Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PAPPTP)

Informational Open House
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

THE PAPPTP TEAM

Program Co-Chairs: Neil Brast, Catherine Phillips,Tina St. Lorant

Admissions Coordinator: Neil Brast

Faculty & Curriculum Team: Celeste Birkhofer, Neil Brast, Emily Horowitz, Jana Kahn, Beate Klein, Catherine Phillips, Stephen Richmond, Tina St. Lorant

Recruitment Team: Hila Maoz-Mezer, Catherine Phillips

Student Development & Case Consultation Team: Celeste Birkhofer, Lovina Chahal, Jana Kahn, Ann Martini, Tina St. Lorant

Special Projects: Richard Almond, Sharon Levin, Maureen Ruffell, Michael Smith, Dena Sorbo

Upcoming Events

Wednesdays, May 21 to June 25, 2025
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Theory, and Trans Experience(s)
Loïc Pritchard, LMFT (instructor)
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Sunday, June 1, 2025
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Education Division
Graduation Ceremony
Gary Grossman, PhD (graduation speaker)
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Saturday, June 14, 2025
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Listening Into Being: An Actor’s Invitation
Robin Weigert in Conversation with Kristin Fiorella
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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
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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)
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Saturday, October 4, 2025
Scientific Meetings
THE RADICAL OTHERNESS OF MASUD KHAN
Ilene Philipson, PhD, PhD (presenter); Charles Fisher, MD (moderator)
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Friday, November 7, 2025
Scientific Meetings
LEADERSHIP IN THE PSYCHOANALYTIC MOVEMENT
Harriet Wolfe, MD (presenter); Brett Penfil, LMFT, MPH (interviewer)
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Saturday, January 10, 2026
Scientific Meetings
PSYCHEDELIC PSYCHOANALYSIS: TRANSFORMATION OF THE SELF
Megan Rundel, PhD (presenter); Ilene Philipson, PhD, PhD (moderator)
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Saturday, March 7, 2026
Scientific Meetings
ENDINGS IN ANALYSIS
Stephen Purcell, MD and Alice Jones, MD (presenters); Steven Goldberg, MD (interviewer)
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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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