Requests for Disability Accommodations

SFCP Guidelines for Requesting Disability Accommodations

The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis (SFCP)  is committed to providing equal educational opportunities to program participants with disabilities. Any individual interested in requesting disability accommodations should contact the SFCP Administrative Director (marcia.hodges@sfcp.org).

  • All requests for disability accommodations will be handled on a case-by-case basis with accommodations based on the specific limitations and needs of the program participant in their particular program.  SFCP will make accommodations to allow program participants to participate in SFCP programs unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on SFCP or fundamentally alter the nature of the SFCP program.

  • In some cases a program participant may need to provide information from a health care provider verifying the existence of a disability and describing the nature of the disability, any limitations resulting from the disability, and the specific accommodation(s) needed. Program participants’ medical information, including information about the nature of any disability, will be kept confidential.

  • Requests for disability accommodations will be kept confidential to the extent possible, consistent with the need to evaluate the request and implement any accommodations that are granted. The Administrative Director may need to involve other individuals in the process of addressing the request, such as the SFCP Leadership Team and/or the chair/faculty/staff associated with the participant’s program. In many cases, potential obstacles and solutions to the request can only be discovered via communication with the individuals who are very familiar with program details.

  • The program participant will be informed in writing of any accommodations being made, and the accommodations will be communicated to any individuals at SFCP who will be responsible for implementing the accommodations. If circumstances change or modifications to the accommodations are needed, the program participant should contact the Administrative Director again.

  • In some instances, it may be helpful for a program participant to have a direct conversation with the Program Chair/faculty/staff regarding the limitations being accommodated to aid the effective implementation of accommodations. The Administrative Director can help facilitate this conversation as needed. All such conversations will be kept confidential.

  • If the SFCP Leadership Team determines that – despite best efforts – the request cannot be accommodated without imposing undue hardship on SFCP or fundamentally altering the nature of the educational program, the individual requesting accommodations will be informed in writing by the Administrative Director of the specific reasons for denial of their request.   The individual remains welcome to enroll and participate in the program if they are otherwise qualified and choose to do so.

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Fridays, September 13, 2024 to June 6, 2025
Extension Education Programs
2024-2025 East Bay Yearlong Program: Letting the Unconscious Lead the Way
Graeme Daniels, MFT; Elizabeth Stuart, MD; Eric Miller, PhD; Ben Goldstone, MA, LMFT; Pedro Job, PsyM; and Paul Watsky, PhD (instructors)
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Child Colloquium Series
Working with the Harsh Adolescent Superego
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Thursdays, September 19 to October 17, 2024
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CCSW mini-Module: Working with Parents: A Complex and Essential Component of Child Psychotherapy
Lea Brown, LCSW, and Amy Wallerstein Friedman, LCSW (instructors)
Fridays, September 20, 2024 to May 23, 2025
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2024-2025 San Francisco Yearlong Program: Continuous Case Conference
Marc Wallis, LCSW; Paul Alexander, PhD; Kathy Waller, MD; Bronwen Lemmon, LMFT; and Genie Dvorak, PsyD (case conference group leaders)
Saturday, September 21, 2024
SFCP Annual Meeting
SFCP Annual Meeting
We have changed the Annual Meeting from June to September to welcome everyone back to the Center as we start the new year. Come hear summaries of last year and learn about the organization’s plans for 2024/25. Meet new and long-time friends, plus enjoy a cocktail reception after. Maybe even invite some friends to dinner in the City after? We look forward to seeing you in-person or on Zoom.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Psychological Refusal: A Resistance Tactic for Survival
Khadija Salim, MA, LPC (presenter); Karim Dajani, PsyD (discussant)
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Scientific Meetings
Dr. Arnold Richards’s Memoir: Unorthodox: My Life Inside and Outside of Psychoanalysis
Arnold Richards, MD (in conversation); Charles Fisher, MD (moderator)
Wednesdays, October 9, 2024 to October 30, 2024
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Winnicott, Creativity, and the Place Where We Live
Marty Mulkey, MFT (instructor)
Wednesdays, October 16, 2024 to May 7, 2025
Extension Education Programs
2024-2025 Seasoned Clinicians Program
Reyna Cowan, PsyD, LCSW; Clara Kwun, LCSW; Robin Deutsch, PhD; Jeanne Harasemovitch, LCSW; Amy Glick, LMFT; and Gary Grossman, PhD (instructors)
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Psychoanalytic Education Division
2024 Psychoanalytic Training Informational Evening
Please join SFCP Faculty and Candidates for Dinner, Drinks, and a Discussion of Psychoanalytic Training at SFCP.
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