nominalisations'.
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