Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training

The Guild of Psychotherapists Training has been established for over 30 years.

As a pluralistic training, no one body of theory is regarded as holding “the truth”, thus its training programme includes all major approaches to psychoanalytic theory and practice. Trainees are introduced to the richness and diversity of psychoanalytic perspectives on unconscious life, on sources of human distress and on the psychotherapeutic encounter.

The Guild aims to involve trainees in the continuing evaluation and reformulation of psychoanalytic thinking, emphasising a questioning approach and the importance of recognising the historical, cultural and individual contexts in which concepts have developed, taking also into account of the ethnocentric, gender biased and anti-homosexual ideology that may have influenced psychoanalytic theory.

Our Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy training begins in October each year, and selection for it takes place during each preceding spring.

The Guild accepts applicants from diverse backgrounds and wishes to widen the range of groups from whom applications are received. All previous life and work experiences are considered.

Emphasis is placed on the applicant’s capacity for drawing on personal resources and to undertake an emotionally, intellectually and academically demanding course.

Our organisation values the individual qualities trainees bring to psychotherapeutic work, and offers guidance to potential applicants, whose background may disadvantage in meeting the requirements of the course.

For more detailed information about this course, please click the links ‘Full Details’ and ‘Syllabus 2011/2012’ on the right menu. You can also arrange to speak with our Applications Secretary, who will be able to address any questions you may have. To do so, please contact our office.

To download an application form for this course, please click the link ‘Applying for the Training’ on the right menu.