Graduation Paper Salon – CLARIFICATION

Greetings SFCP Community-

Earlier this week I sent out an announcement about a new program, chaired by Henry Markman, that the Psychoanalytic Training Program is piloting for candidates and recent graduates to present their graduation papers to the SFCP community.

I wanted to clarify that the Salon option is entirely separate from the requirements for the Graduation Paper and the Graduation Paper Seminar. It is open to recent SFCP graduates, and to candidates who have both completed the Graduation Paper Writing Seminar and have received a Faculty Reader’s approval of their graduation paper, and is entirely optional.

For a more complete description, please see here.

Warm Regards,
Beth Steinberg
PED Chair

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