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The San Francisco Psychotherapy Training Center & Internships

Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to attend the week-long annual Conference in March as well as the Introduction to Control Mastery day intensive course. At that time they may introduce themselves to those involved in the Clinic and Training Center. Students are never turned away from workshops for lack of funds.

In October 2002, we fulfilled one of our biggest dreams when we opened our new Control Mastery Training Center in San Francisco's Presidio Park.

In addition, we established a low-fee psychotherapy clinic to serve the community. In the beginning, our work will be informed by Control Mastery theory as it stands today. However, we view our theory as a work in progress that will grow and expand as it assimilates new research findings.

Our mission Back to Top

Our mission is to create a center for the training of psychology interns in psychotherapy, in organizational development, in research on psychotherapy and related topics.

SFPRG Training Center seeks to train students from all disciplines including psychology interns, MFT’s, MSW’s, and psychological assistants. In general we will not accept students until after they have passed their comprehensive exams. On rare occasions, for extremely well qualified students who advance our organizational agenda, and who have previously worked in the field for 5 or more years, we will consider allowing them to enter as a pre-masters student.


Organizational Agenda:
We encourage applicants who advance our organizational agenda with respect to diversity and inclusion. In particular we look for students who demonstrate:
1- Strong interest in and previous exposure/experience with Control Mastery Theory
2- Interest in Researching or Teaching Control Mastery Theory
3- The ability to provide services to underrepresented populations through familiarity with different cultures, language skills, or life experiences that will inform their work.
4- Documented experience working with underrepresented populations such as: domestic minorities, immigrant populations, physically or cognitively disabled patients, alternative sexual or gender orientations, or other non-mainstream groups.

Our goal Back to Top

Our goal is to help students gain skill and sophistication in working in a variety of treatment modalities and with a variety of techniques, determined by client-focused and case-specific assessment, treatment planning, psychotherapy process, and outcome research.

The training program is comprehensive and exciting. We offer components in adult, adolescent, child, family and couple therapy. If you have interest in participating, please contact Jessica Broitman at (510) 845-0533, and send us your referrals!

We offer over 100 hours each week of low-fee psychotherapy to the community with our ten wonderful interns. The interns will receive supervision from our esteemed colleagues (see list below) . After an intake fee of $50, individual sessions will begin at $30-90 per session. We are open for referrals!; leave a message on the clinic line (415) 677-7946 ext 1 in San Francisco.

SFPTC Clinical Training Schedule Back to Top

The training program runs from September to August. All students are required to attend the weekly administrative/didactic training meeting which will be Wednesday afternoons from 12:10 – 2:15 in San Francisco. These meeting are facilitated by the Executive Director Dr. Jessica Broitman and/or the Training Director Dr. Carol Drucker. You are also expected to attend the intern case conference Wednesdays from 11:00 – 11:55 facilitated by our training staff and at least one of the general case conferences either Monday, Wednesday or Friday. Click to view the training schedule.

  • Clinic Staff:
  • Executive Director - Jessica Broitman, PhD
  • Training Director - Carol Drucker, PhD
  • Medical Director - Michael Lowenstein, MD
  • Research Director - Patsy Wood, PhD
  • Direcotr - Ginger Rhodes, PhD
  • Additional Supervisory Staff:
  • Stan Steinberg, MD
  • Priya Parmar, MD
  • Steve Foreman, MD
  • Jane Dulay, MD
  • David Auld, PhD
  • Marcia Black, PhD
  • Helene Goldberg, PhD
  • Margot Duxler, PhD
  • Harriette Grooh, PhD
  • John Curtis, PhD
  • Carol Drucker, PhD
  • Suzanne Banford, PhD
  • Jack Davis, PhD
  • Terry Meyers, PhD
  • Ginger Rhodes, PhD
  • Tom Rosbrow PhD
  • Marcia Herman, PhD
  • Lewis Engle, PhD
  • Patty Rosbrow PhD
  • Alan Rappoport, PhD
  • Barbara Sapienza, PhD
  • George Silberschatz, PhD
  • Norman Sohn, PhD, LCSW
  • Molly Sullivan, PhD
  • Jane Weisbin, PsyD
  • Patsy Wood, PhD
  • Kathy De Paula ,MFT
  • Susan Badger, MFT
  • Peter Schumacher, MFT
  • Melanie Clark, MFT
  • John Bogardus, LCSW
  • Don Fenn, MS, EDD

Case Conferences Back to Top

You must participate in at least one of the following Case Conferences:

  • Peter Schumacher (Mondays 10:30-12)
  • Steve Foreman (Wednesdays 2:30- 4))
  • Helene Goldberg (Thursdays, East Bay 2:30-4)
  • Michael Lowenstein (Fridays in East Bay 9:30-11))
  • Marshall Bush (Fridays 2-3 pm)

Interns are welcomed to attend all other classes offered by the SF Psychotherapy Research Group free of charge.

Supervision requirements (one hour/ per 5 clinical hours) Back to Top

  • 1hr. Inside Supervision (Primary)
  • 1hr. Outside Supervision
  • 1hr Optional Supervision
  • Administrative Meeting Wednesday 12:10 – 12:50
  • Didactic Training Wednesday 1:00 - 2:15
  • Intern Case conference Wednesdays 11:00 - 11:55
  • Special topics case conference Wednesdays 2:30 - 4:00

Many hours have gone into the development of this program, and we are very excited about the potential that it offers our community. Please join us!

Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to attend the week-long March Conference as well as the Introduction to Control Mastery day intensive course. At that time they may introduce themselves to those involved in the Clinic and Training Center. Students are never turned away from workshops for lack of funds.

To apply for an internship please send a letter of intent, your resume and three letters of recommendation to: Dr. Broitman, Executive Director. Applications must be in by March 5, 2010. Interviews will be scheduled by February and candidates will be notified on CAPIC notification day which is March 16th for postdoc’s and April 5, 2010 for MSW, MFTI and pre-doctoral interns. Thank you for your interest in SFPCTC!