ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY - PSYCHOANALYTIC & PSYCHODYNAMIC SECTION
Guild of Psychotherapists GUILD
47 Nelson Square, London SE1 0QA
T: 020 7401 3260
F: 020 7401 3472
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W: www.guildofpsychotherapists.org.uk
Contact Name: Leonard Hay, Senior Administrator
Organisational History
The Guild was founded in 1974 by a group of psychotherapists from Freudian, Jungian and Phenomenological backgrounds. As a pluralist training, no one body of theory is regarded as holding "the truth"; trainees are introduced to the richness and diversity of psychoanalytic perspectives on unconscious life, on sources of human distress, and on the psychotherapeutic encounter.
Training Course Selection & Admission
The training course begins in October of each year, selection taking place in the preceding Spring. The Guild values the individual qualities trainees bring to the psychotherapeutic work and offers guidance to potential applicants whose background may put them at a disadvantage in meeting the requirements of the course. The Guild accepts trainees from diverse backgrounds and wishes to widen the range of groups from whom applications are received. All previous life and work experience is considered. Emphasis is placed on the applicant's capacity for drawing on personal resources as well as on capacity to undertake an intellectually rigorous course. Applicants will previously have had and will be in personal psychoanalytic psychotherapy before application, at a minimum frequency of twice weekly.
Training Course Requirements
Personal therapy For one year prior to application, throughout the training programme and until qualification, minimum frequency twice weekly. Therapist must be a senior practitioner in the UKCP PPS or BCP.
Clinical/clients Development of clinical experience across a range of patient characteristics is required: number of patients not specified as experience may be gained mainly in private practice, largely in a community setting, or a mixture. Two "training patients" seen, a minimum of twice weekly, with approved supervision once weekly, for 18 months - 2 years are the core requirement. Trainees write 6-monthly reports on these patients.
Supervision All clinical work must be supervised, with one "training patient" being supervised by a mentor of the Training Committee and both training supervisors contributing 6-monthly reports on the trainees' work.
Written work One assignment per year, plus 6- monthly reports on two training patients plus an essay on the placement in the low-fee clinic, and a final Clinical Paper formal qualification.
Attendance Terms of ten weeks, plus weekly supervision, placements and tutorials. Subject to the consideration of the Training Committee time out may be taken and either a year repeated or the training rejoined in a later year.
Training Course Assessments, standards, role of training committee
Minimum standards are as set out in the UKCP Training Outcomes document. Assessment is continuous, under the aegis of the Training Committee, with contributions from supervisors, seminar leaders, and an element of self-assessment from trainees. The Training Committee is responsible for: a) the training programme; b) the admission of trainees; c) the assessment of progress of trainees; d) the graduation of trainees. Trainees contribute feedback on their experience of the teaching and work closely with a personal tutor. The Training Committee collaborates with the Council of The Guild in matters concerning the aims and identity of The Guild.
| Training Courses | Course Information |
| Training in Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy Full or Part time - Part Time |
Dates - Autumn, Spring and Summer terms of 10 weeks Length - Minimum 4 years Location - 47 Nelson Square, London, SE1 0QA Number of places - Up to 20. Group average 8 Cost - Time Commitment -
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| Personal therapy: minimum twice weekly prior to starting course and until graduation |
Theoretical orientation
As the Guild is a pluralist organisation, the approach to theory emphasizes critical analysis and thoughtful debate to keep open a space for theoretical understanding to evolve. The importance of context - historical, cultural and individual (biographical) in which concepts have developed is a focus in teaching; which aims to take account of ethnocentric, gender and anti-homosexual bias which may be present in theory. The seminar programme is divided between theoretical and ethical sessions. The teaching programme is reviewed annually to ensure that the range of theories adequately reflects the psychoanalytic tradition and contemporary developments. The implications of all theory for the conceptualisation of the relationship between patient and psychotherapist are central to the examination of texts. Currently, the programme includes study of Freud, Jung, Klein, the Object Relations school, Lacan, the Intersubjectivists and contributions from a philosophical perspective and from research.
Accreditation, graduation, membership
The final assessment of trainees, which is carried out by the Training Committee after the minimum four years seminar programme, is on the basis of: the continuous assessment of the development of clinical skill and theoretical understanding; supervision; reports; the satisfactory completion of various written assignments, and the presentation of a satisfactory final clinical paper. All these elements being in place, the Training Committee will agree to qualify a trainee, who thus graduates and is recommended to Council for membership of the Guild (and inclusion on the UKCP register).
Code of ethics/ethical principals
Trainees are bound by the Code of Ethics of The Guild. In addition to a day training and discussion on Ethics in Practice; it is expected that discussion in seminars and in supervision will attend to the understanding of ethical conduct for the psychotherapist, and that the trainee in all written assignments will show awareness of ethical considerations however these may arise. The increasing development of ethical awareness throughout the course of training is deemed to include the capacity to use feedback constructively, to be aware of responsibilities to other professionals and the public as well as patients, to increase understanding of cultural differences and of the requirements of different settings in which psychotherapy may be offered.
Is the organisation accrediting, training or both?
Both
Is the organisation running a low cost scheme?
Yes
Does the organisation offer clincial services?
Yes
Does the organisation have members included in the UKCP national register?
Yes
Other Relevant Information
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