Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PAPPTP)

PAPPTP FELLOWSHIP YEAR

In a case discussion format the PAPPTP Fellowship Year brings psychoanalytic ideas and methods to life by offering you a window into how experienced psychoanalytic psychotherapists work. In three 7-week segments, our faculty will present to you their work with adults and children, showing how their work lessens suffering and promotes growth. It is designed for psychotherapy students, interns, therapists newly in practice, and experienced therapists wanting a rich and stimulating exposure to psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

Note: Graduates of the Fellowship Year often go on to apply to the Two-Year Program.

LOCATION: Stanford Psychiatry Building.

COSTS: Tuition and registration fees for 2026-2027 are to be determined..

REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must have a California professional license OR be registered with the State as an “Associate” (MFT, Social Work and Psychology trainees) or Post-graduate Trainee (Resident).

The next Fellowship Year program will be the 2026-2027 academic year. Please check back in Fall of 2025 for more information and how to apply. 

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)
Sunday, June 1, 2025
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Education Division
Graduation Ceremony
Gary Grossman, PhD (graduation speaker)
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)
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