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2-week course
HG Diploma – Part 2
These two weeks of intensive training consolidate and expand upon what you’ve learnt in Part 1 of the Human Givens Diploma
Course Factfile
HG Diploma – Part 2
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Length: 2 x 5 days (9.00am – 6.30pm)
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Tutors: Dr Gareth Hughes, Jo Baker
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Suitable for: See below
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Location: Our Part 2 courses are held in Bristol
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Qualification: HG.Dip. / HG.Dip.P. (Trainee)
- Price: £4,385 per person
Includes all tuition, extensive course manual, examination, refreshments and lunch each day. Payment can be made my advance installments.
I can’t speak highly enough of Part 2. It had all the elements to make it challenging, stretching, stimulating and, above all, thoroughly practical
Psychotherapist
Part 2 of the 3-part Human Givens Diploma course consists of ten days of highly-focused and enjoyable work, plus home study and skills practice.
The two separate weeks are held approximately a month apart and include the observation of therapy sessions carried out by HG tutors with real patients. The profound teaching style and practical approach is highly stimulating and generates much extra-curricular thought and discussion.
During the two weeks you will have plenty of opportunity to expand upon and consolidate the knowledge and skills you have obtained on the shorter courses that make up Part 1 of the Diploma. There are many practical group and one-to-one exercises during which you will learn how to subtly combine what you’ve learnt into powerful therapy sessions that will enable your clients to move on in their lives, and a 2-hour written examination.
The psychological knowledge and psychotherapeutic skills gained on the course are also highly relevant and easily transferable to other fields such as education, coaching, business, parenting, social work, the emergency services and back-to-work programmes.
The Human Givens Diploma is recognised by the SCoPEd national framework for standards in psychotherapy and counselling training.
Please note:
Our Part 2 courses tend to fill up quickly. To avoid disappointment, we recommend you send in your application form for your preferred date as soon as possible, ideally 6 months in advance.
If you are not ready to book yet, please contact Fiona Heffernan on +44 (0)1323 811690 or via email: [email protected] so she is aware of your intention to progress through the Diploma.
You can also register your interest below to receive more information.
Course Dates
Please apply for your preferred date as soon as possible, as numbers on Part 2 courses are limited. The Part 2 weeks are held in Bristol.
2025
Part 2 Course No. HG99
FULL – with waiting list
Week 1: Mon 31st March – Fri 4th April 2025
Week 2: Mon 28th April – Fri 2nd May 2025
Part 2 Course No. HG100
FULL – with waiting list
Week 1: Mon 15th – Fri 19th September 2025
Week 2: Mon 20th – Fri 24th October 2025
NB – if you would like to take Part 2 in 2025, please contact us – we are considering putting on a third course.
2026
Part 2 Course No. HG101
Week 1: Mon 16th – Fri 20th March 2026
Week 2: Mon 27th April – Fri 1st May 2026
Part 2 Course No. HG102
Week 1: Mon 14th – Fri 18th September 2026
Week 2: Mon 19th – Fri 23rd October 2026
If you’re looking to attend Part 2 in 2026, please contact us to let us know.
VENUE:
Engineers’ House, Clifton Down, Bristol, BS8 3NB – View details
Get in touch
If you’d like to know anything more about our Diploma – or to reserve your place on a specific Part 2 course – please contact us, we’re always happy to help.
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Who is this course for?
The HG Diploma is primarily designed for anyone already working in mental health, education or social services, but because all aspects of the course are presented in clear, jargon-free language it is also suitable for anyone wishing to embark on a career in counselling or psychotherapy for the first time or who is interested in the subjects covered.
Before attending the first Part 2 week, you need to have completed all 18 x Part 1 required courses, have read the required items on the Reading List and studied the Diploma Manual in depth.
Meet your tutors
Dr Gareth Hughes
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…
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Outstanding! A scintillating learning experience that I didn’t want to end. I know I will be using the skills I have learnt as life-long ‘tools’ and I’m looking forward to embedding and integrating my learning in the months and years to come.
Elizabeth Mary Sabey
It didn’t feel like a ‘work’ training course – it’s more like a blueprint for life, absolutely fascinating. HG has changed my life, given direction to my work and improved my effectiveness as a GP.
Adam Lake
This course was the most stimulating, thought-provoking and exciting learning experience I have ever had. As well as being continually stretching and enriching, it was always great fun. The teaching model of the diploma is rare in that it suits all different learning styles.
Renée Van der Vloodt
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Outstanding! A scintillating learning experience that I didn’t want to end. I know I will be using the skills I have learnt as life long ‘tools’ and am looking forward to embedding and integrating my learning in real life situations/therapy in the months and years to come.
This has been an excellent opportunity to put together all the elements from Part I into a coherent whole – which ultimately makes sense of Human Givens practise. The lectures, discussions, practical sessions and films have been superb.
In these two weeks all the information we’ve had during Part I came together. It has deepened my understanding of the organising idea of Human Givens. Also, the evidence-based information on how the brain works has been really well explained, which will make it hopefully easier to explain to clients why things may happen in their life. It’s been great!
Thoroughly enjoyable and challenging two weeks. The course was very well organised with a good balance of teaching/practicing/exercises. Inspiring people on the course and has reaffirmed my goal of trying to change my career into Human Givens therapy.
A truly enriching learning experience that was well structured, interesting and a pleasure to be part of. The content was accessible and presented in a clear, logical and creative way that catered for a variety of learning styles and needs. I found it extremely useful to be able to use the manual alongside the seminars and enjoyed the mix of the theoretical and practical elements.
I am not exaggerating when I say that studying for the Human Givens Diploma in 2001 remains the most significant piece of formal education I have ever undertaken, notwithstanding the fact that I hold a law degree and a Masters in social work.
This course was the most stimulating, thought-provoking and exciting learning experience I have ever had. As well as being continually stretching and enriching, it was always great fun. The teaching model of the diploma is rare in that it suits all different learning styles.
No other course of post-graduate training has influenced and changed my clinical practice more than studying for the Human Givens (HG) Diploma. It’s changed the way I think about, and approach, healthcare.
I can’t speak highly enough of the Human Givens Diploma course. It had all the elements to make it challenging, stretching, stimulating and, above all, thoroughly practical. I feel I have the skills to make a difference, whilst knowing I have the enjoyment to come of honing and developing them over time. An exciting prospect.
I have learnt more in ten days here, than two years of Higher Education. Pass or fail, I will take so much from this course, which is useful, practical, and understandable. The whole experience was very enjoyable.
At a personal level, I gained much and I am aware that others on the course did too — this is in my experience, quite a unique benefit.
It’s been terrific — I feel privileged to have attended. The tutors are quite inspirational, both as speakers and therapists, and their level of knowledge and understanding is remarkable. The human givens approach is creative, eclectic, needs-led and applicable to a wide range of situations. It has inspired me to re-examine my own practice and, wherever possible, introduce it into my work.
The most intensive, well-balanced, rewarding and enjoyable course structure I’ve attended in over 30 years of professional life. It is going to be immensely useful.
As a practitioner psychologist and psychotherapist for 15 years I have attended a great deal of post-graduate training – rarely in that time have I encountered psychological theory or practice that has struck such a chord as these seminars and workshops have. I find this body of knowledge inspiring and am particularly impressed by the interweaving of good psychotherapeutic principles with underlying brain physiology and neuropsychology.
Unquestionably the most enlightened way forward for all of us who want to contribute to helping improve the human condition.
Excellent! Undoubtedly this course is an innovation in the stale field of therapy. Because of its emphasis on applying only what works, the human givens approach will remain at THE cutting edge.
After enduring insets and courses all my working life, doing the HG Diploma was amazing. The excellent balance of theory and practice, the sensitive and inspiring teaching and its structure combined to make it a truly memorable learning experience. If only more educators understood how to work in this way!
The impact on my work practice has been unbelievable — positive, safe and quick results which enable distressed people to engage in a good quality of life once again.
This has been an incredible journey — a thoroughly challenging but enjoyable one. It’s been a long time since I’ve been this motivated to learn and to apply my increasing knowledge and skills to my work.