Human Givens Institute

What Human Givens Institute does

The Human Givens Institute (HGI) is a private limited company registered in England (company number 4331916) that serves as the UK professional membership body and accredited register for practitioners of the Human Givens therapeutic approach, a bio-psycho-social psychotherapy framework co-founded by Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell and first taught in 1997. HGI operates from offices in Chalvington and Brighton, East Sussex, and is accredited by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care. Its core product is the searchable Professional Register of HG Therapists, with secondary offerings including the Emotional Needs Audit (ENA) diagnostic questionnaire, the Rewind detraumatisation technique, the Human Givens Journal, the Good Mental Health Podcast, biennial conferences, online summits, and a free introductory eBook. The Institute works in concert with three sister organizations: Human Givens College (training and Diploma), HG Publishing (journals, books, audio), and The Human Givens Foundation (charitable arm).

The HGI generates revenue primarily through tiered professional membership subscriptions (Associate, Trainee, Registered, Accredited, Senior Accredited, Fellow, Retired, Honorary), biennial conference ticket sales (held at Woodland Grange, Leamington Spa), online summit replay sales, and publications, while paid training and diploma courses are delivered through Human Givens College. Its go-to-market combines direct-to-consumer self-serve access via the Find a Therapist directory with event-driven CPD acquisition through conferences and summits, and community-led engagement through the journal, podcast, newsletter, and active social media presence. The Institute is a founding member of the Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB) and signed the Armed Forces Covenant in 2025.

The customer base spans individual therapy clients (across conditions including PTSD, anxiety, depression, phobias, addiction, OCD, sleep disorders), mental health professionals seeking HG training and accreditation, the higher education sector (via Student Minds and the University Mental Health Charter), veterans and military families (via the PTSD Resolution charity, with ~4,900 supported since 2009), and NHS/HSE providers such as Milton Keynes Primary Care NHS Trust. The Institute's strategic geographic footprint reaches the United Kingdom, with developing activity in Egypt through the Fahim Foundation partnership.

Name

Human Givens Institute

Legal name

The Human Givens Institute

Website

https://hgi.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Human Givens Institute is a UK professional membership body and PSA-accredited register for Human Givens psychotherapists, serving individual therapy clients, mental health practitioners seeking HG training, and partner organizations (e.g., veterans charities, universities, NHS trusts) through its therapist directory, conferences, journal, and proprietary therapeutic techniques including the Rewind method and Emotional Needs Audit.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Psychotherapy Professional Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Home Health Care Services (62161)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Licensed CNA/HHA Staffing & Credentialed Placement (HSABAMAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Home Health Therapy Services (PT/OT/SLP) Providers (HLAFAEAM)

Keywords

• Psychotherapy professional register
• Mental health therapy methods
• Therapist accreditation services
• Continuing professional development
• Holistic psychotherapy training

Headquarters

HQ city

Chalvington

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Membership Fees: Tiered membership structure including Associate Member, Trainee Member, Registered Member, Accredited Member, Senior Accredited Member, Fellow, Retired Member, and Honorary Member categories. Members receive access to professional register listings, the HG Journal, and other member benefits.
2. Conference and Event Tickets: Revenue generated from annual in-person conferences (e.g., 2024 Conference at Woodland Grange, Leamington Spa) and online summits (Lifting Depression Summit, Overcoming Addiction Summit). These CPD events include professional programming and networking.
3. Publications and Journals: Sales of the Human Givens Journal, books, audio materials, and publications through HG Publishing. Free back issues are offered to attract potential customers.
4. Training and Diploma Courses: Although training is delivered by sister organization Human Givens College, the HGI website directs users to these courses, and the Institute benefits from the overall HG ecosystem.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The Human Givens Institute runs a PSA-accredited professional membership register for Human Givens (HG) therapists, sets standards for the HG approach to mental health, and convenes the HG community through tiered practitioner memberships, biennial CPD-accredited conferences, online summits, the Human Givens Journal, the HG Diploma training pathway (via sister body Human Givens College), and publications that promote the HG framework to both professionals and the wider public.

Product overview

The Human Givens Institute operates as a professional membership organisation and professional register for human givens therapists, not a technology product company. Its core offerings consist of: the Professional Register of HG Therapists (the primary service enabling public access to qualified practitioners); the HG Approach as a therapeutic methodology; and Human Givens College for accredited training and the Human Givens Diploma. Supporting offerings include the Emotional Needs Audit diagnostic tool, the Rewind Technique for trauma resolution, the Human Givens Journal, The Good Mental Health Podcast, biennial conferences and online summits, a free eBook, and the 7:11 breathing relaxation technique. These services are primarily delivered through the website as information resources and therapist directories, rather than as a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Professional Register of HG Therapists Searchable online register of accredited, qualified human givens therapists and supervisors that allows the public and referrers to find practitioners by location and session type (face-to-face, online or telephone). PSA-accredited under the Professional Standards Authority.
• Human Givens Therapy (HG approach) Practical, holistic, evidence-based psychotherapy approach developed by Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell, centred on meeting innate emotional needs and drawing on innate resources to resolve mental health issues rapidly.
• Human Givens Diploma Professional qualification in human givens psychotherapy and counselling skills, delivered by Human Givens College, forming the main pathway to becoming a registered HG therapist.
• Human Givens Journal Regular professional publication covering the human givens approach, psychology, mental health research, case histories and interviews, sold via HG Publishing.
• HGI Conferences and Online Summits CPD-accredited in-person conferences (biennial) and online summits on topics such as depression and addiction, targeted at mental health professionals and featuring HG expert speakers; replay recordings sold separately.
• The Good Mental Health Podcast Podcast series on mental health topics featuring HG practitioners, distributed via Spotify, Soundcloud and Apple Podcasts to engage professionals and the wider public.

Quantifiable outcome

• 82% treatment completion rate for PTSD Resolution therapy programme
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Fahim Foundation (Egypt)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Highly regarded mental health organisation in Egypt founded by former Minister of Health. Partners with UN agencies including WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO. HG practitioner Felicity Jaffrey participated in Global Congress on Population, Health and Human Development hosted by the foundation. Discussions ongoing about training Fahim Foundation psychologists in HG approach.
• PTSD ResolutioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009UK charity providing free mental health treatment to armed forces veterans, reservists and their families. All therapy provided exclusively by HG therapists. Has supported approximately 4,900 clients since founding in 2009 with verified outcomes (82% completion, 74% improvement, 66% recovery rates). HG therapist Ros Townsend serves as trustee.
• Human Givens CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister organisation and official, international source of training in the human givens approach. Offers a wide range of online and in-person courses, including the Human Givens Diploma in psychotherapy. Co-heads of supervision for the college are listed on HGI board.
• HG PublishingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister organisation handling publications including the Human Givens Journal, books, and audio materials. Referenced as a third-party service provider for member transactions.
• The Human Givens FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharitable arm of the HG movement. Sponsored Creative Tuition to deliver HG Mental Wellbeing Program for students from low-income and marginalised communities.
• Student MindsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK student mental health charity. Dr Gareth Hughes serves as clinical advisor and clinical lead for Student Space. Jo Baker works as assessor for the University Mental Health Charter.
• University Mental Health CharterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational programme to support institutions to achieve a whole-university approach to mental health and wellbeing. Dr Gareth Hughes is lead author and Jo Baker serves as assessor.
• Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHGI is a founding member of this partnership (formerly SCoPEd). Has established an independently chaired Commission for the Future of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
• Veterans Covenant Healthcare AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNHS-backed body tasked with ensuring high-quality healthcare for the armed forces community. Has accredited PTSD Resolution with Veteran Aware status.
• Royal College of PsychiatristsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBacked PTSD Resolution accreditation for Quality Network for Veterans Mental Health Services. This accreditation was renewed for three years in March 2026.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Counselling Directory: UK's largest online therapist directory connecting clients with practitioners by location and specialty. Directly comparable Find-a-Therapist functionality to HGI's directory, though operating as a commercial platform rather than a professional body.
• UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP): UK professional body overseeing psychotherapy registers including modality-specific organizations like HGI. Closely comparable register/credentialing model with PSA recognition and tiered accreditation pathways.
• British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP): UK professional body specifically for CBT practitioners, operating an accredited register with credentialed placement. Closely comparable to HGI as a modality-focused professional register with conferences, journals, and CPD programming.
• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP): UK's largest professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists, operating a similar PSA-accredited register and therapist directory. The dominant direct peer in UK psychotherapy professional membership with overlapping scope, training, and CPD offerings.
• National Counselling Society (NCS): UK professional register for counsellors offering PSA-accredited membership tiers and a public therapist directory. Directly comparable membership/register business model to HGI.

Broad incumbents

• British Psychological Society (BPS): UK's chartered professional body for psychologists, the largest in the field. Overlaps with HGI in accreditation, publications, and CPD but covers a much wider scope of psychology specialisms rather than one therapeutic modality.
• Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC): UK voluntary register for complementary therapists with PSA accreditation. Comparable as a PSA-accredited credentialing register, though covering non-psychotherapy modalities rather than mental health.

Others

• Mental Health Foundation: UK's leading mental health charity focused on research, public education, and policy. Adjacent rather than directly comparable - both work in mental health but Mental Health Foundation is a grant-funded charity, not a professional membership body.

Emerging players

• EMDR Association UK: UK organization for EMDR therapy practitioners representing a modality-specific professional community. Comparable niche-modality structure to HGI with training, accreditation pathways, and conference programming for an emerging therapy approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/humangivens
• YouTubeyoutube.com/humangivens
• Facebookfacebook.com/humangivens
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/humangivens
• Instagraminstagram.com/thehumangivens

Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

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