A vibrant center for comparative psychoanalytic inquiry, research, and training.

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.

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.

● The 2022 PINC Vision Statement

● Commitment to Collaborate on Racial and Social Justice

● PINC Statement Against Police Brutality and Racial Profiling

What we offer

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.
  • Certificate Program
  • Distance Learning
  • Community Psychoanalysis Track
  • Community Membership
  • Extracurricular Events
  • Referral Service

Our Mission

The mission of the Institute is to provide education, service, and research in contemporary psychoanalysis in Northern California. As an interdisciplinary center for creative psychoanalytic thought, we are committed to creating an atmosphere of intellectual excitement and mutual respect. The goal of the psychoanalytic training program is to create a lively community in which psychoanalysis may be studied both as an intellectual discipline and as a method of treatment. The program is guided by the assumption that psychoanalysis is an evolving discipline that is strengthened by the ongoing controversies among its various perspectives and by fertilization from other disciplines.

Our History

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