Associate Membership

Associate Membership

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

Associate Membership benefits will help to develop your interests in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy  and support you in building a network of colleagues and a professional home within the Center.

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 of $83 (opt-out option)
  • online access to EZ Proxy which provides access to recently published articles from selected online journals
  • eligible to vote for Bylaw changes, Analyst Members on the Board and SFCP Presidential elections
  • opportunity to receive mentorship from a candidate or analyst for professional development
  • opportunities to serve on and chair SFCP committees*
  • full privileges at the SFCP Library
  • eligible to vote for Bylaw changes, Analyst Members on the Board and SFCP Presidential elections
  • 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-Newsletters
  • eligible to join SFCP All-Members listserv
  • invitation to attend and participate at the SFCP Annual Meeting
*An active SFCP membership is required to serve on committees

Qualitifications

An applicants must:

  1. have completed two (2) years of psychoanalytic study (for example, and without limitation, a psychotherapy program, year long psychotherapy and social work program of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis); 
  2. have completed two (2) years psychoanalytic consultation/study group with an analyst, PPTP graduate, or equivalent; 
  3. be licensed and in good standing; and 
  4. meet the ethical standards of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis.
 Community Members who meet the above requirements are invited to apply for Associate Membership.

Membership Dues

$445 per year – INCLUDING $83 IJP subscription
$362 per year – if OPT-OUT of $83 IJP subscription

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

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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