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The 'Human Givens' approach
We are all unique, yet we all come into this world with basic physical and emotional needs. Our physical needs include the need for shelter, sustenance, warmth and safety. Our innate emotional needs include: security, attention, being emotionally connected to others, feeling in control, having status, self-esteem and a sense of meaning derived from being stretched in our lives.
We also have a range of innate resources to help us meet these needs. These include: memory, imagination, problem-solving abilities and self-awareness. Built into our biology, together these needs and resources make up the givens of human nature.
However, if our innate emotional needs are not being met well, for whatever reason, or our resources are being used incorrectly, we can suffer considerable distress.
Understanding this, working from the human givens approach involves helping distressed people identify their unmet emotional needs and empowering them to meet them by creatively activating their own natural resources in new ways.
To do this we use variety of up-to-date, proven psychological methods and techniques focused on problem-solving and developing new life skills.
The human givens approach draws on the latest findings from psychology and neurobiology about how people really function and what we need to lead fulfilling lives. It also takes into account international research studies that have established which psychotherapeutic techniques are most effective for relieving a wide range of emotional distress and behavioural difficulties. Practical help is offered based on a sound body of scientific knowledge and skills that have been proven to be effective.