Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PAPPTP)

Program Administration

Neil Brast MD, Maureen Ruffell MD, Tina St. Lorant LMFT, Program Co-Chairs
Catherine Phillips LCSW, Recruitment Chair
Jana Kahn PhD, Faculty Chair
Neil Brast MD, Curriculum Chair
Celeste Birkhofer PhD, PsyD, and Roger Karlsson PhD, Faculty/Curriculum Committee
Dena Sorbo LCSW, Admissions Chair, Past Program Chair
Ann Martini LCSW, Student Development Chair
Maureen Ruffell MD, Acting Case Consultation Chair
Other members of the Guidance Committee: Michael Smith PhD, Richard Almond, MD, Elizabeth Biggart PhD, Sharon Levin LCSW

Upcoming Events

Wednesdays, October 4 to October 25, 2023
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Marty Mulkey, MFT (instructor)
Thursdays, October 5 to October 26, 2023
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Lea Brown, LCSW, and Amy Wallerstein Friedman, LCSW (instructors)
Fridays, October 6, 2023 to April 5, 2024
Extension Education Programs
Celeste Schneider, PhD, Frederick Huang, MD, Adam Blum, PsyD, Peter Goldberg, PhD, Michael Levin, PsyD, Israel Katz, MD, and Ortal Kirson-Trilling, PsyD, FIPA (instructors)
Fridays, October 20, 2023 to June 28, 2024
Extension Education Programs
Jan Chess, PhD, MFT, Graeme Daniels, PhD, Elizabeth Stuart, MD, Tom Wooldridge, PsyD, Gary Grossman, PhD, and Benjamin Morsa, PsyD (instructors)
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Darian Leader (interviewee); Israel Katz, MD (interviewer); Patricia Marra, MFT (moderator)
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Era A. Loewenstein, PhD (presenter); Michael J. Diamond, PhD, FIPA (discussant); John DiMartini, PhD (moderator)
Saturday, December 2, 2023
Child Colloquium Series
Kira Steifman, PsyD, and Deborah Weisinger, PsyD (presenters); Yen Quoc, PsyD (moderator)
Monday, December 4, 2023
Scientific Meetings
Mitchell Wilson, MD (presenter)
Monday, January 8, 2024
Scientific Meetings
Salman Akhtar, MD (presenter)
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