Enrico Jones Fund for Equality and Excellence

Enrico E. Jones was a distinguished professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a member and faculty at the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute. At Berkeley, he was the first African American professor in psychology and made significant contributions by developing innovative courses in minority mental health, mentoring ethnic minority students, and widening the diversity of doctoral applicants. He served as director of the Clinical Psychology Training Program and the Psychology Clinic from 1994 to 1997. His empirical studies of psychotherapy and the underlying model of change are powerfully explicated in his widely acclaimed book Therapeutic Action (Jason Aronson, 2000).

Enrico (Rico) Jones’ earliest research on black-white personality differences and the influence of race on psychotherapy process and outcome championed a new field concerned with cross-cultural issues in mental health.

Rico, who completed his analytic training at SFPI in 1992, was recognized as the first Robert S. Wallerstein Fellow in 2001. He served on the SFPI faculty until 2000, three years before his untimely death from multiple myeloma in 2003. His work has had a lasting impact on the fields of clinical psychology, psychoanalysis, psychiatry, and social work, and on the practice of psychotherapy.

Tuition Credit Information

  • Applications due on June 10 for Analytic Training Programs and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Applicants.
  • Applications due December 15 for CCSW applicants.
  • Tuition Credit will now be awarded between 50% and 70% of the program’s tuition, depending on the total donations received by the date of application reviewed.

Eligible Programs

  • Adult Analytic Training Program
  • Child Analytic Training Program
  • Adult AND Child Analytic Training Program concurrently
  • San Francisco Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (SF-PPTP) Years 1 & 2
  • San Francisco Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (SF-PPTP) Ongoing Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Conference (OPPC)
  • Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PAPPTP) Years 1 & 2
  • Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPPTP)
  • Coalition for Clinical Social Work (CCSW) Extension Division Programs

Policies

  • No means test is required.
  • Family members of officers, directors, major contributors and members of the selection committee are ineligible to receive funds.

Ways to Give

Online

By Phone
Please call (415) 563-5815

By Mail
Please mail your check payable to SFCP to:
   444 Natoma Street
   San Francisco, CA 94103
   ATTN: The Enrico Jones Fund

Gifts of Stock
Contributions of stock can provide valuable support for the Center and significant tax benefits for you. Shares can be transferred electronically by notifying your broker that you wish to make a gift of stock to the SFCP. Please consult your tax advisor to find out how a charitable donation of stock can help you reach your personal financial goals. 

To make a gift of stock to the SFCP, please follow the instructions on the form available here

Account Name: San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis 
Account # 95084719 
Tax ID: 94-1546088 
Broker: Charles Schwab DTC #0164

Please contact Nicole Lee at (415) 563-5815 x103 or nicole.lee@sfcp.org prior to making your donation, so we can ensure that your donation is properly acknowledged. 

The application form asks for basic information and a short statement.

For more information please contact: Nicole Lee, nicole.lee@sfcp.org

SFCP does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, gender or sexual orientation in the administration of its admission policies, educational policies, or any other programs.

The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization, IRS Section 170(b)(2)(iii) for both federal and state tax purposes. Our federal tax identification number is 94-1546088.

Committee Members:
Amy Wallerstein Friedman, LCSW
Cheryl Yund Goodrich, PhD
Forrest Hamer, PhD
Kira Steifman, PsyD

Founding Donors:
Cheryl Yund Goodrich, PhD
Jenerosity Foundation
Jennifer Hymes Battat, LCSW

Upcoming Events

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)
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Listening Into Being: An Actor’s Invitation
Robin Weigert in Conversation with Kristin Fiorella
Mondays, September 29 to October 20, 2025
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
CCSW mini-Module: Working with Parents: A Complex and Essential Component of Child Psychotherapy
Lea Brown, LCSW, and Amy Wallerstein Friedman, LCSW (instructors)
Login to your account