Community Membership

Community Membership

Community Membership starts on July 1st and ends on June 30th of each year. Regardless of which membership fee category you pay, you receive full Community Membership benefits that 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 on registration and free CME/CE credits on most single-event programs
  • NEW! 10% discount on registration and $10 per CME/CE credits on most multi-date/multi-week programs
  • online access to online version of International Journal of Psychoanalysis (IJP), a $270 value, at a greatly reduced cost of $57 (opt-out option)
  • online access to EZ Proxy which provides access to recently published articles from selected online journals
  • opportunity to receive mentorship from a candidate or analyst for professional development
  • full privileges at the SFCP Library
  • inclusion in the printed SFCP Membership Directory*
  • inclusion in the online SFCP Membership Directory
  • subscription to monthly SFCP E-Newsletter
  • eligible to join SFCP All-Members listserv
  • invitation to attend and participate at the SFCP Annual Meeting
*One must join/renew their membership by July 31 in order to be listed in both of our printed and online Membership Roster.  Those who join/renew their membership on or after August 1 will be listed in our online roster only.

Community Membership Fee Categories

For Licensed and Unlicensed Professionals
$186 per year – INCLUDING $57 IJP subscription
$129 per year – if OPT-OUT of $57 IJP subscription
This membership fee category is for licensed and unlicensed professionals. Please note that membership dues are subject to change and typically increase 3% each year.

For Students, retired individuals, or those who work at least 51% time in community mental health
$83 per year – INCLUDING $57 IJP subscription
$26 per year – if OPT-OUT of $57 IJP subscription
This membership fee category is reserved for students or those who work at least 51% time in community mental health. Verification of student ID or community agency employment is required upon application submission.

Automatic Renewals

Starting July 1, when you renew your membership online, you will have the option to save your credit card information in our processing system so your membership automatically renews on July 1st of each year. Alternatively, SFCP will mail or email an invoice to you in June of each year. 

Important:  The tuition of SF-PPTP, PAPPTP and CAPPTP includes the Community Membership.  If you will be joining these training programs, please do not sign up for the Community Membership.

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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