HG newsletter - March 2023
- Taking HG ideas into the wider world – NEW online tool
- HG Training attains international accreditation
- Addiction Summit – replay available
- Case history – overcoming decades of OCD
- Food for thought
Taking HG ideas into the wider world
– a unique online tool you can use
The Conciliators Guild – which incorporates HG understandings into its ground-breaking international work in diplomacy, politics and conflict resolution – has just launched a profound new online tool: the Table of Political Elements.
Based on the Periodic Table of Elements, it's a wonderful 3D, interactive metaphor demonstrating how everything is interconnected – something politicians, managers and bureaucrats tend to forget, which causes chaos around the world.
By using it you can see that any issue has many surprising aspects to it. The Table is itself a metaphor for unexpected connections and consequences and will remind you to avoid becoming trapped in polarised thinking. It’s well worth exploring.
The designers, John Bell, Anthony Thomson, John Zada and Ivan Tyrrell, worked hard on this project throughout the lockdowns – apparently, it helped keep them sane! Watch the short explanatory video here >
Please share this widely – particularly with anyone who has influence – the richer context, clearer thinking and psychological knowledge it provides are sorely needed in today's turbulant world. Find out more >
HG College attains internationally recognised accreditation
HG College is pleased to announce that it is now an Accredited CPD Provider – its attended workshops, Diploma courses, live online training and online courses are now accredited by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office.
Overcoming Addiction Summit
"An exceptional event, full of insights"
"Each of the presentations was excellent... The whole day was very worthwhile"
REPLAY NOW AVAILABLE
HGI's latest online summit was a great success, with hundreds of people attending from around the world.
If you missed the live event and would like to benefit from the speaker's talks, you can still do so – the HGI has made the replay available to buy for a limited time only... Find out more >
Overcoming OCD – after 50 years
"It was all so different from the 'support' I'd received before..."
In this moving new case history, ‘Michelle’ describes her highly disabling experience of mental ill health, including extreme OCD, which persisted for decades despite many attempts over the years to seek help. Eventually a charity referred her to a human givens practitioner – with life-changing results... Read article >
Food for thought
“No winter lasts forever, no spring skips its return”
Hal Borland, American Author
We hope you've enjoyed this latest news round-up. Do get in contact if you have any interesting news, advice or case studies you think other readers might like to know about – we love hearing from you!
Jane Tyrrell
Editor, Human Givens News
Explore our articles and interviews
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’.
Helpless to help
The torment of ‘caring’ for a much-loved brother suffering from psychosis, to whom the NHS has failed to offer meaningful help …
Knowledge beyond words: confusion and ethics
In 2002 BACP published new ethical guidelines. Before publication, Ivan Tyrrell questioned the main author of the guidelines, Tim Bond, about what they actually mean.
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.
Lifting depression is easy to do — when you know its cause
This article about the human givens approach first appeared in the major American publication, Family Therapy Magazine.
A devastating death
Janine Hurley describes how the HGI Ethics Committee helped her cope, professionally and personally, when, tragically, a client killed herself.
Don’t Worry, Be Happy… and Overcome Anxiety
Do you think of yourself as an anxious person? This can lead you to think that anxiety is your lot; that there is damn all you can do about it. Well, that isn’t true at all and you are confining yourself to a limiting box if you continue to believe that...
Case Study: Antidepressant experience
Case history: James shares his difficult experience of coming off anti-depressant medication – and reflects on the effects they have had on his life.
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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