What can counselling do?

Modern counselling is based on the latest findings about psychological functions: the human givens. This means that counsellors and therapists trained in the latest techniques can cure trauma, lift depression, and help people adjust to life changes, quickly and effectively, and at a lower cost than more traditional techniques. Typically Human Givens therapists work from between one and six sessions.

» Depression
Effective psychotherapy is more helpful than anti-depressant medication in lifting depression, and it has no side effects. Good counselling works from day one, unlike drugs which take weeks to kick in. Even for people established on medication, HG counselling will help ensure they do not slip back into depression when the course of treatment ends. New knowledge has shown us that depressed people dream too much, which exhausts them. They dream too much because they spend so much time focussed backwards and inwards, in anxious, negative, or miserable thoughts. The dreams are needed to defuse these arousing thoughts. It is a vicious cycle that can easily be broken and people can be re-engaged with their lives, and experience meaning, interest, and pleasure again.

Case study - A young woman was suffering from a bout of disabling depression. Her life had ground to a halt and her business was static. She could not cope with domestic demands. She had suffered a lot of sexual abuse in her youth, and her subsequent relationships had all failed. In trance, her total trauma history was desensitised with a a single process. To promote change, she was told a story about transformations, and the treatment included the suggestion that she invite a friend round for a meal to help with the tidying. Within a couple of weeks, she had sorted the flat, and focused on building up her life and business. On follow-up six months later, she reported that her life was going great, and had never been better.

» Anxiety
GAD, OCD, BDD, ADD, ADHD, phobias, social phobias, panic attacks, PTSD, agoraphobia, claustrophobia, fears, nightmares, stress and pressure. All can be treated swiftly by HG therapy by relaxation, cognitive work, and by desensitising the stressful memories using the fast phobia cure.

» Anger
You may feel eaten up with anger without being able to channel it usefully or defuse it. An effective counsellor will help you gain control, and stop you being chewed up with futile anger.

» Trauma
Effective therapy for trauma is a priority after an accident. Overall, about a quarter of people involved in an accident will be traumatised to some extent. Many psychological problems which are likely to arise after a road accident result from untreated post-traumatic stress (PTSD), and can resolve naturally once the trauma is healed. The fast trauma cure is a modern technique and a quick and effective way to convert the traumatic memory into an ordinary memory, stripped of emotion.

» Mind/body conditions
Sleep disorders, IBS, enuresis, skin conditions, asthma, pain control, childbirth, allergies, blood pressure, dentistry, hayfever, headaches, migraine, immune system, PMT, fertility, sexual difficulties warts. These are among the conditions which be influenced by the use of guided imagery, relaxation, and visualisation of healing energy.

» Addictions
Smoking, drugs, alcohol, eating disorders, sex, video-games, pornography, compulsions. The person must have the will to quit, and be prepared to make the effort to get needs met in other ways.

» Life adjustment
Bereavement, divorce, redundancy, disability, life change, guilt – these place heavy burdens on people’s ability to cope. An effective counsellor will help lift distress and mobilise your resources to reshape your life, and help you to find meaning and purpose again.

» Life enhancement
Relationships, self-confidence, career issues, sport performance. Social skills, self-image and positive expectations can be enhanced.