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 and psychotherapy by initiating Psycho-Philosophical Dialogues between academic philosophers and psychotherapists, bringing clinical responses to the academic decolonial work. (read more...)
Book Reading with Peter Barham followed by a discussion between Peter Barham and Marion Gow (read more...)
Watch Anne Power's TEDx talk on Attachment Theory. Click here. (read more...)
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...)
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...)
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...)
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...)
Nelson Square will be closed from Friday 23 December 2022 at 7pm until Wednesday 4 January 2023. (read more...)
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...)
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...)
Elizabeth Ann Danto, Kristen Hennessy and Chris Vanderwees. (read more...)
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...)
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...)
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...)
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...)
Saturday 10th October 2020 (read more...)
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...)
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...)
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...)
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...)
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...)
Saturday 29th February 2020 – 10.00am – 4.00pm (read more...)
We regret to inform you that this event has been cancelled on government advice aimed at limiting the spread of Coronavirus. (read more...)
Friday 1st November, 7pm (read more...)
The Dying Patient in Psychotherapy (read more...)
CFAR Annual Conference: Desire and Jouissance (read more...)
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...)
Entrance fee: £20 (£10 concessionary rate). See booking form for further details (read more...)
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...)
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...)
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...)
Saturdays: 22 September 2018; 3 November 2018; 9 February 2019; 30 March 2019 (All seminars are 10.00 – 2.00 pm) (read more...)
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...)
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...)
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...)
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...)
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...)
Registration from 9.30, lecture 10 – 12.30 followed by a light lunch. (read more...)
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...)
Guild member Marika Henriques has written a short piece chronicling her experience of the Holocaust and her long journey to recovery. (read more...)
