What are the human givens?

We all have basic emotional needs, such as the need for love, security, connection and control, and the self-esteem which arises from feeling competent in different areas of our lives. Nature also gave us the resources to help us meet these needs, including: memory, imagination, problem solving abilities, self-awareness and a range of different thinking styles to use in various changing situations. It is these needs and resources together, which are built into our biology, that make up the human givens.

When emotional needs are not being met, or when our resources are used incorrectly, we suffer considerable distress. And so do those around us.
 

Human givens therapists focus on helping clients identify unmet emotional needs and empowering them to meet these needs by activating their own natural resources in new ways. To do this they use a variety of up-to-date, proven techniques aimed at problem solving.