Human Givens Psychotherapy

‘Four times out of five I’d sooner find out what was wrong if I started by examining the patient’s home life, his job and his bank account instead of his heart, his digestive system and his kidneys.’
Dr Robert Cunningham

Anxiety, depression and anger cause many people to seek help from counsellors, psychotherapists, GPs, or clinical psychologists. Some forms of counselling are known to make depression and anxiety disorders worse. Conversely, the right type of counselling can be more effective than drug treatments.

As human beings we all have basic physical and emotional needs such as the need for attention, love, connection, control, security and self esteem.

To meet these needs, nature has given us resources, such as memory, imagination, problem solving abilities, self awareness and thinking styles. It is these needs and resources together, which are built into our biology, that make up the ‘human givens’.

Rather then delving into past hurts and misery, The Human Givens Approach deals with mental and emotional distress in the here and now, offering effective and practical help.

Human Givens Therapy can help to:

• reduce anxiety
• break the cycle of depression
• resolve trauma
• manage anger
• stop addictive behaviour
• relieve medical conditions
• harmonise relationships