An educational psychotherapy program was founded more than 30 years ago by Robert Pasnau, MD, and a re-imagined version of the program, known as the Reflective Psychotherapy Education Program (R-PEP), continues to be at the heart of the PCFA mission to serve our residents. Faculty members provide an individualized and educational psychotherapy experience to trainees from the Semel, Veterans Administration, Olive View and Harbor programs. It is suggested that most PGY-1 residents involve themselves in the mentoring program and wait to participate in R-PEP until the second or third year of their training, when their schedules can better accommodate weekly meetings.

If you are a trainee or faculty member interested in the program, please contact faculty liaison Caroly Pataki, MD.