Our Mission
The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is dedicated to advancing the vitality and enduring value of psychoanalysis in Northern California and beyond.
The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis was organized in 2007, combining the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute & Society, founded in 1941, with the San Francisco Foundation for Psychoanalysis, founded in 1991. The SFCP is a not for profit organization with more than 200 practicing analysts and more than 45 candidates (psychoanalysts in training).
The Center provides an extensive training program in psychoanalysis. The Center also sponsors a large, vibrant Extension Division which offers classes and seminars to mental health professionals as well as to the general public. In addition, it maintains Low / Moderate Fee Referral Services for adults, children and adolescents as well as providing other mental health services and programs for the general community.
Psychoanalytic Grand Rounds at Stanford: Working with Delinquents (from Aichhorn to Today) - Presenter: Hans Steiner, MD
CCSW Clinical Evening Series: Culture Matters: A Conversation with Dr. Karim Dajani and Daniel Yu, LCSW
East Bay Psychotherapy Forum - Presenter: Lisa Bograd, MFT | Discussant: Steven Baum, PsyD
San Francisco Psychotherapy Forum - Presenter: Lena Chu, PsyD | Discussant: Michael Levin, PsyD
Speaking the Unspeakable: Addressing our own Aging, Vulnerability and Mortality - Workshop Leaders: Audrey Kavka, MD and Stephenie Schecter, PsyD
Psychoanalytic Education Division Graduation Ceremony & Dinner Celebration
The Milton Lozoff, MD Memorial Lecture | Scientific Meetings: The Efficacy of Psychoanalytic Therapy; The talking cure in the era of evidence-based practice - Presenter: Joanthan Shedler, PhD
South Bay Psychotherapy Forum
Members Present: Prophet of Deceit: Reflections on President Trump's Rhetoric and His Use of Propaganda - Presenter: Era A. Loewenstein, PhD
Psychoanalytic Grand Rounds at Stanford - Presenter: Richard Almond, MD