Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PAPPTP)

TUITION AND FEES

For Two-Year Program and Post-Seminar Case Conference, tuition covers the following:

  • Seminars for the full academic year
  • Access to the Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing (PEP) and EZ-Proxy online databases of books and articles
  • Community Membership at SFCP: Community Membership is an entry into a diverse and vibrant community of clinicians, scholars, and educators united by their common interest in psychoanalytic practice and thought. See https://www.sfcp.org/community-membership/ for details of benefits.
  • Access to the SFCP library’s extensive collection of psychoanalytic books and journals

Please note that for the Two-Year Program case consultation fees are in addition to tuition and are arranged individually between case consultant and student. Consultation fees range from $0 to $150 per session. 

Please also note that with few exceptions assigned readings are available from the online databases PEP Web or EZ-Proxy, access to which are included in tuition fees. Assigned readings which are not on PEP Web or EZ-Proxy will be available online for a small additional fee. Please also note that the CME/CE credits fee is separate from the tuition fee.

Tuition Refund Policy

Any courses / segments already attended would be charged as usual and any courses / segments that will not be attended will be handled as a pro-rated refund of the total tuition. Any course / segment in progress at the time of withdrawal will continue to be charged. There will be no refund of application and registration fees.

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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