Who We Are
The Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy Group (PCPG) began in 1999 and was founded by a group of Bay Area clinicians who had completed a three-year course of study with Tavistock Relationships. PCPG has been hosting the Annual Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy Lecture since 2008. In 2010, the clinicians launched an intensive study program, open to licensed and experienced psychotherapists who demonstrated an interest in learning more about the challenging work of couple relationships. Since 2010, PCPG has graduated four cohorts of students, who have continued to study in the evolving PCPG community of psychoanalytic couple psychotherapists.
In 2019, PCPG became a non-profit (501C3) organization. As a non-profit, PCPG is committed to promoting the education, training and practice of psychoanalytic couple psychotherapy; to encourage interest in psychoanalytic couple psychotherapy in the public and in professional communities; and to provide a community to support the collaboration and professional development of the individual members.
Board Members
Craig Levine, PsyD.
PCPG President
(415) 845-5897
drcraiglevine@yahoo.com
Adam Kremen, Ph.D.
PCPG Treasurer
(510) 428-0692
adamkremen@gmail.com
Sandra Seidlitz, LCSW
PCPG Secretary
(510) 526-4859
sandraseidlitzlcsw@gmail.com
*Chair of Admissions Committee
Ortal Kirson-Trilling, Psy.D.
(510) 878-4991
ortalkt@yahoo.com
*Director of Intensive Study Program
Kyle McMahan, MFT
(415) 494-7074
kyle@sanfranciscomarriagecenter.com
*Chair of Fundraising Committee
Romi Mann, Psy.D.
(415) 508-7664
Romi@DrRomiMann.com
*Chair of Community Education Committee
Shelley Nathans, Ph.D.
(415) 922-3896
DrShelleyNathans@gmail.com
*PCPG Past-President
MJ Myatt, LCSW
(650) 520-8089
mj415@aol.com
*Chair of Membership Committee
*Chair of Member Education Committee
Julie Friend, LCSW
(510) 527-9750
juliefriendlcsw@gmail.com
*Past Director of the Intensive Study Program
Beth Roosa, Ph.D.
(510) 339-1299
broosa@comcast.net
*Community Board Member
Larry Miller, Ph.D.
(510) 558-3138
larrym@protonmail.com
*Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
PCPG embraces and is striving to embody the principles of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in teaching, mentoring, community building and engagement. Moreover, PCPG is in the process of actively focusing on incorporating equity into policies, processes, and procedures, and into the organizational structure as a whole.
Please refer to our DEI page on this website for more detailed information about our endeavors in this domain.
PCPG Members and Office Locations
Sandra Amador Mora, LMFT (Berkeley)
Leora Benioff, Ph.D. (Berkeley)
Rachel Cooke, Psy.D. (Oakland, San Francisco)
Shawnee Cuzzillo, Ph.D. (Berkeley)
Dori Dubin, Psy.D, LCSW (Oakland)
Jessica England, LMFT (San Francisco)
Gergely Foldesi, Psy.D. (New York)
Julie Friend, LCSW (Berkeley)
Dana Iscoff, LMFT (San Francisco)
Nancy Kaplan, Ph.D. (Berkeley)
Ortal Kirson-Trilling, Psy.D. (Oakland)
Adam Kremen, Ph.D. (Oakland)
Laurette Gennis, Ph.D. (Oakland)
Craig Levine, Psy.D. (San Francisco)
Sheila Longerbeam, Psy.D., LMFT (Oakland)
Paula Mandel, PhD (Berkeley)
Romi Mann, Psy.D. (San Francisco, Walnut Creek)
Kyle McMahan, PhD, LMFT (San Francisco)
Larry Miller, PhD
MJ Myatt, LCSW (Palo Alto)
Carol Nathan, Psy.D. (San Francisco)
Shelley Nathans, Ph.D. (Oakland, San Francisco)
Ana Noles, Psy.D. (San Francisco)
Jane Reingold, LMFT
Beth Roosa, Ph.D.*
Judith Sachs, Ph.D. (Oakland, San Francisco)
Milton Schaefer, Ph.D. (San Francisco)
Sandra Seidlitz, LCSW (Berkeley, San Francisco)
Rebecca Spengler, Psy.D. (Berkeley)
Sharon Tyson, Ph.D. (Berkeley)
Jacqueline Ward, Ph.D. (Oakland)