Jill Horowitz

1942 - 2024

Jill Horowitz
11/27/1942 - 07/23/2024
Born in Kankakee, Illinois, the daughter of the town doctor John Horowitz and Melba Adelman Horowitz, Jill graduated from Kankakee High, Northwestern University and the University of Chicago School of Social Work. She moved to San Francisco in 1970 to accept a position at Jewish Family Services.
Soon thereafter she opened her own psychotherapy private practice and became interested in furthering her education in the field of psychoanalysis and becoming a psychoanalyst herself. Turned down when she applied for training at the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute, which then refused admittance to people who were not medical doctors, Jill refused to take no for an answer. Joining others in California and New York, she led the Committee for Lay Analysis, which filed suit on anti-trust grounds and won in 1987.
Jill went on to co-found the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC) in 1989 and was in its first graduating class. She spent many years practicing both psychotherapy and psychoanalysis with patients in San Francisco and later from her home office in Berkeley. Jill was honored for the excellence of her work as an analyst and advisor by being a recipient of PINC's award for outstanding achievement. She was also admired for her commitment to treating people who otherwise could not afford therapy.
She married Jonathan Kaufman in 1983 and they enjoyed 41 years together traveling, dining and attending the San Francisco Opera and Symphony. She died after a long struggle with Alzheimer's Disease.
A private graveside ceremony was held and a public memorial is being planned. Please email jonk@solem.com if you are interested in attending.
Donations in her memory may be made to the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. Go to https://db.pincsf.org/peonies.