Faculty

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  • Karim G. Dajani

    Karim G. Dajani, Psy.D., MFT is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice with a specialization in treating bicultural individuals. His research and writing include publications on psychological resilience and on culture, where, his work examines the role culture plays in determining an individual's role within a collective, and on the experience of cultural dislocation.

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    Daphne de Marneffe

    Daphne de Marneffe, Ph.D., sees couples and individuals in her private practice in Marin. She has published in JAPA, Signs, and Studies in Gender and Sexuality, and is the author of Maternal Desire: On Children, Love, and the Inner Life. Her forthcoming book on marriage and midlife will be published by Scribner.

  • Vivian Dent

    Vivian Dent, Ph.D., began working psychoanalytically years ago, with a particular interest in object relational and attachment-based perspectives. She later studied trauma therapies, becoming an EMDR Approved Consultant and training in Internal Family Systems, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and MDMA- and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Dr. Dent has taught in analytic institutes and many training programs. She practices in Oakland.

  • Vivian Dent

    Vivian Dent, Ph.D., teaches at Access Institute, CPMC, NCSPP, and SFCP. She has a private practice in San Francisco, where she specializes in issues related to trauma and dissociation.

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    Gregory Desierto

    Gregory Desierto, Psy.D., is a postdoctoral fellow at Psychological Services Center in Oakland and City & Arts Technology High School in San Francisco. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at Access Institute for Psychological Services. He has strong interests in the intersection of psychoanalysis, multiculturalism, social justice, and trauma.

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    Alyce Desrosiers

    Alyce Desrosiers, MSW, LCSW is the founder/owner of Chirp: Connecting Families and Nannies, helping parents through the process of choosing nannies for their children, and the author of two books on finding nannies. From 1992 to 2001 she provided individual psychotherapy in private practice to adults, families, and children. 

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    Robin Deutsch

    Robin A. Deutsch, Ph.D., maintains a private practice of psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and consultation in Oakland. She is a training and supervising analyst at SFCP, and a personal analyst at PINC. Dr. Deutsch has presented on analytic identity, termination of treatment, and the analyst’s death.  Her book, Traumatic Ruptures: Abandonment and Betrayal in the Analytic Relationship, was published in 2014.

  • Charles Dithrich

    Charles Dithrich, Ph.D., is a faculty member and personal and supervising analyst at PINC. His writing, teaching, and consulting draws extensively on Bion and Winnicott, especially with regard to early states of being. He works with adults and children in North Oakland.

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    Diane Donnelly

    Diane Donnelly, Ph.D., is a psychologist and psychoanalyst on the SFCP Faculty. She practices in San Francisco and Marin, where she sees adults and children. In 2012, she received JAPA’s New Author Prize for her paper “The Function of Suffering as Portrayed in The Scarlet Letter and Reflected in Clinical Work.”

  • Michael Donner

    Michael Donner, Ph.D., is the President of SFCP and was co-chair of the faculty and member of their Ethics and Impairment Committee. He was also Chair of the California Psychological Association Ethics Committee. He teaches Law and Ethics in California and across the country.

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    Stephen J. Ducat

    Stephen J. Ducat, N.D., Ph.D., is a naturopathic doctor and a clinical psychologist practicing in San Francisco and Marin. Dr. Ducat is currently a full-time clinician specializing in integrative mental health, an approach that joins science-based natural medicine, nutrition, and psychotherapy. Learn more about his clinical work at themindbodyclinic.com. 

  • Audrey Dunn

    Audrey Dunn, LCSW, is program coordinator, clinical supervisor, and faculty for CPMC's School-Based Psychotherapy Project, part of their doctoral psychology training. She also runs an independent psychoanalytically oriented school-based psychotherapy program at Francisco Middle School. Ms. Dunn also has a private practice in San Francisco, supervises for Access Institute, and consults with other Bay Area school-based programs.

  • Genie Dvorak

    Genie Dvorak, Psy.D., is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in San Francisco, where she sees adults and couples as well as children and adolescents. She is a faculty member at SFCP and teaches, supervises, and provides consultation on clinical work and teaching. Her award-winning paper, “The Persistent Past: Listening for the Logic and Potentials of the Repetition Compulsion”, will be presented at the American Psychoanalytic Association conference in Chicago in June 2020.