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

Saturday, December 6, 2025
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Malignant Nostalgia: the impulse to eradicate "the bitter experience of life.”
Donald Moss, MD (presenter) in Conversation with Mitchell Wilson, MD
Wednesdays, January 7 to 28, 2026
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Becoming a Couple: An Introduction to Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy
Dana Iscoff, MFT (instructor)
Thursdays, January 8 to February 12, 2026
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
CCSW mini-Module: THERAPEUTIC RELATEDNESS
Sandra Gaspar, LMFT (instructor)
Saturday, January 10, 2026
Scientific Meetings
PSYCHEDELIC PSYCHOANALYSIS: TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE SELF
Megan Rundel, PhD (presenter); Ilene Philipson, PhD, PhD (moderator)
Thursdays, January 15 to May 21, 2026
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Foundations of Psychodynamic Clinical Work in Community Mental Health Settings - Year 1
 Julia St. George, LCSW; Corey Datz-Greenberg, LCSW; and Beth Kita, LCSW, PhD (instructors)
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Child Colloquium Series
Specialized Parent Work: a Critical Element to Supporting the Health of Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Exploring Youth
Melissa Holub, PhD (presenter); Michelle Jurkiewicz, PsyD (case presenter)
Wednesdays, February 4 to 25, 2026
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Exploring the Unconscious – An Introduction to Jungian Dreamwork
Betty Tharpe, MFT (instructor)
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
A Passion For Ever More
Dominique Scarfone, MD (presenter); Adam Blum, PsyD (discussant)
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Child Colloquium Series
Film Screening and Discussion: Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Reyna Cowan, PsyD, LCSW (discussant)
Wednesdays, March 4 to 25, 2026
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Theory, and Trans Experience(s)
Loïc Pritchard, MFT (instructor)
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