The Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC) is a vibrant center for comparative psychoanalytic inquiry, research, and training. Since 1989, we have provided licensed mental health professionals the opportunity to study the full scope of psychoanalytic theory and to engage in research and clinical practice. Our training program—based on the tripartite model of course work, supervised analysis, and personal psychoanalysis—leads to a Certificate in Psychoanalysis. Candidates may also pursue an optional Doctor of Psychology in Psychoanalysis (Psy.D.).

PINC is widely recognized within local, national, and international communities as a welcoming and intellectually rigorous community. In an atmosphere that encourages creativity and dialogue, we adhere to the highest standards of psychoanalytic training.

Our dominant values of interdisciplinary inclusiveness, community collaboration, and participation in the evolution of psychoanalysis are all reflections of the spirit in which PINC was founded. Since 2004 PINC had been a Provisional Society of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA); PINC became a component society in July of 2009. While meeting IPA standards, PINC maintains its unique identity and continues to provide an innovative vision at the cutting edge of psychoanalysis.

We also support the Bay Area psychoanalytic community by offering:

Learn more about PINC’s history and explore the admissions process.


For on-line registration, tuition and membership dues payment,
or to make donations, please click here: http://www.acteva.com/go/pinc

PINC News

  • Graduation Paper Presentations: Chassay & Leavitt
    May 10, 2012

    The Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California cordially invites you to the presentation of the Graduation Papers of Susanne Chassay, MFT and Julie Leavitt, MD. Susanne Chassay, MFT ‘Tis Beauty Kills the Beast: Aesthetic and Sensory Transformations of Encapsulated States Discussant: Karen Peoples, PhD Julie Leavitt, MD Surface, Space and Artifact: The Material Presence of Memory [...]

  • Beautiful Psychotherapy Offices for Rent Inside PINC
    October 6, 2011

    PINC is offering four psychotherapy offices at our new location, 530 Bush Street.
    If you are interested, please contact the PINC office at pincsf@gmail.com.