Psycho-education
Andrew Hawkins
United KingdomLeedsEnglandLS1United KingdomOtleyEnglandLS21West YorkshireUnited KingdomEnglandSouth YorkshireUnited KingdomEnglandUntil recently I was the CEO of a specialist mental health charity, which I set up and managed for over ten years, working with clients who suffer from trauma, anxiety, depression and problems mana
Jo Somers
18 Duke StIrelandAthyCo KildareIrelandGrangeconCo WicklowWith 35 years of experience in a variety of settings, I am a fully-qualified and registered Human Givens therapist.
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Common ground: diplomacy and the human givens
John Bell suggests that only a radically different, innate needs-based approach to conflict resolution can bring a possibility of peace to the Middle East.
What’s love got to do with it?
Among our essential emotional needs are two nods to our need for human interaction, in the forms of both an intimate relationship and community connection.
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 kindness, and what they can bring us all.
When severe emotional damage prevents brief therapy…
Julie Lawrence explains some complex forms of PTSD caused by severe emotional harm in childhood, and explores a role for HG therapists. And Emily Gajewski shares her case experience.
Violent Robbery - erasing trauma
Hugh McNab illustrates how to successfully detraumatise even the most severe cases of trauma and anxiety-related disorders and help a client back to work and engaging positively with life once again.
The curious case of covid consternation
Julia Welstead looks at how our inner resources - with a little help from an effective therapist - can help us to overcome trauma, build resilience through difficult times and develop a positive mindset and zest for life.
Sound sense
Much more is gained from hearing and telling stories, rather than just reading them, says Pat Williams.
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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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