Membership
We welcome new members to the HGI all the time – anyone keen to support our work can join the Institute as an Associate Member; professional categories of membership align with those recognised in the SCoPEd framework and are open to those who have passed the Human Givens Diploma.
A brief overview of the various membership categories is given below. Click the ‘read more’ link to read the full details. Members must pay an annual membership fee and abide by the conditions set for their particular level of HGI membership.
General
Associate Member – AHGI
Open to anyone who is interested in, or keen to support and be part of, the development and spread of the human givens insights and approach. Many retired HG therapists retain Associate Membership. Read more >
Professional
Trainee Member
All successful graduates of Part 2 of the Human Givens Diploma are invited to join the Institute as a Trainee Member of the HGI (previously known as Graduate Membership, GHGI). It is a prerequisite for Part 2 graduates who are seeing clients. Read more >
Registered Member – MHGI
Designation for both newly qualified and experienced HG practitioners, who have successfully passed all three parts of the Human Givens Diploma and registered with the HGI.
This equates to Column A of the SCoPEd framework. Read more >
Accredited Member – MHGI (Accred)
Designation for experienced HG practitioners who choose to apply and who can demonstrate the required hours of training and therapy and safe, effective and ethical practice.
This equates to Column B of the SCoPEd framework. Read more >
Senior Accredited Member – MHGI (Snr Accred)
Designation for experienced HG practitioners who choose to apply and who can demonstrate that they are capable of taking an active role within the professional community, along with evidence of the required hours of training and therapy, and safe, effective and ethical practice.
This equates to Column C of the SCoPEd framework. Read more >
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Fellows – FHGI
The Institute also has the power to elect as a Fellow (FHGI) registered, accredited or senior accredited members who have made a distinctive contribution to human givens studies or its teaching or application. Read more >
Honorary Member – HonHGI
Honorary Memberships may also be awarded for outstanding contributions to the field. Read more >
Explore our articles and interviews
Dublin City FM Radio Interview
Listen to Brian Greene’s interview with Sue Saunders (Human Givens College tutor and Educational Director) as they discuss the HG approach to treating mental illness, human givens counselling and our training events.
Unconscious bias
With debates raging around racism, cultural conditioning and freedom of speech, Carol Harper reflects on the problem of unconscious bias.
Therapy techniques that work
In the first of an occasional series featuring contributions from HG practitioners, Miriam Chachamu shares two simple therapeutic ideas that fit well with the human givens toolkit.
Psychotherapy's Third Wave? The promise of narrative
The fundamental new direction in therapy is more than just a set of new techniques explains Bill O'Hanlon in an article first published in 1995.
Molar Memories: how an ancient mechanism can ruin lives
When we react excessively to events, major or minor, we may be victims of a primitive survival mechanism gone awry, suggests Joe Griffin. Despite often causing years of distress, it can be treated successfully — and usually remarkably quickly.
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').
Extending emotional wellbeing in schools
Stuart Coulden describes an innovative project for enhancing emotional health in diverse school communities.
Balancing up the business
Janice Haddon shows how she has drawn upon the human givens approach to work more creatively with corporate clients.
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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