SFCP Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program

Supervision

For questions about any aspect of the Supervision component of psychoanalytic training, please contact Supervising Analyst Committee Chair Holly Gordon, DMH (hollygordon4@gmail.com).

Over the course of training, candidates conduct three or more supervised psychoanalyses in order to gain a variety of different clinical and supervisory experiences. Each treatment meets at least three times per week, and candidates are strongly encouraged to see their supervised cases at higher frequency (four or five times per week) whenever feasible in order to maximize immersion.

Each psychoanalysis must be in supervision with an SFCP-approved Supervising Analyst, usually from SFCP’s Directory of Supervising Analysts. Any analyst who is an SFCP member and who has sufficient training and experience may become an SFCP Supervising Analyst via a straightforward and efficient process (see ‘Applying to Become an SFCP Supervising Analyst’), should a candidate wish to work with a supervisor not yet on this list.  In addition, candidates may also request supervision from qualified analysts outside of SFCP (See ‘Applying to Become an Adjunct Supervising Analyst’). Please contact the Supervising Analyst Committee Chair for more information.

Supervision fees are separate from tuition, and in most cases, the candidate pays the supervisor according to the following reduced-fee schedule:

Per-session fee paid
by candidate’s patient
Per-session fee paid
to supervisor by candidate
Greater than $150 $150
$50-$150 Same as fee paid by candidate’s patient
<$50 $50

In accordance with SFCP’s commitment to making psychoanalytic training more affordable and accessible to individuals affected by race-based and class-based systemic inequities which have previously served as barriers to pursuing analytic training, SFCP is now offering affordable supervision ($25 or less) to help cover costs of analytic training for BIPOC candidates and candidates with financial need.  To learn more, please see a more detailed description of the Affordable Training Analysis and Supervision Program on the SFCP Website or contact Supervising Analyst Committee Chair, Holly Gordon, DMH (hollygordon4@gmail.com), with any questions.

Supervised training cases emerge from the candidate’s existing practice or via referrals from colleagues.  Most cases begin treatment in a less intensive frame and progress to psychoanalysis when candidate and patient together decide to meet more frequently.  Candidates receive support in facilitating this process of deepening treatment via first-year courses, including Deepening Treatment & Beginning Psychoanalysis as well as the Year 1 Case Conference; via free weekly mentorship focused on developing cases;  and via beginning supervision with a Supervising Analyst at the reduced-fee structure shown above.

Graduation does not require supervised cases to have terminated, since the duration of psychoanalysis often is longer than the duration of psychoanalytic training. However, each case must have been supervised for at least two years prior to graduation, and there is an additional requirement for some immersive work, e.g., for more than one case to be in treatment concurrently.

Upcoming Events

Wednesdays, October 16, 2024 to May 7, 2025
Extension Education Programs
2024-2025 Seasoned Clinicians Program
Reyna Cowan, PsyD, LCSW; Clara Kwun, LCSW; Robin Deutsch, PhD; Jeanne Harasemovitch, LCSW; Amy Glick, LMFT; and Gary Grossman, PhD (instructors)
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Psychoanalytic Education Division
2024 Psychoanalytic Training Informational Evening
Please join SFCP Faculty and Candidates for Dinner, Drinks, and a Discussion of Psychoanalytic Training at SFCP.
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Graduate Paper Salon
Inaugural Event
Madeleine Lansky, MD (presenter); Henry Markman, MD (moderator)
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Scientific Meetings
BORN SMALL, ADDICTED TO GUILT: Psychoanalysis-informed treatment of self-identified addicts with special attention to underlying shame and guilt
Graeme Daniels, MFT (presenter); Susan Hamlin, LCSW (prefatory remarks)
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Enactment: Its Provocation by the Analyst
Robert Grossmarkm, PhD, ABPP (presenter); Julie Ruskin, PhD (moderator)
Saturday, December 7, 2024
Scientific Meetings
Substance Abuse in an Adolescent Boy—Waking the Object
Mary Brady, PhD (presenter)
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)
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