Committee Roster

2023-2024 Academic Year

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Education Division

TBA

Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PAPPTP)

Neil Brast, MD, Catherine Phillips, LCSW & Tina St. Lorant, MFT, Co-Chairs

Admissions:Dena Sorbo, LCSW, BCD
CEUs (Acting):Maureen Smith Ruffell, MD
Faculty & Curriculum:Neil Brast, MD and Jana Kahn, PhD, Co-Chairs
Recruitment:Hila Maoz Mezer, MA, LMFT and Catherine Phillips, LCSW
Special Projects:Michael Smith, PhD and Sharon Levin, LCSW
Student Development / Case ConsultantsAnn Martini, LCSW
Consultation:Celeste Birkhofer, PhD and Lovina Chahal, MD

San Francisco Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (SF-PPTP)

Maria Longuemare, MD, PhD, Acting Program Chair
Lara Weyland, PhD, Associate Program Chair

Admissions Chair:Lucas Broster, MD, PhD
Admissions Committee:Robert Eskuchen, MD, Katherine Fraser, DMH, Rhys Mason, PsyD, Kyra Minninger, MD, Aneesh Nandam, MD, Marc Wallis, LCSW and Lara Weyland, PhD
Curriculum Committee Chair::Ruth Simon, PhD
Curriculum Committee and Faculty Development:Mark Sexton, PhD and Ania Wertz, PhD, PsyD
Outreach Chair:Beth Steinberg, PhD (acting)
Student Advisor/Mentor:Jessica Ferranti, MD
Supervision Chair:Lara Weyland, PhD

Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPPTP)

Madeleine Lansky, MD, Chair

Admissions Chair:Michael Pastor, PhD
Dean:Chaya Rivka Meyerson, PsyD
Faculty Support Committee:Mary-Stone Bowers, MFT and Michael Pastor, PhD, LMFT
Supervision Chair:Gregory Villalba, LCSW
Committee Members At-Large:Shahla Chehrazi, MD, Paul Brinich, PhD, Erika Solis, LMFT, Lilly Hanson, MFT, Kiyomi Ameriks, MD

Upcoming Events

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)
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Scientific Meetings
LEADERSHIP IN THE PSYCHOANALYTIC MOVEMENT
Harriet Wolfe, MD (presenter); Brett Penfil, LMFT, MPH (interviewer)
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Committee on Groups
Deepen the Dialogues: Conversations Across Difference
The Committee on Groups
Saturday, November 8, 2025
Child Colloquium Series
The Play of Eros: The Story of an Adolescent Boy, his Body and his Analyst’s Body
Bruce Reis, PhD, FIPA, BCPsa (presenter); Terrence Owens, PhD (discussant)
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Psychoanalytic Education Division
Psychoanalytic Training Informational Evening
Please join SFCP Faculty and Candidates for Dinner, Drinks, and a Discussion of Psychoanalytic Training at SFCP.
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience: Comparative Psychoanalytic Perspectives within the Jungian and Contemporary Object Relations Traditions
John Beebe, PhD, ABPP; Diane Elise, PhD; Henry Markman, MD; and Paul Watsky, PhD, ABPP (presenters and panelists)
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Event title to be announced
Donald Moss, MD (presenter)
Wednesdays, January 7 to 28, 2026
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Becoming a Couple: An Introduction to Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy
Dana Iscoff, MFT (instructor)
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