SFCP Community Members Mentoring Program

Community Members Mentoring Program

Would you like to meet with an analyst to discuss your questions about psychoanalytic thinking and clinical work? We’d love to meet with you! The Mentoring Program at SFCP matches participants with analyst mentors to discuss the mentee’s interest in psychoanalytic work.

The Mentoring Program is open to mental health clinicians at all levels of training and experience, who are SFCP Community Members, an easy and fun community to join! Mentors meet once a month with mentees for the academic year.

Examples of Topics to Discuss:

  • Information, resources and literature to help a mentee explore particular areas of interest. For example: work with particular populations such as trauma survivors; current thinking about LGBTQ issues; the impact of race, class and culture on psychological life; child work; mindfulness; research about psychoanalytic process; and psychoanalytic interfaces with other fields such as poetry, literature, neurosciences
  • How to choose among current activities, programs, courses, and services offered by SFCP that are relevant to the mentee’s interests and stage of training
  • Questions about developing as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and about psychoanalytic training
  • Connecting the mentee with colleagues who the mentor thinks might be a valuable resource based on the mentee’s interest in a particular subject

“I’m new to private practice and was looking to get mentoring and support from someone with a deep knowledge of psychotherapy. During our initial meetings I was able to get several very practical and pressing questions answered and feel more confident about seeing clients in my new private practice setting. We discussed psychoanalytic approaches to working with parents and children, which helped me to move forward with my cases and also to consider aspects that I had not previously considered. I have a particular interest in mindfulness and my mentor put me in touch with a therapist who incorporates mindfulness into a psychodynamic therapy practice. In addition, I work with children and my mentor referred me to the Child Colloquium, where I met other clinicians and heard a very helpful presentation. I feel very fortunate to meet with my mentor as needs arise.”

Matt Higgins LCSW, Community Members Mentoring Program

COST: FREE to SFCP Community Members.

QUESTIONS: If you have questions about the program, please contact:

Holly Gordon, DMH  hollygordon4@gmail.com

*The Mentorship Program is not a recruitment program. The mentor-mentee relationship is confidential and the mentor does not inform or influence the admission process should the mentee apply to the Center for training.

Upcoming Events

Thursday, March 27, 2025
SFCP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Conversations
SFCP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Conversations - Module 3
David Luna, MBA, JD
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Special Programs
An Afternoon of Poetry and Art
with Forrest Hamer and Alice Jones
Sunday, April 6, 2025
Wednesdays, February 5, 2025 to March 12, 2025
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
All of Us! - The Ones We See & The Ones We Erase
Karim Dajani, PsyD and Danny Yu, LCSW
Thursday, April 10, 2025
SFCP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Conversations
SFCP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Conversations - Module 3
David Luna, MBA, JD
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Special Programs
W.R. Bion’s Reading of C.G. Jung’s Memories, Dreams and Reflections
Joseph Aguayo, PhD (presenter); Peter Goldberg, PhD and Mark Winborn, PhD (discussants)
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Visiting Professor Weekend
Introduction to the work of Nicola Abel-Hirsch, FIPA
Peter Goldberg, PhD
Saturday, April 26, 2025, to Sunday, April 27, 2025
Committee on Groups
SFCP's Annual Group Relations Weekend
Alan Ruiz, MFA; and Janice K. Wagner, LCSW (facilitators)
Saturday, May 3, 2025
Visiting Professor Weekend
A morning with Nicola Abel-Hirsch, FIPA - Bion's Technique
Nicola Abel-Hirsch, FIPA (presenter); Laurie Goldsmith, PhD (moderator)
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Visiting Professor Weekend
Professor's Choice: On "Container/contained Transformed"
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Unwound and Unwound-ing: A Poetic Psychoanalytic Exploration of Whiteness
Hazel White; Jyoti Rao, MFT; and Forrest Hamer, PhD (panelists)
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