Human Givens Therapy

The human givens approach is a set of organising ideas that provides a holistic, scientific framework for understanding the way that individuals and society work.  That framework has one central, highly empowering idea at its core - which human beings, like all organic beings, come into this world with a set of needs.  If those needs are met appropriately, it is not possible to be mentally ill.  I do not believe a more powerful statement than that could ever be made about the human condition.  If human beings' needs are met, they won't get depressed; they cannot have psychosis; they cannot have manic depression; they cannot be in the grip of addictions.  It is just not possible.  (Joe Griffin)