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Elizabeth Nihan
United KingdomCardiffWalesAfter completing a degree in psychology Elizabeth has worked in education for more than twenty years, so is comfortable working with children, teenagers and adults.
Avril Bailey
The Dublin Human Givens CentreDenshaw HouseIrelandDublin 2Co DublinThe majority of my professional life has been underpinned by a love of learning in all its guises! Sometimes the lessons to learn are challenging, other times a joy.
Katherine Vilnrotter
640 Brighton AvenuePortland, ME 04101United StatesI'm Katherine Vilnrotter. I believe that every person is important and has a voice to be heard.
Diana Thornton
United KingdomOxshottSurreyKT22United KingdomKT6I have had many years professional experience working alongside people during challenging periods in their lives and began work in the NHS over 30 years ago as a music therapist.
Nicola Cheverall
Muswell HillEast FinchleyUnited KingdomLondonEnglandN10 2PY“I wasn’t sure what was going to happen today, it turned out you helped unblock something quite major. Thank you for noticing my struggle with PTSD”
Mimi Leese
United KingdomWiltshireEnglandUnited KingdomLondonEnglandI am a fully qualified HG counselor /psychotherapist.
Laura Kerr
United KingdomGlasgowScotlandI help adults and children (5-18 year olds) overcome challenging life circumstances so they can experience triumph from tragedy and feel empowered by their journey.
John Walsh
IrelandMarinoDublin 9John has over 25 years experience working with individuals and groups to achieve a productive, fulfilled and sustainable lifestyle.
Don Elwick
United KingdomBrightonUnited KingdomHeathfieldEast SussexTN21 8ADThe way that a human life may unfold is bound to bring challenges, and these may become stressful or overwhelming at times for almost anyone.
Richard Brook
United KingdomNorwichNorfolkNR3 3NJCurrent CRB disclosure certificate. I see clients in my home. Sessions available weekends and early evening.
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Music to my ears
Working as a therapist is rarely a first career and is often the result of a mid-life change of track. Here Kat Marlow relates her particular path through the diverse careers of orchestral musician and process engineer, as well as her own mental health challenges, to her current role as HG practitioner and DWP trainer.
A Christmas Carol... or a tale of three therapists?
James Tapper suggests that Charles Dickens’s famous seasonal novel contains much that reflects the human givens approach to therapy.
Eco-anxiety: active solutions
Julia Welstead considers the connection between our mental health and our planet
Blue sky vision
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Love in a COVID climate
Carol Harper considers the impact of the Covid pandemic on our relationships.
Hold that thought! Or trash it
WRITING down negative thoughts, crumpling them up and throwing them away (as often advocated by therapists) really does help reduce negative thinking, research has shown.
Practising ethically
The HGI Ethics and Complaints Committee considers some of the ethical challenges that human givens practitioners may face. Ian Thomson sets the scene.
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.
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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