Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PAPPTP)

About PAPPTP
Two-Year Program
PAPPTP Fellowship Year
Post-Seminar Case Conference
Tuition and Fees
How to Apply
PAPPTP Manual
The PAPPTP Team
Questions and Contact Information

QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

For questions regarding the application process, please contact Neil Brast, the Admissions Coordinator and PAPPTP Co-chair. For other questions about the program, you may contact him or Catherine Phillips, the other PAPPTP Co-chair.

Program Co-chairs:
Neil Brast, MD
nbrast@pacbell.net – 650-493-4900
Catherine Phillips, LCSW
catherinehphillips@gmail.com – 650-213-2949

Upcoming Events

Wednesdays, January 7 to 28, 2026
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Becoming a Couple: An Introduction to Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy
Dana Iscoff, MFT (instructor)
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Thursdays, January 8 to February 12, 2026
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
CCSW mini-Module: THERAPEUTIC RELATEDNESS
Sandra Gaspar, LMFT (instructor)
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Saturday, January 10, 2026
Scientific Meetings
PSYCHEDELIC PSYCHOANALYSIS: TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE SELF
Megan Rundel, PhD (presenter); Ilene Philipson, PhD, PhD (moderator)
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Thursdays, January 15 to May 21, 2026
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Foundations of Psychodynamic Clinical Work in Community Mental Health Settings - Year 1
 Julia St. George, LCSW; Anne Friedman, LCSW, PhD; Corey Datz-Greenberg, LCSW; and Beth Kita, LCSW, PhD (instructors)
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Saturday, January 24, 2026
The James Grotstein Memorial Lectures in Comparative Psychoanlaysis
Part 1: Deconstructing Thomas Ogden’s Model of Intersubjectivity
Joseph Aguayo, PhD (presenter)
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Saturday, January 31, 2026
Child Colloquium Series
Specialized Parent Work: a Critical Element to Supporting the Health of Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Exploring Youth
Melissa Holub, PhD (presenter); Michelle Jurkiewicz, PsyD (case presenter)
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Wednesdays, February 4 to 25, 2026
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Exploring the Unconscious – An Introduction to Jungian Dreamwork
Betty Tharpe, MFT (instructor)
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Saturday, February 7, 2026
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
A Passion For Ever More
Dominique Scarfone, MD (presenter); Adam Blum, PsyD (discussant)
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Sunday, February 8, 2026
Special Programs
SFCP TOWN HALL MEETING
Let Your Voice Be Heard: Engage in conversation about proposed revisions to the Bylaws!
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Saturday, February 21, 2026
Child Colloquium Series
Film Screening and Discussion: Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Reyna Cowan, PsyD, LCSW (discussant)
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