A new series of self-help psychology books

Essential help in troubled times...

The Human Givens Approach Series is a new ‘psychobabble-free’ series about improving mental wellbeing, aimed at a general readership interested in either helping themselves or others.

Each title explores a recognised psychological or behavioural problem and shows in clear, non-jargonistic language how to treat it effectively with psychological interventions.

Launched in Autumn 2004, the first title, How to lift depression... fast, is an outstanding best-seller and has already been reprinted three times. The second and third titles, Freedom From Addiction: the secret behind successful addiction busting, and How to Master Anxiety: All you need to know to overcome stress, panic attacks, phobias, trauma, obsessions and more, are already selling fast and look like being equally as popular. All three titles can be ordered online.

Future titles will cover: anger; psychosis; disturbed children; self-harming; obesity; anti-social behaviour; workplace stress and parenting.

The series is part of a larger nationwide effort to move counselling, psychotherapy and education away from ideology and more into line with scientific findings about how the brain works and what people really need to live fulfilling lives. (See also: www.mindfields.org.uk and for details of therapists working from this approach see: www.hgi.org.uk/register)