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CONNECTING HEARTS MINDS AND SOULS | FINDING NORTHERN GUILD

40th Anniversary Graduation Speech by Kate Uher

Normally, when I give a talk, I don’t plan it out, because planning makes me nervous. My usual way of approaching this sort […]

By |11th January, 2024|Uncategorized|

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MEET OUR GRADUATES |ROSA LETO DPC, PG DIP,DIP, UKCP REGISTRANT

Rosa Leto

Brief Biography

I am Australian by birth, my parents were migrants from the south of Italy.  I was brought up bi-lingually, starting school not speaking any English.  As […]

By |11th January, 2024|Uncategorized|

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MEET OUR GRADUATES | LEESA JENKINSON MSC, PGDIP, DIP, DPC, UKCP ACCREDITED PSYCHOTHERAPIST – FROM BELFAST TO FRANCE VIA NEWCASTLE

Leesa Jenkinson

Brief Biography

I was born and grew up in a small town outside Belfast in Northern Ireland in 1978, went to the local primary and then Grammar school.

After studying […]

By |11th January, 2024|Uncategorized|

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UNMASKING THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD OF COSPLAY – KATE UHER

Looking at the sea of Insta pics produced from every cosplay event ever, one would be forgiven for thinking it was just the narcissistic counterculture of gen-Zers, but that […]

By |11th January, 2024|Uncategorized|

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WHAT IS HUMANISTIC PHILOSOPHY ANYWAY? PHIL SMITH

A couple of weeks ago the internet in my house went down. It plunged my household into a crisis. What would the children do now? How would I know […]

By |11th January, 2024|Uncategorized|

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RICHARD ERSKINE’S WORKSHOP AFFIRMED EVERYTHING ALISON WOODWARD & CAROLYN DOBBING

Carolyn & Alison

Last month we took part in Dr Richard Erskine’s two day workshop: Shame, Obsession & Habitual Worrying: A Perspective from Relational and Integrative Psychotherapy. 

We had prepared for […]

By |11th January, 2024|Uncategorized|

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WHY MY NORTHERN GUILD TRAINING IS SO GOOD BY VICTORIA PURUSHOTHAMAN

Victoria Purushothaman

In March of this year I attended the BACP Children, Young People &Families Conference, ‘Breaking the Cycle of Trauma and Promoting Healingand Hope’. It was a great one-day […]

By |11th January, 2024|Uncategorized|

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ONLY CONNECT!

Creation Hands Leonardo Da Vinci

Our Covid legacy has been on my mind for a while. I have so many questions – What is it? How does it affect us? […]

By |11th January, 2024|Uncategorized|

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CONNECTING HEARTS MINDS AND SOULS SINCE 1983 |CHRISTINE IN CONVERSATION WITH GRADUATE PAULINE POWLESLAND

Pauline with Sidney

Christine  You are a Registered Psychotherapist. What was your Northern Guild training like?

Pauline  Excellent!   I started training at Northern Guild in 1998, the year the Newcastle Centre […]

By |11th January, 2024|Uncategorized|

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CONNECTING HEARTS, MINDS AND SOULS SINCE 1983

Northern Guild is 40 this year! The walls of our centres are alive with the energy and passion of the wonderful people who have stopped awhile to share their […]

By |11th January, 2024|Uncategorized|

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