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

Saturday, May 3, 2025
Visiting Professor Weekend
A morning with Nicola Abel-Hirsch, FIPA - Bion's Technique
Nicola Abel-Hirsch, FIPA (presenter); Laurie Goldsmith, PhD (moderator)
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Sunday, May 4, 2025
Visiting Professor Weekend
Professor's Choice: On "Container/contained Transformed"
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Unwound and Unwound-ing: A Poetic Psychoanalytic Exploration of Whiteness
Hazel White; Jyoti Rao, MFT; and Forrest Hamer, PhD (panelists)
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Saturday, May 10, 2025
Psychoanalytic Education Division
Graduation Ceremony and Reception 2025
Charles Fisher, MD (graduation speaker)
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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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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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