Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PAPPTP)

Informational Open House
About PAPPTP
Two-Year Program
PAPPTP Fellowship Year
Post-Seminar Case Conference
Tuition and Fees
How to Apply
PAPPTP Manual
The PAPPTP Team
Questions and Contact Information

THE PAPPTP TEAM

Program Co-Chairs: Neil Brast, Catherine Phillips,Tina St. Lorant

Admissions Coordinator: Neil Brast

Faculty & Curriculum Team: Celeste Birkhofer, Neil Brast, Emily Horowitz, Jana Kahn, Beate Klein, Catherine Phillips, Stephen Richmond, Tina St. Lorant

Recruitment Team: Hila Maoz-Mezer, Catherine Phillips

Student Development & Case Consultation Team: Celeste Birkhofer, Lovina Chahal, Jana Kahn, Ann Martini, Tina St. Lorant

Special Projects: Richard Almond, Sharon Levin, Maureen Ruffell, Michael Smith, Dena Sorbo

Upcoming Events

Wednesdays, October 15, 2025 to May 27, 2026
Extension Education Programs
2025-2026 Seasoned Clinicians Program
 Jeffrey Sandler, MD; Clara Kwun, LCSW; Mark Swoiskin, MD; Jeanne Harasemovitch, LCSW; Michael Wagner, PhD, MFT; Joanna Wise-Bradman, LCSW, Dorian Newton, PhD; and Catherine Mallouh (leaders)
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Saturday, October 18, 2025
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience
Notions of Creativity in the Clinical Setting: Case Discussions from Jungian and Contemporary Object Relations Perspectives
Jan Ole Luuk, LLM (presenter); Robert Grossmark, PhD, ABPP; and Paul Watsky, PhD, ABPP (discussants)
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Saturday, October 25, 2025
Child Colloquium Series
Learning to Surf: Analyzing Adolescents
Mary Brady, PhD (presenter); Jill Sallberg, PhD, ABPP (discussant)
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Saturday, November 1, 2025
Scientific Meetings
LEADERSHIP IN THE PSYCHOANALYTIC MOVEMENT
Harriet Wolfe, MD (presenter); Brett Penfil, LMFT, MPH (interviewer)
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Sunday, November 2, 2025
Committee on Groups
Deepen the Dialogues: Conversations Across Difference
The Committee on Groups
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Saturday, November 8, 2025
Child Colloquium Series
The Play of Eros: The Story of an Adolescent Boy, his Body and his Analyst’s Body
Bruce Reis, PhD, FIPA, BCPsa (presenter); Terrence Owens, PhD (discussant)
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Thursday, November 13, 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.
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Saturday, November 15, 2025
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience: Comparative Psychoanalytic Perspectives within the Jungian and Contemporary Object Relations Traditions
John Beebe, PhD, ABPP; Diane Elise, PhD; Henry Markman, MD; and Paul Watsky, PhD, ABPP (presenters and panelists)
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Saturday, December 6, 2025
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Event title to be announced
Donald Moss, MD (presenter)
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Wednesdays, January 7 to 28, 2026
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Becoming a Couple: An Introduction to Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy
Dana Iscoff, MFT (instructor)
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