Subject Area: Resources and techniques

From self-harm to self-belief

Emily Gajewski describes how the human givens approach has provided a practical focus for working with women struggling to cope with everyday life

Meeting emotional needs whilst socially isolating or working from home

Our mental and physical health depend upon meeting emotional needs in healthy ways. This keeps stress levels low and allows our immune system to fight back and work to promote recovery from illness.

3 ways to relax immediately

Do you feel overwhelmed with life? Like you are paddling hard just to stay afloat?

“Use the breath. It’s easier”

Sam Gerrard explores the benefits of 7:11 breathing and shares the results of his own and others’ research into the technique

The APET™ model: standing cognitive therapy on its head

Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell describe a biologically-based theory which explains the shortcomings of purely cognitive approaches and why effective therapies can work fast.

The Trickster: Medicine’s forgotten character

Therapy in all its forms can be confusingly capricious and unpredictable. We should not try to deny this, but learn to accept it, says Larry Dossey MD.

The Emotional Needs Scale

Brett Culham describes the outcome of his research to validate the needs-based human givens approach to psychological health.

A fast treatment for trauma and phobias – evidence for the rewind technique

Counsellors who use it know that the rewind technique is fast, safe, painless and effective for dealing with trauma. Keith Guy and Nicola Guy devised a study to test it.

7:11 breathing: how does deep breathing make you feel more relaxed?

Breathing techniques are not just 'mind tricks; they produce a bodily response that lowers your anxiety in a very physical way.

The Buddha Pill: can meditation change you?

Ivan Tyrrell reviews "The Buddha Pill: can meditation change you?" by Miguel Farias and Catherine Wikholm (Watkins Publishing).

The riddle of conditioned taste aversion

The pain–pleasure recall principle also explains the well-known phenomenon of conditioned taste aversion, which has always presented a problem for classical conditioning.