Latest edition of the Human Givens Journal out now
Volume 23, No 1, 2016
The latest edition of the Human Givens Journal is now available.
This volume features articles from: Cherry Dale, Ian Thomson, Lorraine Trapman, Marion Brown, Janet Donnelly and Ivan Tyrrell. Stephan Perdekamp and Sarah Victoria also tell Jane Jones about innate emotional movement patterns and their role in health. Regular columnist Pat Williams explores how the stories we may unwittingly spin about ourselves stop us from really seeing and editor Denise Winn finds out about the Open Dialogue approach to working with people in psychotic crisis.
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Teaching that works: using the human givens in the classroom
Teacher trainer Andy Vass shows how knowledge and application of the human givens approach could help hard-pressed teachers reduce stress and improve the climate in class.
PTSD: why some techniques for treating it work so fast
In this article, Joe Griffin suggests that techniques which can yield immediate success, may share an underlying mechanism.
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’.
A much-changed practice
GP Mona Mahfouz shows how dramatically the human givens approach has altered the way she works
“I was Angela long before I became a self-harmer”
Self-harm is still a taboo subject. Angela shares her experience of self-harm and the impact it had on her life before taking the first steps to recovery.
Why we Dream
Last night, while you slept, you were often dreaming. You probably don't remember because, for a very good reason, we evolved not to. However, normally we humans dream every night and most mammals show evidence of this brain pattern too.
The APET™ model: standing cognitive therapy on its head
Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell describe a biologically-based theory which explains the shortcomings of purely cognitive approaches and why effective therapies can work fast.
Book review - Ritual: how seemingly senseless acts make life worth living
Denise Winn reviews 'Ritual: how seemingly senseless acts make life worth living' by Dimitris Xygalatas (Profile Books, 2024)
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Date posted: 14/02/2024