The term "human givens" represents a set of ideas that provide a clear explanation of human behaviour and what it means to be psychologically well. The ideas are contributing to a new paradigm in psychology, one that explains for the first time why humans dream; how the brain processes information; how inactive medications can make people feel better; and, with a truly biopsychosocial model of psychotherapy, show how people can be effectively and quickly set free from depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress, and addictions.

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Where it is being adopted, the human givens approach is having a spectacular impact upon how distressed people are helped.

Real breakthroughs in the behavioral sciences are rare - the human givens advances psychology as much as the introduction of the Arabic numeric system with its zero digit advanced mathematics.

... people looking for therapy face a confusing tower of psychobabble, with 400-plus often warring schools of thought. Enter Joe Griffin, who says there is a way to lift depression in a day, and told New Scientist he can prove it.