SAVE THE DATE: 2014 Human Givens Institute Conference
This year’s conference looks set to be as fascinating and lively as ever. The overall theme is: Mental health in the digital age – is it possible?
It will be held at Sunningdale, Ascot, on 14th and 15th June 2014.
Professor Richard Bentall, author of Madness Explained and Doctoring the Mind: Why psychiatric treatments fail, is to speak. More details will be available soon.
The event is open to anyone interested in the HG approach – please contact our Registrar, Kathy Hardy, on 01323 811690 if you would like to find out more or are interested in attending.
Explore our articles and interviews
Case Study: Evidence that it works, the fast cure for phobia and trauma
Read about how a Faulklands war veteran overcame the severe flashbacks and panic attacks he suffered for 20 years after a horrifically traumatising experience during his service in the navy.
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.
The stories of our lives
HG tutor, therapist and newsletter editor, Carol Harper, explores the power of story and how a sense of wonder leads to connection and meaning.
Why psychiatrists should be more like plumbers
Dr Farouk Okhai opens his casebook to show how the human givens approach can best help severely distressed people.
A much-changed practice
GP Mona Mahfouz shows how dramatically the human givens approach has altered the way she works
Mind Sculpture: "This trembling web"
Joe Griffin talks with Professor Ian Robertson about the role of experience in the sculpting of our brains, and why certain types of counselling may do harm.
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.
"What was that you said again?" - a new look at psychosis
Ivan Tyrrell and Richard Bentall discuss patient-centred new approaches to the understanding and treatment of psychotic illness..
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