Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (SF-PPTP)

POST-SF-PPTP OPTIONS

Ongoing Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Conference (OPPC)

The Ongoing Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Conference is a continuing education option open to all who have completed SF-PPTP coursework and are seeking ongoing community and support around their practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.  

The SF-PPTP Ongoing Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Conference (OPPC) takes place in an all-Zoom format to make it easier for students and faculty to participate in an ongoing way. If you have completed at least 2 years of SF-PPTP classes, please consider enrolling for 2025-2026. Enrollment in OPPC will be first-come-first-served, up to a maximum of 12 trainees, so if you are interested please enroll as soon as possible to hold a spot.  Please use this link to enroll. 

FORMAT

The 2025-26 OPPC will consist of four 9-week case / theory conferences, each with a different instructor.  

2024-25 instructors are Abby Wolfson, PhD; Steven Goldberg, MD; Peter Goldberg, PhD; and Nancy Levine-Jordano, PhD.   Instructors for the 2025-26 OPPC will be announced late Spring or early Summer. 

Each case / theory conference will begin with a group member presenting clinical material and the conference leader facilitating the group’s discussion of the case. Over time, the group and conference leader will select readings that relate to issues raised in case discussion. The leader will then guide the group in studying the readings and relating them back to the case material. The goal is to deepen and extend the theoretical understanding and clinical skills which you started to establish during SF-PPTP, and to provide a group environment for continued, supportive learning.


2025-26 CASE / THEORY CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

  • All classes will meet on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 – 8:15 via Zoom.
  • There will be 36 meetings between September and June.


TUITION:

Lump Sum Tuition Payment Option

Charge Date Description Fee
July 1, 2025 Deposit (non-refundable) $ 510.00
July 1, 2025 Optional IJP Subscription $ 60.00
August 14, 2025 Tuition $ 1,022.00
  Total for Year $ 1,532.00
  Total for Year with IJP $ 1,592.00

Note: Applicants who receive a $1125 tuition credit who identify as persons of color via the Enrico Jones Fund for Equality and Excellence will pay $407 for the year (or $467 if they choose the optional IJP subscription).

Installment Tuition Payment Option

Charge Date Description Fee
July 1, 2025 Deposit (non-refundable) $ 510.00
July 1, 2025 Optional IJP Subscription $ 60.00
August 14, 2025 First Quarter Tuition $ 255.50
August 14, 2025 Installment Fee (non-refundable) $ 57.00
October 30, 2025 Second Quarter Tuition $ 255.50
January 23, 2026 Third Quarter Tuition $ 255.50
April 2, 2026 Fourth Quarter Tuition $ 255.50
  Total for Year $ 1,589.00
  Total for Year with IJP $ 1,649.00

Note: Applicants who receive a $1125 tuition credit who identify as persons of color via the Enrico Jones Fund for Equality and Excellence will pay $464 for the year (or $524 if they choose the optional IJP subscription).

 

ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

The purpose of this Conference is ongoing analytic education, engagement, and community for those who have completed two years of SF-PPTP coursework (graduation from SF-PPTP is not a prerequisite). However, because it is not a formal SF-PPTP ‘third year,’ there will be no supervision requirement and no feedback to group members. Feedback to instructors at the end of each theory / case conference will continue to be part of this program.

 

Associate Membership in SFCP

All graduates of SF-PPTP will have an opportunity to become Associate Members of SFCP, the benefits and opportunities of which described here.

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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