Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PAPPTP)

PAPPTP POST-SEMINAR CASE CONFERENCE

The Post-Seminar Program is an optional continuation of the PAPPTP Two-Year program. It is offered to PAPPTP students who have completed Years I and II of the Two-Year Program and want to continue their clinical development through a 32-week long case conference with four different PAPPTP case consultants for 8 weeks each. It is also open to non-PAPPTP students who have reached a similar level of clinical development as their PAPPTP colleagues.

CLASS SCHEDULE: Friday mornings, starting September 26, 2025 and ending May 22, 2025 (32 sessions total), 10:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

LOCATION: Zoom or in-person, to be arranged with the instructor. 

COSTS: 

  • $1477 tuition
  • $60 registration fee

Click here to learn how to apply.

Upcoming Events

Wednesdays, May 21 to June 25, 2025
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Theory, and Trans Experience(s)
Loïc Pritchard, LMFT (instructor)
Sunday, June 1, 2025
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Education Division
Graduation Ceremony
Gary Grossman, PhD (graduation speaker)
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
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)
Friday, November 7, 2025
Scientific Meetings
LEADERSHIP IN THE PSYCHOANALYTIC MOVEMENT
Harriet Wolfe, MD (presenter); Brett Penfil, LMFT, MPH (interviewer)
Saturday, January 10, 2026
Scientific Meetings
PSYCHEDELIC PSYCHOANALYSIS: TRANSFORMATION OF THE SELF
Megan Rundel, PhD (presenter); Ilene Philipson, PhD, PhD (moderator)
Saturday, March 7, 2026
Scientific Meetings
ENDINGS IN ANALYSIS
Stephen Purcell, MD and Alice Jones, MD (presenters); Steven Goldberg, MD (interviewer)
Saturday, April 4, 2026
Scientific Meetings
OUTCOME STUDY OF PSYCHOANALYSES OF CHRONICALLY DEPRESSED PATIENTS WITH EARLY TRAUMA, AN UPDATE OF MODE
Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, PhD (presenter); Cheryl Goodrich, PhD (interviewer)
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