Psychoanalytic Couple
Psychotherapy Group
About PCPG
PCPG is a group of clinicians in the Bay Area, united by our interest in psychoanalytic couple psychotherapy, and devoted to continued study in this complex and compelling field.
PCPG is committed to promoting the education, training and practice of psychoanalytic couple psychology and psychotherapy; to encourage interest in psychoanalytic couple psychotherapy in professional and general communities; to provide a community to support the collaboration and professional development of the individual members; to broaden the practice of psychoanalytic couple psychotherapy with a commitment to diversity.
PCPG Intensive Study Program
PCPG’s Intensive Study Program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy offers a unique, theoretically grounded immersion in psychoanalytic thinking about couple relationships and couple psychotherapy. For two decades, PCPG has worked closely with clinicians from Tavistock Relationships, who, for over 50 years, have extended the thinking of Bion, Klein, Britton, Winnicott, Bollas, and other British Object Relations theorists and have deepened our understanding of the pressures and dynamics that affect couple relationships. PCPG also enlists additional contemporary psychoanalytic thinking, such as field theory, relational psychoanalysis, self psychology, attachment theory, and link theory, ensuring a broad and deep perspective to support clinical work with couples. Our structure of paired theoretical and clinical class meetings, as well as recommended consultation, supports the ongoing integration of theory and practice in working effectively with couples.
Annual Psychoanalytic
Couple Psychotherapy Lecture
Each year, we offer an annual event highlighting Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy. Please check back for information regarding the next event in October 2024.