Attachment Theory is the Science of Love
Watch Anne Power's TEDx talk on Attachment Theory. Click here. (read more...)
8 Feb 2024 by David Stockwell
Watch Anne Power's TEDx talk on Attachment Theory. Click here. (read more...)
25 Jan 2024 by David Stockwell
This is the latest in a series of seminars on Decolonising Psychoanalysis, organised by the Race and Culture Committee of the Guild of Psychotherapists. The series is intended to open up conversations about psychoanalysis by initiating Psycho-Philosophical Dialogues between academic philosophers and psychotherapists, bringing clinical responses to their academic decolonial work. (read more...)
13 Nov 2023 by David Stockwell
The Guild of Psychotherapists is one of England’s leading psychotherapy training organisations with 250 members and 70 trainees. From our London headquarters we operate a clinic providing low-fee psychotherapy to people in Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham. This is a valuable and unique resource allowing individuals to access ongoing support for up to two years. (read more...)
5 Nov 2023 by David Stockwell
29 Sep 2023 by David Stockwell
We are pleased to announce the next event in our Psychoanalysis at the Margins series, Psychoanalysis and the Prison System, which will take place Sat 4th Nov, 2-5pm, online via Zoom. (read more...)
9 Sep 2023 by David Stockwell
16 Aug 2023 by David Stockwell
Ivan Ward (read more...)
19 Apr 2023 by David Stockwell
7 Dec 2022 by David Stockwell
This is the latest in a series of seminars on Decolonising Psychoanalysis, organised by the Race and Culture Committee of the Guild of Psychotherapists. The series is intended to open up conversations about psychoanalysis by initiating Transatlantic Dialogues between academic research and clinical practice. (read more...)
30 Nov 2022 by Janet Wishart
Nelson Square will be closed from Friday 23 December 2022 at 7pm until Wednesday 4 January 2023. (read more...)
31 Oct 2022 by David Stockwell
With the ending of government Plan B regulations safeguarding against COVID-19, the Guild of Psychotherapists has a plan to manage the continued risks of COVID at the building in Nelson Square. We will continue to assess these risks and keep everyone who uses the building informed. (read more...)
5 Oct 2022 by David Stockwell
The Race and Culture Committee at The Guild of Psychotherapists has been looking back into its own history, a history which has been challenging the issues of race and racism within our organisation and the wider profession since the 1980’s. Through this process of introspection, it became clear that it was time to look outward and bring colleagues together, so... (read more...)
19 Sep 2022 by David Stockwell
Elizabeth Ann Danto, Kristen Hennessy and Chris Vanderwees. (read more...)
17 May 2022 by David Stockwell
This is the third in a series of seminars on Decolonising Psychoanalysis, organised by the Race and Culture Committee of the Guild of Psychotherapists. The series is intended to open up conversations about psychoanalysis by initiating Transatlantic Dialogues between academic research and clinical practice. In this instance, both speakers are clinicians, researchers, teachers and activists, and their talks will address... (read more...)
21 Feb 2022 by Race and Culture Committee
Book here (read more...)
Posted in Events, Announcements Tagged Race and Culture, Seminar
6 Dec 2021 by Fiona Yaron-Field
Posted in Events, Announcements Tagged Race and Culture, Seminar
19 Jun 2021 by Admin
I trained as a doctor and worked in medical practice for a time. After the birth of my third child I had a depressive breakdown, which I found terrifying. This was in 1950 and no one seemed to know anything about psychotherapy. This made it much worse. (read more...)
Posted in Announcements
26 Apr 2021
We welcome applications for membership of The Guild of Psychotherapists from UKCP registered psychotherapists who are non-Guild trained. For further details of eligibility and the application process, including our Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) application route to membership, please see the document below. (read more...)
Posted in Announcements, External Tagged Membership
9 Dec 2020 by External
His speech resonated with many psychoanalysts of his time, who were invested in the social mission of psychoanalysis and who were the authors of significant institutional innovations, setting up free and low-cost clinics in Vienna, Berlin and Budapest. (read more...)
Posted in Events, External Tagged Freud Museum
7 Oct 2020 by Paul Wilson
Saturday 10th October 2020 (read more...)
Posted in External, Seminar Tagged Supervision, BAPPS
23 Sep 2020 by Elizabeth Stephen
The attempts to contain Coronavirus have entailed the loss of many ordinary facets of life that it was easy to take for granted. The arrival of lockdown meant that our fourth year trainees had to complete their training remotely. One of them, Elizabeth Stephen, has made a video about her experiences. She explains: (read more...)
Posted in Announcements Tagged Covid, Guild Walk
24 Aug 2020 by Kate Trench
Admissions are now closed for the Guild's psychoanalytic psychotherapy training commencing in October 2020. Selection for the 2021 training will commence in Spring. (read more...)
Posted in Announcements, Training Tagged Covid
21 Jul 2020 by Race and Culture Group and Stan Roman
The Guild of Psychotherapists stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. We recognise that systemic and institutionalised racism are both historic and current in the UK. For this to change, we need to take responsibility for speaking out against racism, both as individuals and as an organisation. (read more...)
Posted in Announcements Tagged BLM
28 May 2020 by Denis Echard
We are open. The Clinic is operating remotely and continues to offer talking therapy sessions over the phone or via video call to people across the South London boroughs of Lewisham, Southwark, and Lambeth. Please contact us via email clinic@guildofpsychotherapists.org.uk to assist with the processing of any enquiries concerning reduced fee psychotherapy sessions. (read more...)
Posted in Announcements Tagged Coronavirus, Clinic, Covid
27 Mar 2020 by Kate Trench
As the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to unfold, the Guild of Psychotherapists is unable to conduct clinic assessments or offer face-to-face psychotherapy sessions at the moment. We hope to resume normal functioning of our clinics, trainings and other Guild provision as soon as possible. We ask you to please contact us via email admin@guildofpsychotherapists.org.uk to assist with the processing of any enquiries. (read more...)
Posted in Announcements Tagged Coronavirus
27 Feb 2020 by Paul Wilson
Saturday 29th February 2020 – 10.00am – 4.00pm (read more...)
Posted in Event, Seminar Tagged Race and Culture
26 Feb 2020 by Default Admin
We regret to inform you that this event has been cancelled on government advice aimed at limiting the spread of Coronavirus. (read more...)
Posted in Events Tagged Present Imperfect
23 Oct 2019 by Stan Roman
Friday 1st November, 7pm (read more...)
2 Oct 2019 by Paul Wilson
The Dying Patient in Psychotherapy (read more...)
Posted in Events, Lecture Tagged Terminal Illness, Dying Patient
12 Jul 2019 by Paul Wilson
CFAR Annual Conference: Desire and Jouissance (read more...)
Posted in Events, External Tagged CFAR, Conference
12 Jul 2019 by Paul Wilson
Posted in Announcements, External Tagged Group Therapy, WLM HCC
18 Jun 2019 by Paul Wilson
Christopher Bollas has made an extraordinarily wide contribution to contemporary psychoanalysis. Expanding on the legacy of Freud, Winnicott and Bion, his writings cover theory, clinical technique and psychopathology, and the application of psychoanalytic thinking to many aspects of culture and society. Most of all, he is concerned with the intricate complexity of human subjectivity. (read more...)
Posted in Events, External, Lecture Tagged Bollas, Nettleton
9 May 2019 by Paul Wilson
Entrance fee: £20 (£10 concessionary rate). See booking form for further details (read more...)
Posted in Events Tagged Body and Soul
8 Nov 2018 by Admin
Introduction to Psychoanalytic Concepts 2019 course dates announced. This is an introductory course aimed at giving an overview of Psychoanalysis. Accepting applications now. Head over to the Training section for more details. (read more...)
Posted in Training, Announcements Tagged Introductory Course
1 Nov 2018 by Admin
A discussion of the last works of John Heaton, Guild founder. Four speakers will take chapters from The Talking Cure or Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy and briefly speak of their relevance (15 mins). Luke Heaton will introduce John’s unfinished book, which he is completing. (read more...)
Posted in Events, External Tagged Founder Member
13 Sep 2018 by Admin
Since 2000, Dr Az Hakeem has run a national Specialist Psychotherapy Service for persons with transgender and other gender identity conditions. Whilst gender reassignment procedures of cross-sex hormones and sex-reassignment surgery are certainly useful options for people with a fixed gender identity of the to the opposite gender to that of their sex at birth, there are people who have... (read more...)
22 Aug 2018 by Admin
Saturdays: 22 September 2018; 3 November 2018; 9 February 2019; 30 March 2019 (All seminars are 10.00 – 2.00 pm) (read more...)
1 Aug 2018 by Admin
The BJP’s annual Prize, established in 2013 in memory of Rozsika Parker, focuses on the theme of creativity. The competition, open to both trainees and qualified practitioners, is now in its sixth year. The BJP would welcome entries, to be submitted before the deadline of Monday 15th October. (read more...)
Posted in Announcements, Competitions Tagged BJP, Rozsika Parker
26 Jun 2018 by Admin
The UKCP has recently released a draft revision to their Code of Ethics and has sought consultation from its member organisations. Previous drafts were criticised for appearing to blur the line between laying out a code of ethics and a more prescriptive code of conduct. The UKCP has requested that members respond with their comments before September 2018. (read more...)
Posted in Announcements, UKCP Tagged Code of Ethics
8 May 2018 by Admin
Female genital mutilation is a centuries old practice carried out in some parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Female genital mutilation is a collective term for cultural or other non-therapeutic procedures. These are typically performed on girls aged between 4 and 13, but in some cases, it is performed on new-born infants or on young women before marriage... (read more...)
Posted in Events Tagged Lecture, FGM, City Bridge Trust
30 Apr 2018 by Admin
Drawing on literary sources and on the psychoanalytic theory of Bion and Meltzer, Meg will discuss the concept of ‘aesthetic conflict’ (first formulated for psychoanalysis by Meltzer in 1988) which has sometimes been found both interesting and puzzling. She will relate this to the nature of ‘counterdreaming’ (Meltzer’s term for the psychoanalytic reverie that is the basis for interior observation)... (read more...)
Posted in Events, Announcements Tagged Lecture
16 Aug 2017 by Admin
The UKCP has cautiously welcomed new draft guidance published by NICE on the treatment of depression in adults. The new draft includes recommendations for psychodynamic psychotherapy, couples therapy and counselling, which are welcome improvements. Yet CBT continues to dominate recommendations despite evidence showing that other therapies yield similar or better results. (read more...)
Posted in Announcements, UKCP Tagged NICE, Depression
2 Aug 2017 by Admin
Registration from 9.30, lecture 10 – 12.30 followed by a light lunch. (read more...)
Posted in Events, Fundraising Tagged Annual Lecture, Censorship
28 Jul 2017 by Admin
The Guild’s Psychoanalytic Supervision course will run on eight Saturdays from October 2017 to May 2018. Now in its eighth year, the course will comprise: (read more...)
Posted in Training Tagged Supervision
6 Jul 2017 by Admin and Marika Henriques
Guild member Marika Henriques has written a short piece chronicling her experience of the Holocaust and her long journey to recovery. (read more...)
Posted in Publications Tagged Holocaust, Healing, Images, Art
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