The Guild of Psychotherapists
The Guild of Psychotherapists
Welcome to the Guild of Psychotherapists.
The Guild of Psychotherapists is a membership organisation providing training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. It is a registered Charity offering reduced fee therapy for adults on low income who live in the London boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. Our training courses include a full psychotherapy training, a supervision training, and an introductory course to psychoanalytic ideas. We also have an exciting events programme addressed to members of the public and practitioners. Individuals seeking personal therapy should use our find a therapist link.
Thinking of training with us? The Guild's annual Open Days are the perfect opportunity to find out about our organisation, its members, its tutors and the training we offer. Come along and chat to course tutors and current trainees. The next Open Day is on Saturday 1st February 2025, 10:00 to 12:00. We will also be holding an Open Day on Saturday 26th April, 10:00 to 12:00. Click here to find out more.
On Demand Talks, Courses and Conferences from the The Guild of Psychotherapists. Watch recordings of our past online events.
Read more about: Safety and COVID-19 | Minority Ethnic Training Scholarship
Find out about how you can support the Guild
The Guild of Psychotherapists
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training
New Course: Why Freud?
Reduced Fee Clinic
Find a Therapist
Meeting Room Hire
How can we help you?
Guild Reduced-fee clinic
Do you live in Southwark, Lambeth or Lewisham and earn less than £18k per annum? You may qualify for the Guild's Reduced-fee Clinic.
Psychotherapy training
The Guild offers an introductory course, a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy training with a 40-year heritage, and courses on Supervision.
Are you a member?
Login to access Member's Area features such as in-house news, the Guild forum, and all things pertaining to membership.
Latest news from the Guild
European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling: Call for Papers
The increasing recognition of the importance of examining postcolonialism in therapeutic practice, together with decolonising training and education, may be experienced both as opportunities and challenges by psychotherapists as well as their clients/patients. There is with Decolonising psychotherapy the vital opportunity to consider what it means for all people to be regarded... …read full post
15 February: Eurowhiteness, Imperial Amnesia and “Post-Colonial Melancholy”
This is the next instalment in the series of seminars on Decolonising Psychoanalysis, organised by the Race and Culture Committee of the Guild of Psychotherapists. The series has intended to open up conversations about psychoanalysis by initiating dialogues between academics and psychotherapists, bringing clinical responses to the academic decolonial work. …read full post
Working with 16 & 17 Year Olds: An update from the Guild
The Guild Council asked a small working group to look into what, if any, position the Guild should take in relation to members working with 16 and 17 year olds, given that our training is in Adult Psychotherapy. …read full post