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, 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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