Committee Roster

2022-2023 Academic Year

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Education Division

TBA, Chair

Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PAPPTP)

Neil Brast, MD, Maureen Smith Ruffell, MD and Tina St. Lorant, MFT, Co-Chairs

Admissions:Dena Sorbo, LCSW, BCD
CEUs (Acting):Maureen Smith Ruffell, MD
Faculty & Curriculum:Neil Brast, MD and Jana Kahn, PhD, Co-Chairs
Recruitment:Catherine Phillips, LCSW
Special Projects:Michael Smith, PhD and Sharon Levin, LCSW
Student Development / Case ConsultantsAnn Martini, LCSW

San Francisco Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (SF-PPTP)

Adam Goldyne, MD, Program Chair
Lara Weyland, PhD, Associate Program Chair

Admissions:Lucas Broster, MD, PhD
Curriculum:Ruth Simon, PhD
Outreach:Adam Goldyne, MD
Student Advisor/Mentor:Jessica Ferranti, MD
Sacramento Liaison:Katherine Fraser, DMH
Supervision:Lara Weyland, PhD

Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPPTP)

Benjamin Fife, PsyD, Chair

Admissions:Michael Pastor, PhD
Dean:Mary-Stone Bowers, MFT
Evaluations:Kiyomi Ameriks, MD and Shahla Chehrazi, MD
Outreach:Benjamin Fife, PsyD and Claudette Heisler, PhD
Program Advisory:Paul Brinich, PhD and Claudette Heisler, PhD
Supervision:Gregory Villalba, LCSW

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Finding One's Voice: What Psychoanalysis Can Learn from the Labor Movement
Jamie Danielle Daniels, PhD, LICSW; and Corey Datz-Greenberg, LCSW (presenters)
Thursday, February 13, 2025
SFCP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Conversations
SFCP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Conversations - Module 2
David Luna, MBA, JD
Saturday, February 15, 2025
The James Grotstein Memorial Lectures in Comparative Psychoanlaysis
Part 2: Winnicott in Los Angeles: On The Kleinian Development
Joseph Aguayo, PhD (presenter)
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Education Division
Palo Alto Psychoanlaytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PAPPTP) Informational Open House
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Child Colloquium Series
Film Screening and Discussion: After Sun
Reyna Cowan, PsyD, LCSW (discussant)
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Community Building Event
Legacy Giving Info Event
Alma Soongi Beck (presenter)
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Education Division
Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPPTP) Open House
Meet with faculty, current students and other prospective applicants!
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Scientific Meetings
Love it, Hate it, Treat it: What every therapist needs to know about borderline personality
Jonathan Shedler, PhD (presenter)
Monday, March 3, 2025
Psychoanalytic Education Division
Psychoanalytic Training Informational Evening
Please join SFCP Faculty and Candidates for Dinner, Drinks, and a Discussion of Psychoanalytic Training at SFCP.
Wednesdays, March 5, 2025 to March 26, 2025
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Neurodivergent Psychoanalysis
Mayumi Pierce, MD (instructor)
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