Psychoanalytic Student Seminars

2025 - 2026 Psychoanalytic Student Seminars

Jane Reingold, MFT, Chair

These seminars are offered as a community service intended to supplement local training with psychoanalytic clinical instruction. The courses are offered free of charge to pre-and post-doctoral psychology interns, psychiatry residents, and pre-licensed MFT and social work interns currently in clinical placements.

Dates	Program Description
Wednesdays, January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2026 07:00pm – 08:30pm PT	Becoming a Couple: An Introduction to Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy Dana Iscoff, MFT (instructor)
Wednesdays, February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2026 07:00pm – 08:30pm PT	Exploring the Unconscious – An Introduction to Jungian Dreamwork Betty Tharpe, MFT (instructor)
Wednesdays, March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2026 07:00pm – 08:30pm PT	Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Theory, and Trans Experience(s) Loïc Pritchard, MFT (instructor)

Upcoming Events

Thursdays, January 15 to May 21, 2026

Coalition for Clinical Social Work

Foundations of Psychodynamic Clinical Work in Community Mental Health Settings - Year 1

Julia St. George, LCSW; Anne Friedman, LCSW, PhD; Corey Datz-Greenberg, LCSW; and Beth Kita, LCSW, PhD (instructors)

Saturday, January 24, 2026

The James Grotstein Memorial Lectures in Comparative Psychoanlaysis

Part 1: Deconstructing Thomas Ogden’s Model of Intersubjectivity

Joseph Aguayo, PhD (presenter)

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Child Colloquium Series

Specialized Parent Work: a Critical Element to Supporting the Health of Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Exploring Youth

Melissa Holub, PhD (presenter); Michelle Jurkiewicz, PsyD (case presenter)

Wednesdays, February 4 to 25, 2026

Psychoanalytic Student Seminars

Exploring the Unconscious – An Introduction to Jungian Dreamwork

Betty Tharpe, MFT (instructor)

Saturday, February 7, 2026

Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis

A Passion For Ever More

Dominique Scarfone, MD (presenter); Adam Blum, PsyD (discussant)

Sunday, February 8, 2026

Special Programs

SFCP TOWN HALL MEETING

Let Your Voice Be Heard: Engage in conversation about proposed revisions to the Bylaws!

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Psychoanalytic Education Division

Psychoanalytic Training Informational Evening

Please join SFCP Faculty and Candidates for Dinner, Drinks, and a Discussion of Psychoanalytic Training at SFCP.

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Child Colloquium Series

Film Screening and Discussion: Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Reyna Cowan, PsyD, LCSW (discussant)

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Visiting Professor Weekend

An Introduction to Rudi Vermote, MD, PhD

Peter Goldberg, PhD; and Kristin Fiorella, PsyD, MFT (presenters)

Saturday, February 28, 2026

The James Grotstein Memorial Lectures in Comparative Psychoanlaysis

Part 2: Antonio Ferro’s Field Theory

Catherine Mallouh, MD (presenter)