SDPC Fellowship Program Application Form

  • San Diego Psychoanalytic Center
    4455 Morena Blvd., Suite 202, San Diego, CA 92117
    Application for Admission
    Psychoanalytic Fellowship
    fellowship@sdpsychoanalytic.org

     

    Thank you for applying to the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center's Fellowship Program!

    The San Diego Psychoanalytic Center (SDPC) offers a one-year fellowship that welcomes emerging clinicians into a collaborative and intellectually vibrant psychoanalytic community.

    Open to senior trainees and early career mental health professionals, the fellowship creates space for thoughtful exploration of psychoanalytic ideas and their clinical application. Fellows participate in monthly seminars developed specifically for their cohort, receive mentorship from experienced SDPC faculty, and are invited to engage in the Center’s broader educational and professional life.

    Applications to the 2026-27 Fellowship open on March 1, and close on May 30.

  • Along with the submission of this application, we require the following documents to be uploaded:

    1. A letter of recommendation from either the director of your training program or a psychotherapy supervisor. Change: A letter of recommendation from someone who can speak to your experience and/or interest in psychoanalytic thinking Request that your letter of reference be sent directly to the SDPC Fellowship Director, fellowship@sdpsychoanalytic.org
    2. Please upload your current curriculum vitae.
    3. Please submit a brief statement (up to 1000 words) describing your interest in psychoanalytic thinking, how it informs your understanding of people or clinical work, and what you hope to explore through the Fellowship. You may choose to include a clinical, academic, or personal experience that shaped this interest.
    4. A copy of your clinical state license, if you are licensed.

    Please submit your application materials no later than June 30, 2026.

    Please complete the fillable application below.
     

  • SDPC Fellowship Application

    2026-27
  • How did you hear about this fellowship? (Please check all that apply)
  • Current professional status:

  • Section 1: Contact Information

    Please tell us a little more about yourself:
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.

  • Section 2. REFERENCES

    A letter of recommendation from someone who can speak to your experience and/or interest in psychoanalytic thinking. Please provide the names and email addresses of two references. Please request that letters of reference be mailed directly to the Fellowship Director at: fellowship@sdpsychoanalytic.org.

  • Section 3: Representation Section

  • 1. Have you ever been convicted of a crime in any state or country, or are any charges current or pending?
  • 2. Has any licensing board or professional ethics body ever revoked, restricted, or required you to surrenderyour license or found you guilty of a violation of ethics codes, professional misconduct, unprofessionalconduct, incompetence, or negligence in any state/country, or is any such action current or pending?
  • 3. Have you ever had any insurance company decline, cancel, refuse to renew, or accept only on specialterms any professional liability insurance?
  • 4. Has any professional liability claim or suit ever been made against you or is any such action current orpending?
  • 5. Are there any circumstances of which you are aware that may result in any professional liability claim orsuit being made against you?
  • 6. Have you ever been engaged in any sexual conduct with any of your current or former patients or any current or former patient’s spouse or any person with a direct relationship to the patient or former patient (e.g., a guardian, blood relative of the patient or spouse, or any person sharing the patient’s domicile)?
  • 7. Have you ever had any hospital, agency, health care provider, or professional organization deny, restrict, or revoke professional or research privileges or invoke probation for any cause other than incomplete medical charts, or is any such action current or pending?
  • 8. Have you ever been suspended, restricted, or put on probation by any governmental health program (i.e.,Medicare or Medicaid)?
  • 9. Has your clinical functioning ever been impaired by a mental health or substance use disorder?
  • 10. Has your narcotics license ever been suspended, revoked, voluntarily surrendered or probation invoked oris any such action current or pending?
  • 11. Have you ever been censured by or dismissed from any professional organization?

  • Letter of Recommendation

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  • I certify that all information provided on this application, or submitted with it, is accurate to the best of my knowledge. I specifically authorize the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center and its authorized representatives to consult with the third parties whose names I have given either herein or otherwise, as well as with any third parties whose names I may in the future provide as references, concerning further information bearing on my application.

    I release from any and all liability the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center and their authorized representatives, and any third parties whose names I have provided or may provide, for any acts, communications or disclosures involving me, including otherwise privileged and confidential information relating to me and this application. I acknowledge that the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center reserves the absolute right to accept or reject any applicant for any reason(s) deemed sufficient by the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center in its sole discretion.

    I further understand that photographs and/or video recordings may be taken during fellowship-related events and activities. By participating, I grant permission for my likeness to be used by the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center for promotional, educational, and marketing purposes across print, digital, and social media platforms. I understand that I may opt out of such use by notifying the Center in writing in advance.

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