Our Tutors

Ivan Tyrrell

Director and Co-Founder of the Human Givens approach

Ivan Tyrrell worked for many years as a psychotherapist and now spends most of his time lecturing and writing.

Joe Griffin

Director and Co-Founder of the Human Givens approach

Joe Griffin is a psychologist with many years’ experience both in psychotherapeutic practice and in training psychotherapists.

Dr Gareth Hughes

Educational Director

Gareth is an HG psychotherapist, researcher, nationally recognised expert on university mental health and wellbeing and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Jo Baker

For many years Jo worked as a therapist within the Psychological Wellbeing department at the University of Derby, where she dealt with an extensive and varied caseload…

Ros Townsend

Ros Townsend is an experienced psychotherapist and supervisor with busy practices in SW England, where she combines private therapy work with referrals from Occupational Health and the NHS.

Emily Gajewski

Emily has worked for over 21 years as a therapist, helping people move on from even the most severe emotional difficulties.

Dr Andrew Morrice

Dr Andrew Morrice is a General Practitioner in Scotland, he was previously a partner in a Somerset practice serving an urban and rural population for 18 years…

Dr. Grahame Brown

Dr. Grahame Brown is honorary senior clinical lecturer at The University of Birmingham and a tutor for The Human Givens College.

Jennifer Broadley

Jennifer is a Human Givens psychotherapist with private practices in Aberdeen and Dundee.

Malcolm Hanson

Malcolm Hanson is a highly experienced HG practitioner and supervisor, who worked in the NHS for over 9 years

Denise Winn

Denise is a journalist, editor and author specialising in psychology – who has also practised as a human givens therapist since 2000.

Carol Harper

Carol has 30 years’ experience in private practice, her holistic outlook and curiosity has influenced her professional development…

Miriam Chachamu

Miriam is a family psychotherapist and a human givens practitioner and supervisor with extensive experience of working with children, parents, families and professionals.

Richard Brook

Richard Brook worked as a social worker for over 20 years with children and families, young offenders, adolescents and parents. He now lectures at the University of

Véronique Chown

Véronique is a psychotherapist with over 20 years experience in private practice during which time she also worked for three years in the NHS.

Rupinder Mahil

Rupinder is a highly experienced and respected mediator, psychotherapist and trainer.

Pamela Woodford

Pamela’s proactive, intuitive and creative adaptation of the human givens approach has helped hundreds of people deal with challenging life circumstances.

Julie Johnson

Julie Johnson originally trained as a nurse, moving into school nursing as she raised her family, then setting up her own business 30 years ago, working as a consultant to schools in the area of wellbeing.

John Bell

John Bell is the Director of the Middle East & Mediterranean Programme at the Toledo International Centre for Peace.

Beverley Thomson

Beverley Thomson, author of the acclaimed book Antidepressed: a breakthrough examination of epidemic antidepressant harm and dependence, is a writer, researcher and speaker who focuses on psychiatric medication.

Sue Saunders

Sue has worked in training, coaching and psychotherapy for over 30 years. She also has extensive experience in the corporate world.

Julian Penton

Julian is a Human Givens (HG) practitioner who for the past 20 years has been mentoring HG therapists, teaching various HG seminars & workshops and delivering the HG College’s HG supervision training course.

Ian Thompson

Ian Thomson is the former deputy chair of the HGI Registration and Professional Standards Committee

Pat Williams

Pat Williams was founder-director of the London College of Storytellers and works as a writer, lecturer and human givens therapist.

Julia Welstead

Julia is a lively and enthusiastic writer, speaker and tutor for the HG College.