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Accreditation
Once you’ve successfully passed all 3 parts of the Human Givens Diploma and been accepted as a Registered Member of the Human Givens Institute (HGI), you are accredited to practice as a human givens therapist or counsellor.
The HGI’s Professional Register of human givens practitioners is independently accredited in the UK* by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) – which also accredits BACP, UKCP, NCPS, the General Medical Council and many others.
As counselling and psychotherapy are currently self-regulated professions, it’s vital that all counsellors and therapists belong to a PSA Accredited Register.
The PSA Mark of Quality assures the general public, service commissioners and employers that human givens practitioners belong to a register vetted and approved by an independent statutory body, which is backed by the government to protect members of the public.
NHS recommendations
The NHS recommends that members of the public search for a counsellor or therapist who is listed on a PSA Accredited Register.
On its counselling information page, the NHS states that “reputable therapists will be registered with a professional organisation that’s been accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) – this means they have met the PSA’s required professional standards to practice”. On their page about professional accreditation, NHS Employers talk about the importance and benefits of belonging to an Accredited Register, view here.
On the NHS Health Careers website, they also highlight the importance of PSA Accredited Registers under ‘Entry Requirements and Training’ for ‘How to become a counsellor’.
The Human Givens Diploma is a nationally recognised qualification in counselling and psychotherapy. It is part of, and explicitly referenced within, the SCoPEd national training and standards framework for counselling and psychotherapy, with approved routes for its graduates to move from Column A of the framework to Column B or Column C should they wish to do so. The corresponding HGI Membership levels for qualified HG therapists are listed on the framework document. Employers are increasingly recognising the SCoPEd columns and referencing them when advertising positions.
The HGI was actively involved in drawing up the framework and is a founding member of the Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB).
Our Part 1 workshops, online courses and live online training, and Parts 2 and 3 of the Diploma, have all been independently assessed by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office.
* Excluding the Channel Islands.
