David Raft, MD 
2010-2011 
David Raft Fellowship
for clinicians enrolled in or applying to the
Psychoanalytic Education Center of the Carolinas

 Application Deadline is May 17th 
 
The David Raft Fellowship:
Created by the North Carolina Psychoanalytic Foundation through a generous gift from Elizabeth Raft, MD, the fourth annual David Raft Fellowship will be awarded in summer 2010 to one clinician enrolled in, or planning to enroll in, the Psychoanalytic Education Center of the Carolinas certificate programs or open courses. The David Raft Fellowship will provide up to $1,250 to help defray the costs of tuition.
 
Eligibility and Application Process:
  • Mental health professionals and trainees who are matriculated students in the Psychoanalytic Education Center of the Carolinas are eligible to be considered for the David Raft Fellowship. To be considered for the fellowship, matriculated students should submit an abbreviated Raft Fellowship application by May 17.
  • Mental health professionals and trainees who have applied to the Psychoanalytic Education Center of the Carolinas (PECC) certificate programs can apply for the David Raft Fellowship by submitting an abbreviated Raft Fellowship application by May 17.
  • Non-matriculated mental health professionals and trainees who are interested in applying for one or more of the PECC's 2010-2011 open courses can apply for the David Raft Fellowship by submitting the Raft Fellowship application by May 17. There is a place on the application form to indicate the name of the courses you would like to take so you don't need to complete a separate course application. 

All materials and application information will be kept confidential.

Selection Criteria:
Preference will be given to eligible applicants who demonstrate one or more of the following qualities:
  • Demonstrated interest in and/or commitment to the application of psychoanalytic principles to any area of clinical care.
  • Commitment to developing oneself as an analytic instrument by deepening one's knowledge and understanding of one's own inner processes and learning to apply those lessons in the therapeutic relationship.
  • Interest in developing a research project that explores psychoanalytic concepts and/or guides psychoanalytic practice.

Priority will be given to applicants who have matriculated or plan to matriculate in the Psychoanalytic Education Center of the Carolinas, however, clinicians who plan to take PECC courses without matriculating may also apply and be considered for the Raft Fellowship.

Selection Process:
  • The Raft Fellowship selection committee will consist of three members and two alternates of the PECC Admissions Committee.
  • The selection committee may use application materials and any additional information it deems necessary, such as essays or interviews, in order to reach its decision.
  • The decision of the selection committee will be final. The Raft Fellowship recipient will be announced in summer 2010.
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David Raft, MD (1930 - 1985):

David Raft, MDDr. David Raft, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, was a committed researcher, clinician and teacher. As Associate Professor in the University of North Carolina School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, he taught on the consult/liaison service. He also taught and supervised at the Psychoanalytic Institute of the Carolinas (previously called the UNC-Duke Psychoanalytic Education Program), and now known as the psychoanalysis certificate program of the PECC.
Equally comfortable with internal medicine, psychopharmacology, and psychoanalysis, or a combination of those, he could and would respond to emergencies with the same generosity and excellence he showed in providing psychoanalytic supervision. Dr. Raft wrote on diverse topics including depression in medical patients, anorexia nervosa, sexual problems, psychopharmacological prescribing by non-psychiatrists, somatization, and therapeutic abortion.
 
Dr. Raft's real love was teaching, supervising, and conducting psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Those he supervised and mentored remember him as a dedicated teacher of the craft. The Raft Fellowship will provide financial support in order to share his professional values with new generations of students and psychoanalysts.
 
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For additional information about the David Raft Fellowship and PECC courses, or to obtain a Raft Fellowship application, contact:
Sarah Tillis, LCSW, Administrator
phone: (919) 490-3212
email: admin@ncanalysis.org
 
For additional information about the NC Psychoanalytic Foundation contact:
Sarah Stiegler, MS Ed., Executive Director (Interim)
phone: (919) 847-2322
 
For additional information about the NC Psychoanalytic Society contact:
Sarah Stiegler, MS Ed., Administrator
phone: (877) 572-6778 
email: info@ncpsasoc.org