Foundation Funds and Projects
The Harry L. Friedberg Fund encourages the use of film to further public understanding of psychoanalysis. This fund has provided seed money for the development of From Einstein to Freud: Why War?, a feature length documentary film analyzing war from a psychoanalytic perspective.
The Patricia Claffie Scholarship Fund provides scholarships for social workers who wish to improve their clinical skills through training in psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The Rockland Restoration Fund supported the restoration of Rockland Mansion in Fairmount Park to serve as the new home for the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. In its new home the Center will be able to collaboratively develop new community service programs for neighborhood residents, as it continues to provide education and training for mental health professionals.
The Henri Parens Hope Scholarship provides scholarships for clinicians who work with under-served communities and who wish to improve their skills through training in psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The goal of the Endowment Fund is to provide for the long-term financial stability of the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. Supported projects include:
- The Margaret Mahler Symposium on Child Development. This is an annual program in Philadelphia which brings together mental health professionals and students from across the United States to discuss the latest developments in the field.
- The Parent-Child Center. The Parent-Child Center offers a variety of services for families, parents, and children, and for professionals who work with families or children. A Pre-School and Day Care Consultation Program offers professional consultation to a number of pre-schools and day care centers, as well as child advocacy and welfare workers, in the greater Philadelphia area. Parenting Education projects include Parent-Child groups, in which infants or toddlers play while the mothers talk with professionals about the children’s development, and a Violence Prevention program, in which parent-child groups and staff consultations are provided to programs developed to intervene with high-risk families.
- City Schools. This program has been designed so that educators and psychoanalytic clinicians can come together to discuss the ways in which emotional problems interfere with learning in city schools.
- The Child Care Colloquium. This annual colloquium with six educational follow-up workshops is designed as a continuing education program for licensed child-care workers and Philadelphia Elementary School staff. A noted psychoanalytic speaker addresses issues relevant to child-care workers.
- Psychoanalytic Forums. These feature renowned practitioners and researcher in psychoanalysis.
- Freud, Franklin and Beyond. A series of interdisciplinary discussions presented by a collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania and the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.
