At From Stress To Success we use therapy based on the principles of the Human Givens.

The Human Givens bring together the latest scientific understandings from neurobiology and psychology, ancient wisdom and original new insights to provide a revolutionary new organising idea that helps keep therapy simple and very effective.

It is the first ever bio-psycho-social model of psychotherapy, has been taught since 1997 and is now used by thousands of healthcare professionals including therapists, counsellors, GPs, psychiatrists, nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists as well as social workers and teachers. This new school of psychology and psychotherapy is rapidly being recognised as a profoundly important shift in our understanding of human functioning and for this reason has been called “the missing heart of positive psychology” and many now refer to it as “enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy”.

The startling success produced by the efficacy, adaptability and practical nature of these new ideas, is borne out by the speed at which this model is moving into new areas, ranging from psychotherapy, education and social work to international diplomatic relations and the corporate world of business.

To find out more about the Human Givens and why it has revolutionised the way healthcare professionals approach the treatment of mental health issues and emotional distress please follow this link.

Evidence-based practice - HG Therapy really works!

The British Psychological Society's leading peer-reviewed journal, Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice published a 12-month evaluation of the Human Givens approach in primary care at a general medical practice showing that more than three out of four patients were either symptom-free or reliably changed as a result of HG therapy. This was accomplished in an average of only 3.6 sessions, significantly better than the recovery rate published for the UK government's flagship IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) programme, which uses therapists trained in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

No Weird stuff – guaranteed!

There are many different types of counselling and psychotherapy offered in this country and whilst all of them aim to help you, some of them are less conventional than others and may not be to everyone’s taste. The Human Givens approach doesn’t require you to make some leap of faith or to believe that your energy channels have to be re-aligned before you can be happy again nor will you need to spend hours mulling over past events or searching for that one special, significant insight that can supposedly help you understand all of your life’s problems.

Human Givens (HG) therapy is straight-forward and easy to understand and can be summarised as follows: Everyone has physical and emotional needs.  People become unhappy (emotionally distressed) when one or more of their basic needs are not being met fully or appropriately. Therefore, if your emotional and physical needs are met appropriately, the distress goes away and you are no longer unhappy. Take an Emotional Needs Audit to see how well your Emotional Needs are being met.

HG therapy helps people to identity what needs they have that aren’t being met fully or appropriately and then helps them to access and use whatever resources, abilities, skills and knowledge they already have in order that they can get their needs met.