Analyst Membership

Analyst Membership

Analyst Membership starts on January 1st and ends on December 31st of each year.

Benefits

  • NEW! 50% discount and free CME/CE Credits on single-day events
  • NEW! 10% discount and $10 per CME/CE credits (w/ $200 max per program per academic year) on multi-week programs
  • subscription to PEP/Web subscription at no extra cost (opt-in option)
  • online access to online version of International Journal of Psychoanalysis (IJP), a $270 value, at a greatly reduced cost (opt-out option)
  • online access to EZ Proxy which provides access to recently published articles from selected online journals
  • full privileges at the SFCP Library
  • opportunities to apply for CME/CE credits through SFCP for your study groups
  • eligible to vote for Bylaw changes, Analyst Members on the Board and SFCP Presidential election
  • opportunities to serve on and chair SFCP committees*
  • inclusion in the printed SFCP Membership Directory
  • inclusion in the online SFCP Membership Directory
  • subscription to monthly SFCP E-Newsletter
  • eligible to join SFCP Analyst Members-only listserv and SFCP All-Members listserv
  • invitation to attend and participate at the SFCP Annual Meeting
*An active SFCP membership is required to serve in committees

Qualifications

An Analyst Member must be one of the followings:

  • a graduate of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis Psychoanalytic Training Program;
  • a graduate of any other Psychoanalytic Training Institute approved by the American Psychoanalytic Association (the “APaA”) or by the International Psychoanalytic Institution (the “IPA”);
  • or a member of the APaA or an affiliate society of the APsaA;
  • or a member of the IPA or of an affiliate of the IPA

Admission / Application Procedure

Automatic Admission:
Persons who matriculate as candidates in Psychoanalytic Training at the SFCP shall be automatically admitted as Analyst Members upon graduation.

Application Procedure:
A majority vote of the Board is required for the admission of all Analyst Members not admitted automatically under this section.  Applicants shall submit an application form to Nicole Lee at nicole.lee@sfcp.org with adequate documentation of their qualification for membership.  The Alternative Pathway application form should be used by applicants trained outside of SFCP or IPA Approved Institutes.

For questions regarding Analyst Membership, please reach out to Dr. Neil Brast at nbrast@pacbell.net.

Membership Dues

$ 1,581 per year – INCLUDING $83 IJP subscription
$ 1,498 per year – if OPT-OUT of $83 IJP subscription

If you are 70 years of age or older and have reduced your practice, you are entitled to a reduced rate. If you are willing to pay the full amount, your support is greatly appreciated.

Please note that membership dues are subject to change and typically increase 3% each year.

Or please mail your Dues payment (payable to SFCP) to:
     444 Natoma Street
     San Francisco, CA 94103

Upcoming Events

Saturday, April 27, 2024
Child Colloquium Series
Lives Across Time, Part 2: The Clinical and Attachment Implications of a Prospective Psychoanalytic Longitudinal Study of 76 People from Birth
Henry Massie, MD and Nathan Szajnberg, MD (presenters); Bart Blinder, MD, PhD (discussant); Courtney Hartman, PsyD (moderator)
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Depth and Creativity In and Out of the Consulting Room
Tim Kim, PsyD, MFA, Johnny Huy Nguyễn, and Jane L. Dulay, MD, OTR, and Daniel Yu, LCSW (presenters); Clara Kwun, LCSW (moderator)
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Child Colloquium Series
Film Screening and Discussion: A House Made of Splinters (2022)
Reyna Cowan, PsyD, LCSW (discussant)
Monday, May 6, 2024
Scientific Meetings
Freud in his Psychosocial Generation: Durkheim, Simmel, Weber and Du Bois
Nancy Chodorow, PhD (presenter)
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Psychoanalytic Education Division
Graduation Ceremony and Reception 2024
Jim Dimon, MD (graduation speaker)
Wednesdays, May 22, 2024 to June 12, 2024
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Theory, and Trans Experience(s)
Loïc Pritchard, MFT (instructor)
Saturday, June 1, 2024
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Education Division
Graduation Ceremony 2024
Neil Brast, MD (graduation speaker)
Saturday, June 8, 2024
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
A Psychoanalytic Playlist with Sasha Frere-Jones
Sasha Frere-Jones (interviewee); Adam Blum, PsyD (interviewer); Elizabeth Bradshaw, PsyD (moderator)
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