Committees & Chairs

The various committees perform the functions of ICP, such as developing curriculum or monitoring progress of candidates. Committees are volunteer efforts and include self-nominated participants. Appointments are in increments of two-year terms, as this fulfils a conditional requirement for candidacy. Participation in committees is necessary for the continued responsiveness of ICP to its community and the successful operation of the organization.

Admissions Committee

Elena M. Bonn, Psy.D. and Edie Boxer, Psy.D., Co- Chairs
The Admissions committee is a rather large commitment. It meets on an average of once a month; however there is no regular schedule with meetings arranged based on the number of people who are ready for consideration for admissions as senior, regular or candidate members. The committee may meet every week during the spring and summer, as applications for training are being processed.

The committee is in charge of assigning interviews for potential candidates. Members of the committee are expected to be actively involved in the interview process, as the committee tries to ensure that at least one of the interviewers is on the Admissions committee. The committee meets to hear all the reports from the interviews and other supporting material for applications. There is usually much discussion about each person and the committee votes to accept or not accept each individual. The meetings may last for several hours as the committee attempts to reach a strong majority decision about each applicant. If there is not a strong majority vote, then all the interviewers of that applicant are asked to come to the next meeting so that the committee can get further information.

The committee also addresses admission policy issues, which are in the form of recommendations made to the Board about the admissions process and requirements.

Boundary Dilemmas Committee

Doryann Lebe, M.D. and Martha M. Slagerman, Ph.D., Psy.D.,
Co-Chairs
The purpose of this committee is to determine ways to educate our members and candidates regarding ethical issues in the practice of psychoanalysis; for example, sexual boundary violations, issues of confidentiality, etc. The committee, after reviewing available literature on critical topics, makes various recommendations regarding ways this information can best be conveyed to members and candidates. For example, it was through this committee that the Boundary Dilemmas core course was instituted.

Candidate Organization Committee (COC)

Lenore Caffey, Ph.D.
The Candidate Organization embraces the philosophy upon which ICP was founded.  The main principles thus include a commitment to participatory democracy, academic freedom, and a focus on the development of theory, technique and research in contemporary psychoanalysis.

This peer organized candidate membership is dedicated to ensuring and maintaining candidate advocacy in all matters pertaining to the training experience.  It is further dedicated to shaping quality psychoanalytic education by promoting open dialogue about psychoanalytic ideas, practice, and training within, and between, the various categories of membership of the ICP, by supporting an egalitarian structure of participation at every level of the ICP, and by encouraging cultural, interdisciplinary, and theoretical diversity.

All candidate members of the Institute are automatically members of the Candidate Organization.  There are officers that oversee the workings of the Organization: two co-chairs, the secretary, the treasurer, two representatives of each class, and two candidate ICP board members.  Meetings are held monthly and are open to all candidates.  Elections are held in the fall annually.

Candidate Progression Committee (CPC)

Junie Mayes, Psy.D., Chair
The Candidate Progression Committee is charged with monitoring the progress of each candidate as they work their way through the requirements of personal analysis, case supervision, and course work at ICP.

The committee is comprised of members and candidates who participate equally in monitoring the individual progression of each candidate on a yearly basis, reviewing the ICP files to assure that requirements are being fulfilled in a timely manner. The committee assigns an Advisor to each incoming first year candidate. Candidate members of the committee may not serve as an Advisor; however they may be assigned to graduation projects as the CPC reader. The committee also receives and processes any special requests for waivers, forwarding its recommendations to the Board for final approval.

The CPC oversees candidates and members who choose to be on “leave” status, and processes requests regarding classes, supervision, and special circumstances. The Chairs of the CPC maintain and update the Candidate Manual on a regular basis. This is a working committee that requires commitments beyond attending the monthly meetings. CPC members could be asked to be an Advisor, serve as a CPC reader, serve on an ad hoc sub committee, or attend a Board meeting. The Committee meets Tuesday evenings from 8:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at the Institute.

Candidate Retreat Committee

Helen Ziskind, Psy.D., Chair

Committee on Professional Collaboration

Joan Rankin, Psy.D., Chair
This committee interacts with other organizations or Institutes seeking a professional affiliation with ICP.

Curriculum Committee

Leonard Bearne, Psy.D., and Robin Cohen, Ph.D.
This committee determines which courses will be offered, which instructors teach those courses and the order in which candidates shall take the various required core courses. The committee is composed of members and at least one candidate from each class. The committee encourages active vocal participation from the candidate members, who are expected to clearly and effectively communicate their preferences, desires and recommendations of the class they represent. In the past the committee has held two to four meetings annually.

Extension Division Committee

Sona DeLurgio, M.F.T.
The Extension Committee is charged with creating and maintaining the Extension Program. The Extension Program is a twelve-month program meeting once a month to offer contemporary psychoanalytic studies to license and unlicensed mental health professionals.

The curriculum covers all aspects of theory and practice, and the instructors are chosen from the ICP candidates and members. The Extension Program offers the year round programs as well as short-term courses that focus on specific topics of interest.

The Committee meetings are scheduled before Extension classes on the third Saturday of the month, from 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. The committee creates the curriculum, assigns instructors and facilitators, designs the advertising materials, makes budgetary decisions, monitors the classes and the class facilitators, and addresses problems that arise.  The committee is a working committee and participants are expected to carry out some additional work outside of committee meetings. 

Evaluation of Programs Committee

Carol Mayhew, Psy.D., Chair

Fellowship and Candidate Loan Committee

Gordon Berger, Ph.D., Chair

Good and Wellness/ Membership Organization Committee

Meryle H. Gellman, Ph.D., Psy.D., Chair

Grants, Fundraising, and Endowment Committee

Susan L. Mendenhall, Psy.D., Chair
The committee was formed for the purposes of enhancing the financial security of ICP and securing funding to expand the services of ICP to underserved communities, both clients and clinicians.  Currently the committee has established and solicited funds for the Endowment Fund.  This fund already has received over $4000. The committee plans to send out future solicitations on regular basis.  When enough members and candidates have contributed, the committee will approach foundations to make additional contributions to the fund.

Currently, the committee is refining plans to approach approximately 12 foundations to request grants for public education programs and to provide scholarship monies for persons who would not otherwise be able to attend ICP. We are working with a professional grant expert to pursue this endeavour in an informed manner.

In the future, the committee hopes to plan fund raisers to augment various financial needs of ICP.

We welcome all interested candidates and members to become a part of this committee.  We have one candidate member, and hope other candidates will want to join.  The committee certainly has relevance to candidates, particularly in its pursuit of scholarships.

Inter-Institute Conference Liaisons Committee

Carol Mayhew, Ph.D., Psy.D.

Library Committee

Leonard Bearne, Psy.D., and Sheila R. Marems, Psy.D., Co-Chairs

Ph.D. Committee

Sharon Kaz, Ph.D., Chair

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training (PPT) Committee, Los Angeles

Nancy L. Goldman, Psy.D., M.F.T., and Sue Fox Horn, Psy.D., L.C.S.W., Co-Chairs
This committee meets approximately every 2-3 months, except during the summer application process, when it meets as needed (about once a month). The committee is involved in the selection of applicants, and the organization and coordination of resources for the training program. Candidate members have the same input as everyone else on the committee (this includes decisions on policies and interviewing of perspective applicants).

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training (PPT) Committee, Pasadena

Elaine Silberman, Ph.D., Psy.D., Chair (Program & Open House Coordinator)
An important goal of this program is to provide clinicians served by the Pasadena area an opportunity to study contemporary psychoanalytic approaches and their application to psychotherapy, showing how theory, technique, and personal development interact in the psychoanalytic process.

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training (PPT) Committee,
San Francisco

Jane Jordan, Psy.D., Chair
The ICP North Coordinating Committee meets every other month in San Francisco to decide matters of policy with respect to our program.  In essence we act as the admissions committee, the curriculum committee, the program (i.e., annual conference) committee as well as serving as a forum for ICP North faculty to compare experiences and share ideas.

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training (PPT) Committee,
San Diego

Christine Powell, Psy.D., Chair
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training in San Diego (ICP South) began in 1995. The ICP South committee exists solely to conduct this program on a year-to-year basis.

Our program is a one-year program modeled after the PPT-LA program, but adapted to meet the needs of the San Diego participants. All courses are taught by ICP faculty from Los Angeles, and supervision is provided by ICP faculty in San Diego. Membership on the committee is open to anyone interested in helping organize the curriculum, recruit faculty and coordinate the program with the needs of the students.

Public Education Committee

Holly Hardgrove, Psy.D., Chair
The mission of this committee is to provide training in contemporary psychoanalytic psychotherapy to community mental health agencies. The focus is on agencies with a large number of graduate students in order to provide a community service and to also generate interest in further training at ICP.

Some of the agencies the Public Education Committee has provided training for include:

• Southern California Counseling Center
• Vista del Mar
• Reiss-Davis Child Study Center
• Airport Marina Counseling Center
• Family Service of Santa Monica
• Campion Counseling Center
• Venice Family Clinic
• The Maple Center
• Julia Ann Singer
• Valley Community Clinic
• The Help Group
• Homesafe and Foothill Family Service

Please inform this committee if you are affiliated with an agency or school. The committee is always looking to expand its program and updating speaker files. Contact Sylvia Jones at sylvia.jones@ca.rr.com if you are interested in participating.

Program Committee

Joye Weisel-Barth, Ph.D., Psy.D. and Helen Grebow, Ph.D., Psy.D., Co-Chairs
This committee plans all the education programs offered by ICP for all members and for the professional community at large. Some of the tasks of this very hard working committee include: Handling continuing education forms, writing goals and objectives for programs, budgeting, handling registrations and refreshments at programs, designing program flyers, dealing with venues, handling program evaluations, handling entertainment and transportation, contacting speakers, and taking minutes of meetings. This committee has been meeting monthly. They are looking for candidates not afraid of hard work and willing to actively participate.

Social Committee

Mary C. Nakata, Psy.D., Chair
The purpose of this committee is to ascertain the wishes of ICP members regarding how many and what type of social functions we should have, and then make it happen. The committee is responsible for the beginning of the year Back to School Party, the Holiday Party and the annual Graduation.

The Back to School Party, held the weekend before fall semester begins, provides new candidates with an orientation to the institute and the various committees that one has a chance to become involved with as a candidate. This is followed by a party where members have a chance to both meet new candidates and catch up with old friends!

The Holiday Party is a gala event with dinner and dancing. In addition the Holiday Party gives us an opportunity to honor one of our members.

The ICP Graduation is the most formal and celebratory event in that it signifies the accomplishment of a Psy.D. or Ph.D. degree in Psychoanalysis.

Dr. Daphne S. Stolorow Essay Award Committee

Robert Stolorow, Ph.D., David Markel, M.D., Jeffrey Trop, M.D.
The Dr. Daphne S. Stolorow fellowship fund committee manages an endowment set up with donations in memory of Daphne Stolorow. An essay award is given yearly for the best paper submitted by a candidate or graduate of one year. The paper should be a contribution to psychoanalysis. The current prize is $500.00, a plaque, and the winners name placed on a plaque at ICP.

Study Groups Committee

Kathleen Burr, Coordinator
ICP requires all members to participate in at least 5 years of study groups in order to have and maintain supervising and training analyst status. Members are randomly assigned to study groups every 2 years, and members are required to attend 7 of 9 meetings every year. Members in the study groups typically take turns presenting cases, giving all members the opportunity to learn more about the clinical work of their colleagues.

Weekend Psychoanalytic Training Program

Carol Mayhew, Psy.D., Chair

Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity

Veronica Abney, Ph.D., and Joel E. Miller, M.D., Psy.D., Co-Chairs
ICP's cutting edge status and dedication to spreading the word on contemporary psychoanalytic theories puts it in a unique place to attract those not traditionally a part of the psychoanalytic community. The Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity was established in 2003 with that in mind. The Committee’s overall mission is to take the lead in helping ICP become a more culturally diverse and culturally competent institution that is inviting to, and inclusive of, everyone regardless of color or sexual orientation. More specifically we are working towards the following goals:

1. finding ways to attract a more diverse membership which involves understanding the current lack of diversity at ICP,
2. as individual members, becoming aware of blind spots that function as barriers to a diverse membership and culturally competent practice and teaching, and
3. promote contemporary psychoanalysis to those who have traditionally been excluded and maligned by the field.

Ad Hoc Committee on ICP Programs/Santa Barbara

Christine H. Lewis, Ph.D., Psy.D. and Ann Marie Plane, Ph.D., Psy.D., Co-Chairs

Ad Hoc Committee on Writing, Publications and Journals

William J. Coburn, Ph.D., Psy.D. and Estelle Shane, Ph.D., Co-Chairs

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