Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PAPPTP)

HOW TO APPLY

Beginning January 15, 2025, PAPPTP will  accept applications for our tenth Two-Year Program class, which will begin in September 2025. Applications will be accepted 1/15/25 through 6/30/25 and will be considered in the order received. Class size is limited to 10 students, and in recent years there have been more applicants than available positions. We strongly recommend that you submit your application as early as possible to ensure a place in the program.

Application Requirements for the Two-Year Program:

  • Two letters of recommendation from two or more individuals familiar with you as a trainee or professional. If possible, the letters should comment on your clinical work and your participation in learning groups or other group settings. A minimum of two letters of reference is required; however applicants are welcome to submit more letters. Letters should be emailed to Tina Phu, the SFCP Education Program Coordinator, at tina.phu@sfcp.org. 
  • Also, please forward a copy of your professional license to Tina Phu at tina.phu@sfcp.org.
  • A personal statement in which you tell us about yourself in any way that you think would be helpful, including your reasons for, and what you hope to achieve in undertaking a training program in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. (Please offer a substantial response of roughly 2 single-spaced pages.)
  • A personal interview. Once we have received your completed application, we will contact you to schedule an interview. The interview is intended to be a warm, enjoyable, and informative discussion in which we begin to get to know you and you get to know about us. For example, we would like to learn more about your interest in PAPPTP, what you are hoping to get out of the program, how it fits into your plans for your career and professional development, and particular areas of knowledge or clinical capabilities you would like to further develop.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, June 14, 2025
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Listening Into Being: An Actor’s Invitation
Robin Weigert in Conversation with Kristin Fiorella
Fridays, September 5, 2025 to May 29, 2026
Extension Education Programs
2025-2026 East Bay Yearlong Program: Tuning into the Unspoken: Navigating the Landmarks of Unconscious Experience
Eric Miller, PhD; Elizabeth Stuart, MD; Graeme Daniels, LMFT; Marty Mulkey, LMFT; Chandra Rai, LMFT; and Luciane De Mello, LCSW
Fridays, September 5, 2025 to May 29, 2026
Extension Education Programs
2025-2026 San Francisco Yearlong Program: Putting Psychoanalysis on the Couch
Sydney Tan, PsyD; Joseph Dwaihy, MD; Marcus (Bo) Houston, MD, MPH; Neil Talkoff, PhD; Daniela Carollo, PhD; and Alexandra Farber, PhD (instructors)
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Event title to be announced
Hannah Zeavin (presenter)
Fridays, September 26, 2025 to May 8, 2026
Extension Education Programs
2025-2026 San Francisco Yearlong Program: Continuous Case Conference
J. Marc Wallis, LCSW; Paul Alexander, PhD; Genie Dvorak, PsyD; Bronwen Lemmon, LMFT; and Walt Beckman, PhD (case conference group leaders)
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience
Notions of Psychoanalytic Transformation in the Clinical Setting: Case Presentations from a Jungian and Contemporary Object Relations Perspective
Henry Markman, MD; and Sandy Pepper, MD (speakers)
Mondays, September 29 to October 20, 2025
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
CCSW mini-Module: Working with Parents: A Complex and Essential Component of Child Psychotherapy
Lea Brown, LCSW, and Amy Wallerstein Friedman, LCSW (instructors)
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Scientific Meetings
THE RADICAL OTHERNESS OF MASUD KHAN
Ilene Philipson, PhD, PhD (presenter); Charles Fisher, MD (moderator)
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)
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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