SFCP Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Training Program

Admission Procedures

  • Licensed Mental Health professionals may apply to the child/adolescent analytic program with or without adult analytic training.
  • Licensed Mental Health professionals may apply simultaneously to both the child/adolescent and the adult analytic programs.
  • A candidate in SFCP’s adult training program or another analytic training program may apply to the child/adolescent program. When appropriate, a streamlined application process will be considered.

Admissions procedures for Candidates from the Adult Analytic Training Program at SFCP; Graduates from SFCP’s Adult Analytic Training Program; or Graduates from other IPA approved adult programs.

Satisfactory performance in the adult curriculum or graduation from an IPA accredited psychoanalytic institute is required for admission. The C/AAP Steering Committee will consult with the Adult Progressions and Graduation Committee, as to the performance of the candidate in the adult training program, when appropriate. Graduate adult analysts from other institutes who apply will be reviewed by the Adult Admissions Committee, as well as the Child/Adolescent Analytic Program Steering Committee for admission to the C/AA Program.

Admissions procedures for simultaneous application to both Child/Adolescent and Adult Training Programs

Individuals may apply to both programs simultaneously. Applicants will be interviewed by two members of the Child/Adolescent Analysis Steering Committee to evaluate suitability for training. The evaluation includes aptitude, background knowledge and experience. Prior training in child psychiatry or psychology, or its equivalent, is desirable, but not required. Interviews will be conducted even when the applicant is already known to the Child/Adolescent Analysis Steering Committee. The Committee will decide, in consultation with the Adult Admissions Committee, on the admission of prospective applicants to the C/AA Program.

Admissions Procedures for the Child/Adolescent Only Analytic Training Program

The admissions requirements are the same as requirements for the Adult Analytic Training Program. Since applicants will discuss their child and adolescent therapy cases rather than adult therapy cases as part of the interviewing process, they should have some ongoing child or adolescent therapy cases to present.

In all of these procedures, the Steering Committee of the Child/Adolescent Analytic Program will decide on the admission of the applicants to the program and will report to the Psychoanalytic Education Division when applicants are admitted. The Chair(s) of the Steering Committee of the CA/A Program may elect to present the applicant to the Psychoanalytic Education Division for consultation regarding admission decisions. The applicant must complete the standard application. As in the application to the adult program, the applicant will have three personal interviews by adult and child/adolescent analysts, and two sets of clinical interviews by child analysts.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, June 14, 2025
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Listening Into Being: An Actor’s Invitation
Robin Weigert in Conversation with Kristin Fiorella
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
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Event title to be announced
Hannah Zeavin (presenter)
Fridays, September 26, 2025 to May 8, 2026
Extension Education Programs
2025-2026 San Francisco Yearlong Program: Continuous Case Conference
J. Marc Wallis, LCSW; Paul Alexander, PhD; Genie Dvorak, PsyD; Bronwen Lemmon, LMFT; and Walt Beckman, PhD (case conference group leaders)
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience
Notions of Psychoanalytic Transformation in the Clinical Setting: Case Presentations from a Jungian and Contemporary Object Relations Perspective
Henry Markman, MD; and Sandy Pepper, MD (speakers)
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)
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Scientific Meetings
THE RADICAL OTHERNESS OF MASUD KHAN
Ilene Philipson, PhD, PhD (presenter); Charles Fisher, MD (moderator)
Wednesdays, October 15, 2025 to May 27, 2026
Extension Education Programs
2025-2026 Seasoned Clinicians Program
 Jeffrey Sandler, MD; Clara Kwun, LCSW; Mark Swoiskin, MD; Jeanne Harasemovitch, LCSW; Michael Wagner, PhD, MFT; Joanna Wise-Bradman, LCSW, Dorian Newton, PhD; and Catherine Mallouh (leaders)
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience
Notions of Creativity in the Clinical Setting: Case Discussions from Jungian and Contemporary Object Relations Perspectives
Jan Ole Luuk, LLM (presenter); Robert Grossmark, PhD, ABPP; and Paul Watsky, PhD, ABPP (discussants)
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Child Colloquium Series
Learning to Surf: Analyzing Adolescents
Mary Brady, PhD (presenter); Jill Sallberg, PhD, ABPP (discussant)
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