What to expect from a Human Givens therapist

What a Human Givens Therapist will do for you:

• help you feel better after every session.

• quickly help with anxiety problems and teach you to relax deeply.

• quickly help with trauma (PTSD) or fear-related symptoms.

• not use jargon or 'psychobabble,' or tell you that counselling or psychotherapy has to be 'painful' to be effective.

• not dwell unduly on the past, and help you design a more desired future.

• be supportive when difficult feelings emerge, but will not encourage you to get emotional beyond the normal need to 'let go' of any bottled up feelings.

• may assist you to develop your social skills so that your needs for affection, friendship, fun, intimacy, connection to the wider community etc. can be better fulfilled.

• help you to draw upon and build on your own resources (which may prove greater than you thought).

• be considerate of the effects of counselling on the people close to you.

• help you think about your problems in new and more empowering ways.

• use a wide range of techniques as appropriate.

• may ask you to do things between sessions to enhance your therapy journey.

• take as few sessions as possible.