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
Rachel Cooke, Psy.D.
PCPG President
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*Chair of Membership Committee
Adam Kremen, Ph.D.
PCPG Treasurer
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Sandra Seidlitz, LCSW
PCPG Secretary
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*Chair of Admissions Committee
Craig Levine, Psy.D.
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*Past-President of PCPG Board
MJ Myatt, LCSW
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*Chair of Member Education Committee
Romi Mann, Psy.D.
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*Chair of Community Education Committee
Shelley Nathans, Ph.D.
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*Community Board Member
Ortal Kirson-Trilling, Psy.D.
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*Director of Intensive Study Program
*Chair of the Curriculum Committee
Beth Roosa, Ph.D.
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*Community Board Member
Julie Friend, LCSW
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*Past Director of the Intensive Study Program
Larry Miller, Ph.D.
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*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)
Susan “Bernie” Bernstein, LMFT (Oakland, San Francisco)
Kirsten Beuthin, LMFT (San Francisco)
Cynthia Cohn, Psy.D. (San Francisco)
Rachel Cooke, Psy.D. (Oakland)
Sheena Craig, MFT (San Francisco)
Shawnee Cuzzillo, Ph.D. (Berkeley)
Karen Dozer, LMFT (San Francisco)
Jessica England, LMFT (San Francisco)
Benjamin Fife, Psy.D. (San Francisco)
Kate Finney, MFT (Oakland)
Gergely Foldesi, Psy.D. (New York)
Julie Friend, LCSW (Berkeley)
Laurette Gennis, Ph.D. (Oakland)
Mia Gutfreund, LCSW (San Francisco)
Shannon Hagan, Psy.D. (Oakland)
Gary Hennemuth, Psy.D. (San Francisco)
Dana Iscoff, LMFT (San Francisco)
Michelle Jurkiewicz, Psy.D., MFT (Berkeley)
Nancy Kaplan, Ph.D. (Berkeley)
Ortal Kirson-Trilling, Psy.D. (Oakland)
Adam Kremen, Ph.D. (Oakland)
Rita Krausova, LMFT (San Francisco)
Craig Levine, Psy.D. (San Francisco)
Sheila Longerbeam, Psy.D., LMFT (Oakland)
Paula Mandel, Ph.D. (Berkeley)
Romi Mann, Psy.D. (San Francisco, Walnut Creek)
Mia Maturen, LMFT (San Francisco)
Kyle McMahan, Ph.D., LMFT (San Francisco)
Larry Miller, Ph.D. (Berkeley)
MJ Myatt, LCSW (Palo Alto)
Carol Nathan, Psy.D. (San Francisco)
Shelley Nathans, Ph.D. (Oakland, San Francisco)
Kelly Nguyen, MA (San Francisco)
Ana Noles, Psy.D. (San Francisco)
Amy O’Brien, LMFT (Oakland)
Beth Pasqualina, MA (Oakland)
Jane Reingold, LMFT
Beth Roosa, Ph.D. (Oakland)
Judith Sachs, Ph.D. (Oakland, San Francisco)
Milton Schaefer, Ph.D. (San Francisco)
Sandra Seidlitz, LCSW (Berkeley, San Francisco)
Rebecca Spengler, Psy.D. (Berkeley)
Liz Tong, MFT (Oakland)
Sharon Tyson, Ph.D. (Berkeley)