Northern Guild — Counsellor in Newcastle, England

I really cherish the training I received at Northern Guild. It has provided me the knowledge and skills to work in a way which is rewarding and enriching. I recommend this training to anyone who is considering a career in Counselling or Psychotherapy. I work alongside a friendly and highly professional team of associates at NG as well as an employee where I feel valued and respected.

Truly life-changing training. I felt deeply enlivened, supported, and meaningfully challenged throughout - all essential to my growth as a psychotherapist. The impact on both my personal development and therapeutic practice has been profound and lasting. I couldn’t recommend this training highly enough.

My experience with Northern Guild left me with the impression they are very much money oriented rather than making sure someone actually makes the right decision for themselves. After a lot of research over several years, I made the decision to apply for one of their courses, at a cost of £110 (it is a separate issue as to whether you should have to pay to apply for a course that costs so much money to study on). Immediately after applying, I had a bit of a panic as to whether I could afford the costs, based upon estimates I had received (they can't give you a definitive cost due to all the 'add-ons'). I mailed them 20 minutes after I sent the application form, asking them to halt my application while I reworked my figures and made sure I could commit financially. Long story short, they kept £60 of my deposit to cover the cost of 'reviewing my application' (no such reviewing took place, as I had a mail back immediately confirming my application had been paused) and the cost of 'processing the refund' (most businesses manage to process a refund without charging the customer £60). I had been considering re-applying in a year or two when my children were a little older and things were a little more settled. They could have easily refunded my deposit and possibly welcomed me as a student in a year or two, but I walked away from this application experience with the feeling Northern Guild are all about the money, hence they really have put me off considering it as an option in the future.

It’s very cult like. With average therapy and some socially awkward therapists.

Thanks to my amazingly poor upbringing I will be paying for the lights to stay on here for some time to come. Excellent therapists, lots of options. Edit. I completed therapy and cannot recommend this highly enough. My therapist helped me develop and understand my self in the year I attended. I have no regrets coming here ever.

Incredibly rude staff - would NOT recommend.

Best place for therapy in the North East of England.

I've had a very good experience at the Northern Guild over the last few years. I would recommend it as a psychotherapy training institute.

I was very disappointed with this organisation. In my experience I paid money for what I was led to believe would emotional support to work through some major issues - all I got was waffle. The suggestion that I could benefit from playing with miniature toys in a tray of sand was ludicrous. It is beyond my comprehension how Northern Guild low cost therapy operate.