Suddenly it is the end of the year. September melted into December, and soon we will have to train ourselves to write out the strange numbers of the new year. IMPULSE is barely four months old, but already it is vibrant and useful. Our goal was that this newsletter might act as a forum and a bridge — linking disparate elements in our psychoanalytic communities by creating a network of interaction. It is well on its way to doing just that.

It is my hope that NCSPP will continue to broaden its reach as an organization with a truly ecumenical vision. More than ever, students and practitioners of depth psychology need a big tent. In part this is because various schools of thought are so enriched by entering into dialogue with one another. Beyond that, I believe that psychoanalysis has a great deal of use to say in the world, and we as analytic practitioners will be much more comprehensible if we can speak with some sense of harmony. Dissent and disagreement are productive, while acrimony and dissociation bring little gain. With luck and your efforts, NCSPP can continue to serve as a holding environment for our various communities.

This month marks my last column as president of NCSPP. Next month a new year begins under the leadership of Beth Steinberg, Ph.D. We hope you'll support our efforts to strengthen collaboration in the Northern California psychoanalytic community by becoming a member of NCSPP today.

Francisco J. Gonzalez, M.D.
President, NCSPP

The Children's Psychotherapy Project arose as an antidote to the revolving door of interns typically available to foster youth. It began in 1993 in San Francisco as a grassroots project dedicated to providing foster children with a consistent, stable, lasting therapeutic relationship — one that would survive changes in placements, social workers and attorneys, and internships.

Our simple formula, "One child, one therapist, for as long as it takes," captures the profound and complex compact between a therapist and patient who begin working together with the expectation that they will finish what they start even when they do not know how long the process will take or where it will lead.

We ask therapists to take one child into weekly pro bono psychotherapy until the therapy draws to a natural close. Senior clinicians conduct weekly pro bono consultation groups that offer a place for our therapists to reflect on and talk about their work.

The Children's Psychotherapy Project has grown to 15 chapters nationwide. It is the core program of the non-profit organization, A Home Within. To find out more about us and order copies of our book, Building a Home Within: Meeting the Emotional Needs of Children and Youth in Foster Care, please go to www.ahomewithin.org.

Wendy von Weiderhold, Ph.D.
Program Director
The Children's Psychotherapy Project

This space is available for psychological organizations in Northern California who want to articulate their relationship to the local psychoanalytic community. Please see our submission guidelines to express interest in contributing.

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Appointment Book offers a sampling of the psychoanalytically oriented events taking place in Northern California over the coming month. Where available, simply click an event title to view details on the sponsoring organization's web site.

The Therapist's Body in Fantasy and Reality
Sat, Dec 3 / 10 AM - 1 PM / 1900 Sixth Street (at Hearst) / Berkeley
Women's Therapy Center / Jane Burka, Ph.D. / $30-75

Irresistable Objects and Immovable Forces — Something's Gotta Give
Sat, Dec 3 / 9 AM - 1 PM / El Camino Hospital, 2500 Grant Road / Mountain View, CA
SFPI&S / Maureen Smith, M.D. / $80

Infertility and Beyond — Psychoanalytic Symposium in Honor of Dr. Applegarth
Sat, Dec 3 / 8:15 AM - 1 PM / 3200 California Street / San Francisco
SFPI&S / D. Ehrensaft, Ph.D.; J. Kite, Ph.D.; M. M. McClure, D.M.H.; E. Schriock, M.D. / $50-80

Dialogues: On Not Being Able to Think/On Being Able Not to Think
Sat, Dec 10 / 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM / SFPI&S Library / San Francisco
SFPI&S / Donald Moss, M.D. / $45

Scientific Meeting: "Mapping Racism"
Mon, Dec 12 / 7:30 - 9:30 PM / SFPI&S Library / San Francisco
SFPI&S / Donald Moss, M.D. / free

PINC Graduation Papers
Sat, Dec 17 / 9 AM - 12:15 PM / 3333 California St. (Presidents Room) / San Francisco
PINC / Jim Meyers, M.F.T. and Judith H. Katz, Ph.D. / free

Understanding Primitive Mental States: Elaborations on the Work of Bion
Fri (ongoing) / 10:30 - 11:55 AM / 550 Hamilton Ave. #240 / Palo Alto
Lynn Alexander, Psy.D. / (650) 328-8505 / $45 per meeting

Current Views on Psychoanalytic Core Concepts : Transference
Wed (ongoing) / 11:20 AM - 12:50 PM / 550 Hamilton Ave. #240 / Palo Alto
Lynn Alexander, Psy.D. / (650) 328-8505 / $45 per meeting

Collaborative Group Consultation from an Independent Psychoanalytic Perspective
Wed (ongoing) / 11:40 AM - 1:05 PM / 301 B Saratoga Road / Los Gatos
Hugh Grubb, M.A. / $45

8 Week Psychoanalytic Reading Group: "Bi-Personal Field" by A. Ferro
Wed, Jan 4 (begins) / 9:30 - 10:30 AM / 2964 Fillmore St. / San Francisco
Mary Paige, Psy.D. / $30.00

To submit an event, please see our submission guidelines.

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PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUPS: Long-term, psychodynamic. 1) Therapy Groups for Therapists. 2) General Adult Psychotherapy Groups. Led by Art Raisman, Ph.D., Ass't Clinical Prof., Psychiatry, UCSF; Past President, Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society. (415) 453-4271

psyQ DISCUSSION GROUP: Email listserv for queer, psychoanalytically oriented clinicians and trainees in the Bay Area. Share intelligence re: classes, events, more. Moderated by Gary Grossman, Ph.D. and Brad Falconer, M.A. Join.

Old couches, new books, hot jobs, cool internships? Post classified ads on NCSPP's online bulletin board at no charge. We will also feature your listing in IMPULSE for a modest fee. Please see our submission guidelines for details.

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The Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology (NCSPP) is committed to the study of psychoanalytic psychology and the encouragement of its interest in the professional and general communities. We are a multi-disciplinary, non-profit membership organization open to mental health professionals and all others interested in the study of psychoanalytic psychology.

Our more than 650 members form a community that spans the greater Bay Area and Northern California. NCSPP is a local affiliate of Division 39 (psychoanalysis) of the American Psychological Association. Our vast array of lectures, intensive study groups, scientific meetings, courses, our journal fort da, and numerous special events and projects are all brought to you by scores of volunteers who work to support NCSPP's mission. Our educational programs include continuing education credit for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and licensed clinical social workers. We welcome you into the psychoanalytic community in Northern California. Please join us.

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Francisco J. Gonzalez, M.D., NCSPP President
Cleopatra Victoria, M.A., MFT, Editor
Cate Corcoran, M.A., Features Editor
Brad Falconer, M.A., Managing Editor

Each month, IMPULSE reaches over 1,160 psychoanalytically oriented professionals and students in Northern California.

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Event listings in APPOINTMENT BOOK are available for your psychoanalytically oriented educational or professional event. To submit your event for consideration, please use our online form.

Contributions to PIECE OF MIND, our feature profiling Northern California psychoanalytic organizations, will be assigned on a monthly basis. If you'd like to suggest an organization to be featured in this space, please send an email via our online form with the subject PIECE OF MIND. Please do not send attachments or files.

You can list your psychoanalytically oriented jobs, internships, for sale items, announcements, etc. in CLASSIFIEDS. The cost is $20 per month for a 30-word ad. Please send payment to NCSPP, c/o Michele McGuinness, 12 Hampton Ave., San Anselmo, CA 94960. Email your ad copy as a text-only email via our online form with the subject CLASSIFIEDS.

DEADLINES: To be considered for publication, submissions must be received by the 15th of the month prior to publication. (For example, September 15 for the October issue.) NCSPP and IMPULSE staff reserve the right to decline any submission at our sole discretion.

IMPULSE's complete submission guidelines can be found on the NCSPP web site.

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