Helping people thrive

Explore our site to find out more about this practical and effective approach to emotional health and clear thinking that has wide-ranging applications…

What are you interested in?

Training

Human Givens College provides clear, practical training on the best ways to help people overcome emotional distress, behavioural problems and more...

Find out more

Publications

A range of fascinating books, audio CDs and downloads, the Human Givens Journal – there's lots for you to explore...

Visit HG Publishing

The HG approach

What are the 'human givens'? Find out about the HG approach: its benefits, applications, new insights, HG therapy, research findings, case histories and more...

Find out more

A brilliant, pragmatic approach which has made an enormous difference in my ability to help people...

Linda Hoggan

In 'Human Givens' Griffin and Tyrrell offer innovative perspectives on promoting effective living. They have synthesized brain and social research in such a way that they provide new templates for understanding how to unlock the best in human nature

Dr Jeffrey K. Zeig, Director of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation

After losing my leg in a terrorist attack, it was only the human givens approach that helped me, that detraumatised me and quite literally rescued me...

Sue Hanisch

FREE ebook

Download your quick guide to the approach that is saving money and improving outcomes in a wide range of fields...

Get your copy now

Find a therapist

Search the HGI's online register to find your nearest human givens therapist

Online register

Related organisations

Registered Charity

The Human Givens Foundation

HGF promotes research and public education into the ‘givens’ of human nature and their application into the treatment and care of those suffering from mental illness...

Professional Body

Human Givens Institute

The professional body of human givens therapists – visit the HGI's website for the therapist register, articles, case-histories, resources, mental health information and more...

ACHIEVEMENTS

20+ years of 'HG'

Much has been achieved since two psychotherapists first coined the term 'human givens'...

Latest news...

Human Needs in Politics

The Charter of Human Needs in Politics offers ideas on how to build a more common sense world.

Memories Are Not Set in Stone

Our memories are malleable, reshaped each time we recall them...

What is Good Mental Health?

Discover the key to sustaining good mental health with Joe Griffin, co-founder of the Human Givens approach.

Do You Really Know What You Think You Know?

Considering alternative perspectives can lead to better understanding and decision-making.

Human Givens Mental Health Wellbeing Program

Creative Tuition partnered with Bristol schools to run a "Design a Mental Wellbeing App" challenge, teaching students aged 11–14 key concepts from the Human Givens model.

A baseline for human flourishing

The Conciliators Guild Podcast Explores Human Givens and More...

Back to top