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

Saturday, May 4, 2024
Child Colloquium Series
Film Screening and Discussion: A House Made of Splinters (2022)
Reyna Cowan, PsyD, LCSW (discussant)
Monday, May 6, 2024
Scientific Meetings
Freud in his Psychosocial Generation: Durkheim, Simmel, Weber and Du Bois
Nancy Chodorow, PhD (presenter)
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Psychoanalytic Education Division
Graduation Ceremony and Reception 2024
Jim Dimon, MD (graduation speaker)
Wednesdays, May 22, 2024 to June 12, 2024
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Theory, and Trans Experience(s)
Loïc Pritchard, MFT (instructor)
Saturday, June 1, 2024
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Education Division
Graduation Ceremony 2024
Neil Brast, MD (graduation speaker)
Saturday, June 8, 2024
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
A Psychoanalytic Playlist with Sasha Frere-Jones
Sasha Frere-Jones (interviewee); Adam Blum, PsyD (interviewer); Elizabeth Bradshaw, PsyD (moderator)
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