# The Study Guild

> Small live UK programmes with named tutors, assessed work and fixed start dates. No discounts. Wellness, coaching, AI and business — not a self-paced library.

## About this file

The Study Guild runs live, cohort-based professional programmes in the UK. Every programme has fixed start dates, assessed work marked against a published rubric, and a named tutor. Tutor profiles that are not yet contracted are labelled, noindexed, and omitted from this file. We do not sell self-paced video libraries and we do not discount — the listed price is the price all year.

Every content page below is also available as clean Markdown by appending `.md` to its URL, or as structured JSON by appending `.json`. The Markdown mirrors contain the same text without site navigation, and expose each answer block with its own stable anchor.

A fuller index with page summaries is at https://thestudyguild.com/llms-full.txt.

## What we are authoritative on

- **AI for Professionals** — Live AI programmes built around UK professional obligations for accountants, solicitors and HR teams — taught by practitioners from those professions.
- **Business & Creative** — Programmes for turning a creative or commercial skill into a business — copywriting, interior design and digital marketing, taught by working practitioners.
- **Coaching & Psychology** — Assessed coaching and therapeutic skills programmes taught by chartered psychologists and ICF-credentialled coaches, with recorded practice and real feedback.
- **Counselling** — What it takes to qualify as a counsellor in the UK, why short courses cannot get you there, and what a counselling-skills course is actually for.
- **Fitness & personal training** — How UK personal training qualifications actually work, what CIMSPA status means, and why a cheap online PT diploma is often the wrong product.
- **Hypnotherapy** — What hypnotherapy training involves, whether the title is regulated, and how to judge a UK course when the provider will not fake CNHC eligibility.
- **Mindfulness** — How UK mindfulness teacher training actually works, what BAMBA registration requires, and why an eight-week personal course is not a teaching qualification.
- **Nutrition** — The difference between a nutritionist, a nutritional therapist and a dietitian, which titles are protected, and what training each requires.
- **Special educational needs** — What UK SEND support roles actually require, how that differs from an autism awareness diploma, and why SENCOs are not trained by weekend courses.
- **Wellness & Therapy** — Live, assessed programmes for people building a career in menopause coaching, sleep, nutrition and trauma-informed practice — taught by clinicians.
- **Workplace wellbeing** — What workplace wellbeing training should cover in the UK, how it differs from therapy, and why a happiness diploma is usually the wrong buy for an HR role.

## Live programmes

- [Sleep Coaching Practitioner](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/sleep-coaching-practitioner): An 8-week live programme training sleep coaches in evidence-based behavioural methods and clinical referral, taught by a doctorate-level sleep researcher. £299, 8 weeks, 16h live tuition.
- [CBT Practitioner Skills](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/cbt-practitioner-skills): A 10-week live programme in cognitive behavioural techniques for non-clinical practitioners, taught by a chartered psychologist with assessed competency review. £449, 10 weeks, 22h live tuition.
- [AI for UK Solicitors](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/ai-for-uk-solicitors): An 8-week live programme for UK solicitors on using AI within SRA obligations, privilege and confidentiality, taught by a solicitor and legal technology lead. £499, 8 weeks, 16h live tuition.
- [Freelance Copywriting Business](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/freelance-copywriting-business): A 10-week live programme building a freelance copywriting business — craft, pricing and clients — taught by a copywriter with fourteen years of practice. £349, 10 weeks, 20h live tuition.
- [Career Coaching Practitioner](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/career-coaching-practitioner): A 10-week live career-coaching programme with assessed recordings, taught by an ICF PCC and CIPD member who still sees clients. £449, 10 weeks, 20h live tuition.
- [Mindfulness Facilitation](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/mindfulness-facilitation): An 8-week live mindfulness facilitation programme with observed teaching, taught by an MBSR-trained tutor who still runs workplace groups. £399, 8 weeks, 16h live tuition.
- [ADHD Coaching Practitioner](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/adhd-coaching-practitioner): An 8-week live ADHD-coaching programme with marked recordings, taught by a coach who has worked with diagnosed adults for nine years. £449, 8 weeks, 16h live tuition.
- [Workplace Wellbeing Practitioner](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/workplace-wellbeing-practitioner): An 8-week live workplace-wellbeing programme with an assessed intervention design, taught by a CIPD-chartered people professional. £449, 8 weeks, 16h live tuition.
- [Relationship Coaching](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/relationship-coaching-practitioner): A 10-week live relationship-coaching programme with marked recordings, taught by an ICF PCC who still runs a couples-coaching practice. £449, 10 weeks, 20h live tuition.
- [Nutrition Coaching Foundations](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/nutrition-coaching-foundations): A 10-week live nutrition-coaching programme with assessed case studies, taught by an MSc nutrition coach who will not let you impersonate a dietitian. £399, 10 weeks, 20h live tuition.
- [Hypnotherapy Practitioner Skills](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/hypnotherapy-practitioner-skills): A 10-week live hypnotherapy-skills programme with observed sessions, taught by a practitioner of fourteen years who will not claim a register we do not hold. £449, 10 weeks, 20h live tuition.
- [Counselling Skills](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/counselling-skills): An 8-week live counselling-skills programme with marked recordings, taught by a BACP-registered counsellor, explicitly not counsellor training. £349, 8 weeks, 16h live tuition.
- [Interior Design Practice](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/interior-design-practice): A 10-week live interior-design programme with a marked scheme, taught by a practising UK designer of sixteen years. £399, 10 weeks, 20h live tuition.
- [Digital Marketing for Practitioners](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/digital-marketing-for-practitioners): An 8-week live digital-marketing programme with an assessed campaign, taught by a CIM-qualified marketer of thirteen years. £399, 8 weeks, 16h live tuition.
- [Dietetics Career Preparation](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/dietetics-career-preparation): A 12-week live dietetics-preparation programme with marked pathway work, taught by a dietitian who will not let you use a protected title. £449, 12 weeks, 24h live tuition.
- [Counselling Diploma with Placement](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/counselling-practitioner-diploma): A 16-week live counselling diploma with marked skills and a learner-sourced placement log, taught by a BACP-accredited counsellor. £499, 16 weeks, 32h live tuition.
- [SEND Practice for School Staff](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/send-practice-for-schools): A 10-week live SEND programme for school staff, taught by a former SENCO who will not award QTS or the mandatory SENCO qualification. £399, 10 weeks, 20h live tuition.
- [Personal Training Practitioner](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/personal-training-practitioner): A 12-week live personal-training programme with marked practicals, taught by a trainer who will not claim CIMSPA endorsement we do not hold. £449, 12 weeks, 24h live tuition.
- [Menopause Wellness Coaching](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/menopause-wellness-coaching): A 10-week live programme training coaches to support women through menopause, taught by an NHS menopause specialist GP with assessed case work. £449, 10 weeks, 20h live tuition.
- [Massage Practice and Licensing](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/massage-practitioner): A 10-week live massage programme with marked practicals and a local-licensing plan, taught by a practitioner who will not stamp a council licence. £449, 10 weeks, 20h live tuition.
- [Life Coaching Accreditation](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/life-coaching-accreditation): A 12-week live life-coaching programme with assessed session recordings and business training, taught by an ICF Professional Certified Coach. £499, 12 weeks, 30h live tuition.
- [Workplace MH First-Contact Training](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/workplace-mh-first-contact): An 8-week live first-contact programme for workplaces, taught by an occupational psychologist who will not sell MHFA England's licensed product. £399, 8 weeks, 16h live tuition.
- [Mindfulness Teacher Training](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/mindfulness-teacher-training): A 12-week live mindfulness teacher-training programme with observed teaching, taught by an MBSR teacher who will not claim BAMBA quality-assessed status. £499, 12 weeks, 24h live tuition.
- [AI for UK Accountants](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/ai-for-uk-accountants): An 8-week live programme for UK accountants on using AI without breaching confidentiality or professional standards, taught by a chartered accountant. £499, 8 weeks, 16h live tuition.
- [Hypnotherapy Register Pathway](https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/hypnotherapy-register-pathway): A 16-week live hypnotherapy pathway with observed cases, taught by a CNHC registrant who will not pretend the Guild is an approved education provider. £499, 16 weeks, 32h live tuition.


## Answers

- [Can a menopause coach advise on HRT in the UK?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/can-a-menopause-coach-advise-on-hrt): A menopause coach can help prepare questions for a clinician. They cannot recommend, prescribe or dose HRT — that is clinical work.
- [Can a short CBT course make you a therapist in the UK?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/can-a-short-cbt-course-make-you-a-therapist): No. A CBT therapist needs accredited clinical training and supervised hours. A short skills course must not claim that title.
- [Can a short online course make you a dietitian in the UK?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/can-a-short-course-make-you-a-dietitian): Dietitian is a protected UK title. A short course cannot award HCPC registration. Preparation can map the degree; it cannot replace it.
- [Can a short hypnotherapy course make you CNHC-registered?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/can-a-short-hypnotherapy-course-register-you): Hypnotherapy is unregulated in the UK. CNHC registration needs an eligible education provider. A weekend diploma is not that pathway.
- [Can an online course make you a SENCO in England?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/can-an-online-course-make-you-a-senco): SENCOs in English mainstream schools must be qualified teachers and complete the NPQ for SENCOs. An online awareness diploma is not that award.
- [Can UK solicitors use ChatGPT with client data?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/can-uk-solicitors-use-chatgpt-with-client-data): UK solicitors may use AI with client or privileged material only after checking the vendor contract and SRA confidentiality. Consumer defaults often fail.
- [Can you become an MHFA instructor from an online diploma?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/can-you-become-an-mhfa-instructor-online): MHFA England is the only organisation in England able to license MHFA instructor training. A generic wellness diploma cannot confer that status.
- [Do you need a licence to practise interior design in the UK?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/do-you-need-a-licence-to-practise-interior-design): Interior designer is not a protected title in the UK. Architect is. Clients still buy a portfolio, insurance, and a job you can deliver.
- [Do you need a licence to practise massage in the UK?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/do-you-need-a-licence-to-practise-massage): Massage is not a protected title. Premises offering massage often need a local special-treatments licence. A course certificate is not that licence.
- [Do you need a medical qualification to be a sleep coach?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/do-you-need-a-medical-qualification-to-be-a-sleep-coach): Sleep coaching is unregulated in the UK, so no medical degree is required — but treating diagnosed sleep disorders is clinical work a coach must refer.
- [Do you need a qualification to be a career coach in the UK?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/do-you-need-a-qualification-to-be-a-career-coach): Career coaching is unregulated in the UK, so no qualification is legally required. Informed buyers still ask who marked your sessions.
- [Do you need a qualification to be a life coach in the UK?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/do-you-need-a-qualification-to-be-a-life-coach): Life coaching is unregulated in the UK, so no qualification is legally required. Corporate buyers and informed clients still ask who marked your work.
- [Do you need a qualification to be an ADHD coach in the UK?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/do-you-need-a-qualification-to-be-an-adhd-coach): ADHD coach is not a protected title. Diagnosis is clinical. Assessed non-diagnostic practice is what informed clients actually check.
- [Do you need CIMSPA to be a personal trainer in the UK?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/do-you-need-cimspa-to-be-a-personal-trainer): Personal trainer is unprotected in the UK. Gyms still treat CIMSPA or Level 3 as the practical check. A lifestyle diploma is not that check.
- [Does counsellor training in the UK need a supervised placement?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/does-counsellor-training-need-a-placement): UK counsellor training needs supervised hours. A skills certificate is not that. A non-accredited diploma with a log you source is still not BACP.
- [Should you get an ICF or an EMCC coaching credential?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/icf-vs-emcc-coaching-credential): Neither is legally required in the UK. Corporate buyers usually name ICF. EMCC is the European alternative with supervision. Pick the market first.
- [Is digital marketing a licensed profession in the UK?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/is-digital-marketing-a-licensed-profession): Digital marketing is unregulated in the UK. Platform badges are vendor tests. Clients buy a campaign they can see working, not a diploma title.
- [Is mindfulness teaching regulated in the UK?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/is-mindfulness-teaching-regulated): Mindfulness teaching is unregulated in the UK. BAMBA is a voluntary professional body. A weekend diploma is not BAMBA-registered teacher training.
- [Should you choose a live cohort or a self-paced online course?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/live-cohort-vs-self-paced-online-course): A live assessed cohort is the better buy when you need a named marker and a deadline. A cheap self-paced library wins when you only needed the notes.
- [Is legal professional privilege the same as GDPR when solicitors use AI?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/privilege-vs-gdpr-when-using-ai): GDPR can pass and privilege still fail. Pasting a privileged memo into consumer AI is a disclosure risk a privacy checklist misses.
- [Is a QLS-endorsed certificate the same as an Ofqual-regulated qualification?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/qls-endorsed-vs-ofqual-regulated): QLS endorsement is a quality mark, not an Ofqual-regulated qualification. Employers asking if a course is recognised usually mean the latter.
- [Are CPD-accredited courses actually recognised in the UK?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/are-cpd-accredited-courses-recognised-in-the-uk): CPD accreditation is a private quality check, not a regulated qualification. Here is what each credential tier actually proves, and which one employers mean.
- [How do you get an ICF coaching credential in the UK?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/how-to-get-an-icf-credential-in-the-uk): The ICF awards its credentials directly, not through training providers. Here is what an application actually requires, and which UK providers give you a route.
- [Can UK accountants use ChatGPT with client data?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/can-uk-accountants-use-chatgpt-with-client-data): UK accountants may use AI with client data only after checking where it goes, the lawful basis and supervision. Consumer defaults often fail.
- [Do you need a qualification to be a menopause coach?](https://thestudyguild.com/answers/do-you-need-a-qualification-to-be-a-menopause-coach): Menopause coaching is unregulated in the UK, so no qualification is legally required — but the market has made assessed training commercially necessary anyway.

## Subject guides

- [AI for Professionals](https://thestudyguild.com/subjects/ai-professionals): Live AI programmes built around UK professional obligations for accountants, solicitors and HR teams — taught by practitioners from those professions.
- [Business & Creative Craft](https://thestudyguild.com/subjects/business-creative): Programmes for turning a creative or commercial skill into a business — copywriting, interior design and digital marketing, taught by working practitioners.
- [Coaching & Psychology](https://thestudyguild.com/subjects/coaching-psychology): Assessed coaching and therapeutic skills programmes taught by chartered psychologists and ICF-credentialled coaches, with recorded practice and real feedback.
- [Counselling Training in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/subjects/counselling): What it takes to qualify as a counsellor in the UK, why short courses cannot get you there, and what a counselling-skills course is actually for.
- [Personal training and fitness qualifications in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/subjects/fitness-wellbeing): How UK personal training qualifications actually work, what CIMSPA status means, and why a cheap online PT diploma is often the wrong product.
- [Hypnotherapy Training in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/subjects/hypnotherapy): What hypnotherapy training involves, whether the title is regulated, and how to judge a UK course when the provider will not fake CNHC eligibility.
- [Mindfulness teacher training in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/subjects/mindfulness): How UK mindfulness teacher training actually works, what BAMBA registration requires, and why an eight-week personal course is not a teaching qualification.
- [Nutrition Qualifications in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/subjects/nutrition): The difference between a nutritionist, a nutritional therapist and a dietitian, which titles are protected, and what training each requires.
- [SEND support training in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/subjects/special-educational-needs): What UK SEND support roles actually require, how that differs from an autism awareness diploma, and why SENCOs are not trained by weekend courses.
- [Wellness & Therapy Careers](https://thestudyguild.com/subjects/wellness-therapy): Live, assessed programmes for people building a career in menopause coaching, sleep, nutrition and trauma-informed practice — taught by clinicians.
- [Workplace wellbeing training in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/subjects/workplace-wellbeing): What workplace wellbeing training should cover in the UK, how it differs from therapy, and why a happiness diploma is usually the wrong buy for an HR role.


## Career pathways

- [How UK accountants should add AI to their practice](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/accountant-using-ai): AI does not create a new accountancy career. It changes how professionals meet confidentiality, supervision and UK GDPR — and when ChatGPT fails.
- [How to become an ADHD coach in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/adhd-coach): What an ADHD coach actually does, why the title is unprotected, why you must not diagnose, and a realistic route into adult coaching.
- [Working toward dietetics in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/working-toward-dietetics): How to work toward becoming a UK dietitian, why a short course cannot award the title, and what honest preparation looks like before an HCPC degree.
- [How to become a career coach in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/career-coach): What a career coach actually does, whether the title is regulated, what buyers check, and a realistic route to a first paying client.
- [Counsellor career pathway in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/counsellor): What becoming a UK counsellor actually requires, why placement hours cannot be skipped, and how a non-accredited diploma differs from BACP registration.
- [How to become a digital marketer in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/digital-marketer): What a digital marketer actually does for specialist practices, why there is no licence, and why a module-quiz diploma is usually the wrong buy.
- [How to become a freelance copywriter in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/freelance-copywriter): What UK freelance copywriters actually sell after generative AI, whether any licence exists, and a realistic first-client route without inventing a salary.
- [How to become a hypnotherapist in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/hypnotherapist): What a hypnotherapist may legally do, why the title is unprotected, what CNHC registration actually requires, and how to choose training.
- [How to become an interior designer in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/interior-designer): What an interior designer actually does, why the title is unprotected, how that differs from architecture, and a realistic route to a first paid job.
- [How to become a life coach in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/life-coach): What a life coach actually does, whether the title is regulated, what training buyers check, and a realistic route to a first paying client.
- [How to become a massage therapist in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/massage-therapist): What becoming a UK massage therapist involves, why local special-treatments licences matter, and why a course certificate is not that licence.
- [How to become a menopause coach in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/menopause-coach): What a menopause coach actually does, whether the title is regulated, and the realistic route to a first paying client — without inventing a salary.
- [Mindfulness teacher career in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/mindfulness-teacher-career): What a UK mindfulness-teaching career involves, why BAMBA registration is the practical check for commissioners, and how that differs from short facilitation.
- [How to become a nutrition coach in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/nutrition-coach): What a nutrition coach may legally do, why dietitian is protected, and a realistic non-clinical route that does not impersonate a register.
- [How to become a personal trainer in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/personal-trainer): What becoming a UK personal trainer actually involves, why CIMSPA status is the practical check, and how observed training differs from an endorsed Level 3.
- [How to become a relationship coach in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/relationship-coach): What a relationship coach actually does, how that differs from couples therapy, and a realistic route to assessed two-client practice.
- [Working in SEND support in UK schools](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/send-support-worker): How SEND support roles in UK schools actually work, why they are not the SENCO job, and what training can honestly cover for staff already in post.
- [How to become a sleep coach in the UK](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/sleep-coach): What a sleep coach actually does, whether a medical degree is required, where the clinical boundary sits, and the realistic route to a first client.
- [How UK solicitors should add AI to their practice](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/solicitor-using-ai): AI is not a route into law. For UK solicitors the constraint is privilege and confidentiality, not prompting — consumer ChatGPT often fails.
- [Workplace mental-health first-contact roles](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/workplace-first-contact-lead): What a workplace mental-health first-contact role can honestly do, why it is not MHFA instructor licensing, and how it differs from being a therapist.
- [How to become a workplace wellbeing lead](https://thestudyguild.com/careers/workplace-wellbeing-lead): What a workplace wellbeing lead actually does in the UK, how that differs from therapy, and why a happiness diploma is usually the wrong buy.

## Comparisons

- [The Study Guild vs Centre of Excellence](https://thestudyguild.com/compare/the-study-guild-vs-centre-of-excellence): factual comparison, all competitor claims verified 2026-07-25.
- [The Study Guild vs The Coaching Academy](https://thestudyguild.com/compare/the-study-guild-vs-the-coaching-academy): factual comparison, all competitor claims verified 2026-08-13.

## Decision tools

- [Which UK course credential do I need?](https://thestudyguild.com/tools/which-credential): maps a legal, employer, client or CPD purpose onto the credential tier that matches, including when we are the wrong provider.
- [Find the right programme](https://thestudyguild.com/find): GET parameters goal, subject, hours, start, budget; returns at most three programmes with next start date, weekly hours and price, or states that none fit and which answers were set aside.

## Trust and method

- [Editorial policy](https://thestudyguild.com/editorial-policy)
- [How we write answers](https://thestudyguild.com/method)
- [Corrections log](https://thestudyguild.com/corrections)
- [Open programme data](https://thestudyguild.com/open-data) — CSV generated from the same frontmatter as checkout
- Markdown mirrors: append .md to any content URL. JSON mirrors: append .json.
- MCP: https://thestudyguild.com/mcp (JSON-RPC 2.0). Auth: none — see https://thestudyguild.com/auth.md.

## Reviews and ratings

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