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PROMOTING EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND CLEAR THINKING
An Idea in Practice:
Using the human givens approach
Edited by Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell
Contents
Introduction by Alex McGlaughlin
PART ONE
Learning from nature
By Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell
Therapy that works
Psychotherapist Pamela Woodford opens her casebook to show how
working with the human givens (HG) approach has transformed her
ability to help people in severe distress.
From self-harm to self-belief
Lead occupational therapist Emily Lindsey-Clark describes how the
human givens approach has provided a practical focus for working with
women struggling to cope with everyday life.
Human givens in primary care
Community psychiatric nurse Liz Potts describes her experience as one
of the few primary care professionals in Coventry using the human
givens approach.
Evidence of learning
Principal of TheSPACE, Fred Grist, and director of therapeutic services,
Mike Beard, describe a unique facility for youngsters who face highly
complex and challenging experiences in life.
The road to recovery
Iain Caldwell, director of Hartlepool Mind, describes how the human
givens approach to helping people in distress has had a huge impact
on mental health services in Hartlepool.
ItÕs whatÕs right with you that fixes whatÕs wrong
HG therapist Chris Dyas vividly describes how he teaches
troubled children to be their own therapists.
Good choices: autism and the human givens
Headteacher Angela Austin describes how the human givens approach
has informed her work to create an emotionally safe place where
children with autism can learn.
Just vulnerable people:
working with asylum seekers and refugees
Specialist health visitor Joanne Ashmore explains her teamÕs innovative
approach to care for asylum seekers dispersed to Doncaster.
Why psychiatrists should be more like plumbers
Farouk Okhai, consultant psychiatrist and Chairman of the Human
Givens Institute (HGI), opens his casebook to show how using a
variety of techniques, as in the HG approach, can best help severely
distressed people.
The mended fin: physiotherapy and the human givens
Physiotherapist Jessica Bavinton describes how the human givens
approach has enabled her to empower her patients and herself,
and suggests other health professionals could benefit too.
This too, will pass:
coping with high arousal in the classroom
Sue Gwinnell-Smith, a learning support unit manager, describes
how human givens principles have helped her to help teachers
teach and children learn.
Uncommon therapy
Helen Card, a consultant psychologist and expert witness, shows
how taking therapy outside the therapy room can often yield
extraordinary results.
The human givens manager
Mike Hay, a senior manager within local government, shares some
thoughts about putting the human givens approach into practice
in the workplace.
When timeÕs not on our side
James Hooton describes how human givens principles help him in his
work as one of the new mental health practitioners in primary care.
When the light bulb doesnÕt really want to change...
Senior social worker Richard Brook shares some insights into working
successfully with clients compelled, but reluctant, to receive help.
Working with stroke from the human givens approach
The emotional impact of stroke is profound, but degree of impairment
is not necessarily the most crucial factor. Clinical neuropsychologist
Jim Tapper explains the part played by met and unmet needs.
Human givens and the NHS
Sandwell Primary Care TrustÕs mental health strategy is entirely based
on human givens principles. The challenge now is to translate them
into practice, says Ian Walton, GP.
Common ground: diplomacy and the human givens
Former diplomat John Bell suggests that only a radically different,
innate needs-based approach to conflict resolution can bring a
possibility of peace to the Middle East.
PART THREE
Molar memories:
how an ancient mechanism can ruin lives
When we react excessively to events, major or minor, we may be
victims of a primitive survival mechanism gone awry, suggests research
psychologist Joe Griffin. Despite often causing years of distress, it
can be successfully treated — and usually remarkably quickly. (This chaper is the latest, expanded presentation of this important new theory.)
The limits of tolerance: ethics and human nature
At a time when we are struggling with a number of major moral
dilemmas, Ivan Tyrrell, Principal of MindFields College, suggests that
working with the human givens can help us reach ethical decisions.Ê
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NB: Some of the articles in this book have previously appeared in various issues of the Human Givens journal.
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