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The Human Givens Approach new
– an introduction to this empowering approach to mental health and wellbeing
This comprehensive online course looks at the evolution of the human givens organising idea, why it’s needed and how it helps us to better understand ourselves and others…
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An Introduction to the Human Givens Approach
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CPD Certificate: 2.5 hours
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Tutor: Ros Townsend
- Price: £49 per person
Price includes life-long access and CPD certificate
£49.00
Designed for anyone interested in wellbeing, mental health, psychology or personal development, this course takes a deep dive into the insights and practical applications of the human givens approach – information which could transform your life and work.
These rich insights resonate with people worldwide. They will deepen your understanding of yourself, what motivates us, what can lead to mental ill health, addictions, and much more. This knowledge enables people to help others more effectively and proves powerful psycho-education.
Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, biology, sociology and ancient wisdom traditions, HG co-founders Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell spent years looking at the available evidence and accumulated psychological knowledge, particularly what worked to improve mental health and what didn’t, as they strove to get a much clearer understanding of what it means to be human – and what we all need to thrive. In other words, the ‘givens’ of being human.
This course sets the human givens approach in its wider, historical context as it looks in detail at the HG ‘organising ideas’ and considers the many opportunities they bring for improving the lives of individuals, families, organisations and more…
An entirely attainable and reasonable road map for good mental health...
The Irish Examiner
What this course covers
- Different theories of what influences mental health and leads to mental illness
- The different claims that have been made about what will help people to recover from mental illness
- How confusion hinders the development of effective treatments and clear guidance, and stops people getting the help they need
- Why metaphor and pattern-matching are central to learning and understanding
- What constitutes an ‘organising idea’ – and why a new one was needed to help us explain the evidence available to us
- How a larger organising idea can provide a clear framework for progress
- The inspiration and background that led to the HG approach
- How it developed out of a return to core, scientific principles and a logical engagement with evidence
- Why it’s a truly holistic, bio-psycho-social roadmap for wellbeing which can be implemented widely
- A concrete pattern for a healthy, well-functioning life
- Our innate psychological and fundamental physical needs – their importance for mental and physical health, and how they interrelate
- The direct link between our emotions and our needs being, or not being, met
- An indepth look at our innate emotional needs, the evidence that supports them, how they impact on mental health and drive much of our behaviour
- Why unmet needs – or the threat of them not being met – can result in emotional distress
- What can go wrong: why we will meet our needs in unhealthy ways if necessary
- What is meant by ‘meeting our needs in balance’
- Why a ‘healthy balance’ will be different for each individual
- Why well-met needs can compensate for temporary deficits and hardship
- The other ‘givens’ of human nature – the resources we are born with that are crucial to our survival
- How these innate resources help us meet our needs and give us the flexibility to adapt when change occurs – but can also be ‘hijacked’
- The importance of developing additional life resources
- How these enable us to meet our needs in our unique cultural, social and environmental setting
- Completing an ‘Emotional Needs Audit’ (ENA)
- An introduction to the APET model – and how it helps us work more effectively
- Understanding the role of a therapist working from the human givens approach
- Why the end-goal of any therapy is to help a client create a life that works in the present
- The depth and wider applicability of the human givens organising idea.
I very much endorse the tenets of the human givens approach... [it's] important and very much needed
Iain McGilchrist, psychiatrist, literary scholar, philosopher and neuroscientist
Thinking of taking the Diploma?
This introductory look at the core principles of the human givens approach is useful additional learning if you’re taking the HG Diploma or considering doing so. It will become part of the curriculum in the near future.
"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 Milton H. Erickson Foundation
"A brilliant, pragmatic approach which has made an enormous difference in my ability to help people..."
Linda Hoggan
"A wonderfully fresh and stimulating view of dreaming, evolution, and human functioning. 'Human Givens' also provides both an encompassing model and practical, specific applications to enhance the effectiveness of psychotherapy."
Dr Arthur J Deikman
Meet your tutor
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.
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