Human Givens: New Updated edition 2024
This revised and updated edition of Human Givens contains a wealth of new material that supports its basic contentions and enhances its already considerable reputation.
The authors exquisitely describe one of the most important psycho-logical insights of our age: how we all come into the world with a partially formed mind containing a genetic treasure-house of innate knowledge patterns: the ‘human givens’. We all experience these givens as physical and emotional needs, powerful forces that must be satisfactorily met in our environment if our minds and lives are to unfold and develop to their fullest potential. How these innate patterns connect up with the world, and unfold in it, determine our own and our family’s emotional health and happiness –as well as the maturity and humanity of the society we create around us.
Human Givens also explores the dangers that arise when we squander this inheritance. By ignoring the requirements of nature our educational and health services degrade, organisations degenerate, working lives suffer, politics becomes ever more ridiculous and our personal lives more prone to anxiety disorders, depression, psychosis and addictions
The book includes new material and research findings that further support the approach.
This book is uplifting and practical because it brings hope in these troubled times by clearly spelling out what each child and adult needs in order to devel-op well, how to help those who aren’t and who are suffering severe mental distress, including anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress.
| Weight | 0.580000 |
|---|---|
| ISBN13/Barcode | 9781899398928 |
| ISBN10 | 1899398929 |
| Author | Ivan Tyrrell and Joe Griffin |
| Binding | Paperback |
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| Date Published | 1st October 2023 |
| Pages | 420 |
| Publisher | Human Givens Publishing Limited |
This revised and updated edition of Human Givens contains a wealth of new material that supports its basic contentions and enhances its already considerable reputation.
The authors exquisitely describe one of the most important psycho-logical insights of our age: how we all come into the world with a partially formed mind containing a genetic treasure-house of innate knowledge patterns: the ‘human givens’. We all experience these givens as physical and emotional needs, powerful forces that must be satisfactorily met in our environment if our minds and lives are to unfold and develop to their fullest potential. How these innate patterns connect up with the world, and unfold in it, determine our own and our family’s emotional health and happiness –as well as the maturity and humanity of the society we create around us.
Human Givens also explores the dangers that arise when we squander this inheritance. By ignoring the requirements of nature our educational and health services degrade, organisations degenerate, working lives suffer, politics becomes ever more ridiculous and our personal lives more prone to anxiety disorders, depression, psychosis and addictions
The book includes new material and research findings that further support the approach.
This book is uplifting and practical because it brings hope in these troubled times by clearly spelling out what each child and adult needs in order to devel-op well, how to help those who aren’t and who are suffering severe mental distress, including anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Joe Griffin is a social psychologist with graduate and post-graduate degrees from the LSE. His extensive research has increased our knowledge and understanding and has brought us the first comprehensive, scientif-ically consistent theory of why we evolved to dream. This proved of great practical benefit for alleviating and understanding mental and emotional distress.
Ivan Tyrrell has equally rich experi-ence and knowledge in the field of psychotherapy and psychology. Together they have written numerous books, including: Dreaming Reality, How to Master Anxiety, How to Lift Depression... fast, Freedom from Addiction and others in the Essential Help in Troubled Times series, which were also well received and prove continuous best-sellers.