The MindFields College Blog

We have just passed the 50,000 views mark of the depression and REM sleep video! Thanks to everyone who has watched and passed on the link and lets aim for another 50,000! Here are some recent youtube comments that people have left:
- “I have to say that was so “right on the bullseye” it was […]

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A brilliant five year study has made a significant contribution to scientific dream research.
The research with 193 volunteers has found that women have more nightmares than men.
Jennifer Parker, who lead the study at the University of the West of England, said, “To discover more about women’s dreams I asked participants in my project to fill […]

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The ability to access the REM state during day-dreaming was a massive evolutionary leap in humankind as it enabled the imagination. Ivan Tyrrell explains the importance of the REM state and the latest research into it on the MindFields College YouTube channel.

For further information on the REM state please visit the Why We Dream website: […]

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New videos on the expectation fulfilment theory of dreaming are now available on the MindFields College YouTube channel.
The Meaning of Dreams: Joe Griffin explaining the psychology and biology of the expectation fulfilment theory of dreaming.
- Why do we dream in metaphor?
- What does dreaming do for us?
- What would happen if we didn’t dream in […]

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The Human Givens approach taught by MindFields College is the only school of psychotherapy to originate in the UK.  The clarity of thinking behind it, and the fact that it incorporates the best tried and tested concepts, tools and techniques from other models (where there is empirical evidence to support them), but sets them in […]

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Watch Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell passionately summarise the development and importance of the first bio-psycho-social model of mental health and wellbeing – the human givens approach – on the inspiring introductory talk given at the beginning of the Human Givens Diploma Course in January 2008.
The human givens approach draws together the latest scientific […]

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Issue 185 (January) of BBC’s Science and Technology monthly magazine contains a six page feature on the ‘The rise of depression‘, and draws heavily on the work on dreaming and depression by Joe Griffin, which is a cornerstone of the human givens approach. If you can get hold of a copy it’s an interesting article.
Focus […]

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This blog hasn’t been updated for a bit because I was away in York helping at Week 1 of the Diploma course.  It was great to meet so many experienced people and watching everyone learn day by day.  I, too, felt myself learning, especially about the therapeutic technique side of the Human Givens approach. Also, […]

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Here’s a talk from Barry Schwartz (I couldn’t work out how to embed this  video sorry) on why too much choice = paralysis.
“Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central belief of western societies: that freedom of choice leads to personal happiness. In Schwartz’s estimation, all that choice is making us miserable. We set […]

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Yesterday, The Telegraph printed a full page article on a new study by the Harvard research psychologist Robert Stickgold which “invites you to join a major scientific project which is searching for the true meaning behind your sleeping thoughts.
The one third of our lives that we spend asleep is an enigma to scientists. They […]

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