Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PAPPTP)

Two Year Program

The PAPPTP Two-Year Program builds knowledge and skills in psychoanalytic psychotherapy for licensed clinicians at any stage of development. Studying psychoanalytic concepts and psychodynamic methods with a cohort of colleagues over two years provides an opportunity to learn the contemporary and clinically relevant application of psychoanalytic ideas. This is accomplished through an extensive, integrated curriculum (with courses in Theory, Human Development, and Clinical Technique), individual consultation regarding several of the student’s cases, and individual mentorship.

Benefits include an increased capacity for intensive therapeutic work, new social and professional contacts, and participation in a community of psychoanalytically oriented clinicians.

Class schedule: Thirty-two Fridays per academic year, 8:30 a.m. to 11:50 a.m., from September 29, 2023, to May 2025.

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Tuition: $2747 for Year I. Additional costs include fees for ongoing consultation on your cases, CE credits, and printed readers. There is a $50 application fee. You are subject to pay tuition each year you are enrolled in this program. *Please note that tuition rates are subject to change and typically increase 3-5% each year.

Application: The application for the 2025-2026 PAPPTP Two-Year Program will be available soon.

Not ready for two-year commitment? Consider our Fellowship Year.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, December 7, 2024
Scientific Meetings
Substance Abuse in an Adolescent Boy—Waking the Object
Mary Brady, PhD (presenter)
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
The Importance of Mentalization in work with Foster Children
Tina Adkins, PhD, LPC; Toni Heineman, LCSW, DMH; and Analisa Cabrera, MSW, LCSW (presenters)
Thursday, December 12, 2024
SFCP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Conversations
SFCP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Conversations - Module 1
David Luna, MBA, JD
Saturday, December 14, 2024
SFCP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Conversations
SFCP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Conversations - Module 1
David Luna, MBA, JD
Wednesdays, January 8, 2025 to May 21, 2025
Extension Education Programs
2024-2025 Coalition for Clinical Social Work Extension Division Program: Foundations of Psychodynamic Clinical Work in Community Mental Health Settings - Year TWO
Sandra Gaspar, LMFT; Elizabeth M. Simpson, LCSW; and Danny Yu, LCSW (instructors)
Wednesdays, January 8, 2025 to February 5, 2025
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Promoting Depth and Analytic Process in Psychotherapy With Patients in Internship and Clinical Settings
Beth Steinberg, PhD (instructor)
Thursdays, January 9, 2025 to May 8, 2025
Extension Education Programs
2024-2025 Coalition for Clinical Social Work Extension Division Program: Foundations of Psychodynamic Clinical Work in Community Mental Health Settings - Year ONE
Genevieve Vidal, LCSW; Sebastian Melo, LCSW, MPH; Julia St. George, LCSW; and Beth Kita, LCSW, PhD (instructors)
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Child Colloquium Series
Therapy and medications: How can child and adolescent clinicians work collaboratively with psychiatrists?
Ross Andelman, MD, MFA (presenter)
Saturday, January 18, 2025
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
The Social Unconscious: Beyond the Individual and Beyond the Group - Juan Tubert-Oklander in Conversation with Jyoti Rao
Juan Tubert-Oklander (interviewee); Jyoti Rao, LMFT (interviewer)
Thursday, January 23, 2025
SFCP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Conversations
SFCP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Conversations - Module 2
David Luna, MBA, JD
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