For Residents

FOR UCLA PSYCHIATRY RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS

The Psychiatric Clinical Faculty Association at UCLA is dedicated to enhancing your clinical education and career growth through its teaching, mentoring, and funding activities. Your representatives on the PCFA Board are your two Chief Residents, Dr. Dana Levy and Dr. Rebecca Gladding.

Clinical Faculty activities include:

Psychotherapy supervision
On-site clinical supervision
Process group supervision
Individual psychotherapy training course
Core-curriculum lectures and seminars
Lunchtime lectures and talks
Mentoring
Recruiting activities funding
Annual residency retreat funding
Annual distinguished speaker dinner and lecture
Annual resident research prizes

Psychotherapy Training Course
Members of the clinical faculty offer long-term individual psychotherapy through this course to residents as an essential part of residents' education in psychodynamic psychotherapy. Three-hundred and fifty residents from all of UCLA's affiliated psychiatric residency programs have taken advantage of this groundbreaking course since its inception 16 years ago.

To enroll, contact the course coordinator, Dr. Andrew Russell, at the Semel Institite.

Mentoring Program
Members of the clinical faculty serve as leaders of mentoring groups involving residents from all classes at the Semel Institute/VA residency program. For more information, contact the chief residents at the Semel Institute.