OUR THERAPISTS

There are currently five therapists working from the York Human Givens Wellbeing Centre. We are open five days a week and evening appointments are available. We all have particular areas of interest but we do all work in the same way and our passion is helping our clients to get their lives working again as quickly as possible.

We are always happy to discuss in advance of any paid sessions how and whether we may be able to help.

This is who we are... please click on the link at the end of each profile to go to extended profiles on the Human Givens Institute Therapists' Register.

Gail Rhodes

Gail originally trained as a nurse and midwife, working for a number of years in large teaching hospitals and a GP unit before going on to train as a Human Givens Psychotherapist. She is also a trained bereavement counsellor with particular experience in working with young people. Gail has a real enthusiasm for this positive approach to counselling. Her primary aim is to offer effective and practical help in order to enable you to feel better and move on with your life as quickly as possible.

Gail's passion for her work recently led her to help set up the Wellbeing Centre with Jenny where she now has a well established psychotherapy practice, working with clients of all ages, from 8 years to 80! Gail has a particular interest in anxiety-related disorders and depression is also experienced in working with couples wanting to resolve relationship difficulties.

Gail is an accredited supervisor with the Human Givens Institute and is able to offer supervision for all counsellors and therapists, as well as other health professionals e.g. GPs, consultants, nurses, and managers.

Contact Gail directly on 07985 302483 or by email at gailrhodes@live.co.uk

Human Givens Institute Therapist Register Profile

Jenny Waddington

Jenny grew up in Zimbabwe and has now been living in North Yorkshire for 11 years. She was formerly a secondary school English teacher and then an editor, and finally pursued her long-standing interest in psychotherapy and counselling after encountering the Human Givens approach several years ago. She now runs the Wellbeing Centre with Gail.

Jenny has worked with a wide variety of clients with many differing challenges, including acute and ongoing stress, anxiety and depression, trauma and addiction. She also sees many clients who simply want to manage their lives better and where the emphasis is more on 'life coaching'.  She has a real interest in helping people find out what will work best for them, and help them most, in their circumstances, using the creative and practical ideas in the Human Givens Approach. She is convinced that emotional wellbeing comes through discovering your own strengths, managing your responses through learning to keep calm and think clearly, and taking back control so that you can do the things that you need to and that you love.

Jenny has also worked at a local hospice providing bereavement support for several years. She is happy to do home visits in special circumstances.

Contact Jenny directly on 07745 730341 or by email at jenny.waddington@hgtherapy.eu

Human Givens Institute Therapist Register Profile

Ralph Tate

Ralph is a former secondary school teacher who has moved into counselling and psychotherapy through a desire to help people find a more fulfilled life-style, free of emotional distress and behavioural patterns which can so often hinder growth and personal development.

In addition to being a Human Givens practitioner, Ralph is also a trained and qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist and is able to offer this as a specific skill to complement the Human Givens approach to therapy.

In particular, he specialises in working with those who wish to break unwanted habits (such as smoking) and offers a comprehensive package in smoking cessation. He is the accredited member of the National Smoking Cessation Institute for the York area.

Contact Ralph directly on 07527 890440 or by email at ralph.tate@btinternet.com

Human Givens Institute Therapist Register Profile

Ruth Longworth

Ruth grew up in Switzerland where she began working life as a teacher. After settling in Britain, she qualified as an Occupational Therapist in York and worked in a range of mental health settings including adult, child, adolescent and family mental health. Whilst working in these areas she trained as a Human Givens therapist and finds that this positive approach is highly effective in helping people feel better and make significant beneficial changes in a very short space of time.

During her extensive travels and voluntary work in various settings she noticed that regardless of background, religion or culture, people share a deep desire for happiness and meaning in their lives. Her primary aim is to offer effective, evidence based and practical therapy to enable you to feel better as soon as possible so that you can work towards and achieve your own ambitions and goals. During sessions she will help you to develop the skills necessary to do this.

Ruth has a real passion for supporting parents who wish to build on and strengthen their relationships with their children and offers specific parental consultations to help in this area.

Contact Ruth directly on 07960 879416 or by email at ruthlongworthzurcher@gmail.com

Debbie Atkins

Debbie is an experienced English teacher who specialises in helping young people to thrive. She has a real desire to enable children and young people to cope with the many stresses and demands of modern life. During her time as a Human Givens Therapist, Debbie has successfully helped young people suffering from the effects of depression, psychosis, past trauma, low self-esteem, loss, stress and anxiety.

In addition to her work at the Wellbeing Centre (with clients of all ages), Debbie is head of literacy at Hill Top Farm, a care farm school in North Yorkshire.  She is a therapeutic teacher working with pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.

Debbie is happy to take referrals from schools and GPs as well as self-referrals (from parents).

Contact Debbie directly on 07709 014432 or by email at debbieatkinshg@gmail.com