We're proud to note that this issue marks the first anniversary of IMPULSE. Little more than one year ago, the notion of an electronic newsletter connecting the diverse members of Northern Calfornia's psychoanalytic community was just a twinkle in the eye of NCSPP leaders. We hope that a year of reading IMPULSE has been as lively and eye-opening for you as creating it has been for us. We appreciate your support in making a success of this newsletter, and we continue to welcome your ideas for refinement and innovation.

Following up on last month's issue, we're pleased to say that the registration deadline for the East Bay and San Francisco Intensive Study Groups is September 8, giving you one more week to sign up. Also, we'd like to take a moment to acknowledge the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC), NCSPP's dedicated and valued partner in creating the Intensive Study Groups. It is exactly this type of community-minded collaboration that NCSPP and IMPULSE were founded to foster and we're grateful for PINC's partnership.

We hope you enjoy this month's issue, and we hope you'll join NCSPP to assist us in fostering a vibrant psychoanalytic community in Northern California.

An important aspect of NCSPP's current mission is continuing to bring psychoanalysis into the world and reach out to other disciplines. On Saturday, October 28, NCSPP will present a program titled Unveiled: Shame, Identity, Gender and Iranian Cinema, the latest in the "Out of the Tower/Off of the Couch" series organized by the Interdisciplinary Education Committee. In keeping with the goal of the committee and the series, this event will bring together academia, contemporary film, cross-cultural exploration and psychoanalysis in a fresh and penetrating forum.

Seeing and being seen are among the most universal of human experiences. But what internal and external motives may prompt us to avert our gaze or hide our faces? These and other questions pertaining to personal, cultural and political dimensions of seeing will be considered at this program. Featuring discussions by Professor Joan Copjec (SUNY-Buffalo), Professor Negar Mottahedeh (Duke) and Dr. Mali Mann (SFPI), and including a screening of Abbas Kiarostami's film "Ten" (2002), this conference aims to consider shame and gender in clinical, cinematic and cultural contexts, with particular reference to contemporary Iran and the Iranian diaspora community. Just as importantly, we aim to test the viability of discourse among psychoanalysts, therapists, academics and members of outreach communities, especially in a time of international controversy when the always-present risk of caricature or cultural appropriation of "the other" is at its greatest.

I invite you hope all to join us for what promises to be a lively, informative and provocative presentation.

Unveiled: Shame, Identity, Gender and Iranian Cinema
Saturday, October 28, 2006, 9 am - 5 pm
Berkeley Art Museum Theater, 2621 Durant Avenue, Berkeley

A special offer is available for those who want to become a member of NCSPP. If you become a member now, you can either:

1) Take half off your fee for the Introductory Event on September 16 (applies to both member and associate fee levels).

or

2) Attend the Interdisciplinary Event on October 28 event for free.

To use this offer to pre-register for your chosen event: please mail in your completed membership form and membership dues. On a separate sheet of paper provide the following information: "Special Offer," name of event you would like to attend, your name, address and phone. If registering for the Introductory Event please include a separate check covering your discounted registration fee.

Or simply come to your chosen event, sign up and become a member on-site at the membership table, mentioning this offer and paying only the discounted event fee.

Beth Steinberg, Ph.D.
President, NCSPP

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The term "blog" refers to a web-based journal wherein individuals offer up their personal experiences to anyone with a web browser. The editors IMPULSE seek out local analytic candidates willing to "blog" their experience in training. Our guest blogger, returning from last month, is finishing a residency in psychiatry and is a second year candidate at a psychoanalytic training institute. This piece, "Unrequited Hate," takes up the complex issues of transference and countertransference.

"Damn it!" I slam the lid of my laptop down. I watch the smoky vapors recede into the background. I am done with my process notes.

I think about my favorite, most analytic patient.

"I can't believe I was such an idiot!" I think. Why did I miss the last appointment with her? Why did I schedule her for a day the building would be closed? Why did I miss her calling me incompetent in session? I remember her words and frustration wells in my mind as I recollect my own words. These are the wrong words! These are the words to point out her inadequacy, her failed memory and her vulnerability. Why am I doing this?

I get up from my laptop and go to the grocery store. Then at the checkout:

"You're milk is leaking, sir. Would you like another one?"

"No, thanks, that's okay." Why was my voice so angry?

I'm jolted into reverie. I remember hallucinating my analyst in the place of my patient while I sat with her. I remember telling my analyst today, "I hate you. I hate you for all the feelings you bring up. I hate you for not being everything I wish you to be!"

I shiver. Hate. The words ring again in my mind. Idiot! Incompetent! The feelings feel like they are going to engulf me.

Now I lie in bed finally. I imagine railing relentlessly against my analyst with words and then her being nothing but lovingly analytic. The hate wells. I feel the minutes pass by. Suddenly, an intense feeling of warmth overtakes me. I find myself letting go and falling into a deep, quiet sleep.

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Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street Sunday, October 15, 2006 6 - 9 pm / $100/ticket

Each year, Access Institute's Spectrum Art Auction and Cocktail Party gets bigger and better, and this year is no exception.

The fourth annual benefit event supports Access Institute’s low-fee psychotherapy clinic and intern training program. Your support helps keep mental health services affordable and helps Access Institute train the next generation of psychoanalytically oriented mental health professionals.

Get ready for a surrealist ball that will evoke the dreamlike experience of a circus directed by Federico Fellini. Spectrum will feature fine wines, specialty cocktails and delectable cuisine. Mezzanine, with its sophisticated loft-like space provides a sensational atmosphere for the evening.

This year Access Institute will honor Alvin Baum for his enduring commitment to Access Institute, social services, and the arts.

Please show your support by buying a ticket today, or contacting Judy Curtis for volunteer opportunities. For more information please contact Karen McCauley at (415) 861-5449, ext. 301.

Want EVENT SPOTLIGHT to shine on your upcoming analytic happening? You'll find our submission guidelines illuminating.


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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.

Child Psychotherapy Seminars
Wed, Sep 6 / 7:30 - 9 PM / 2420 Sutter Street / San Francisco
SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / $1,400

2006-07 Peninsula/South Bay Intensive Study Group: Transforming Bion
Wed, Sep 6 (begins) / 10 - 11:30 AM / Menlo College, 1000 El Camino Real / Atherton
NCSPP & PINC / B. Blasdel, Ph.D.; I. Spieler, Ph.D., Psy.D., MFT; L. Alexander, Psy.D., MFT;
A. Sowa, Psy.D., MFT; A. Sweetnam, Ph.D. / $1700

Panel Discussion: What is Curative in Psychoanalytic Treatment
Sat, Sep 9 / 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM / 2420 Sutter Street / (415) 563-5815 / San Francisco
SFPI&S / H. Gurevitch, Ph.D.; E. Loewenstein, Ph.D.; S. von Baeyer, Ph.D. / $75

Poetry and Psychoanalysis
Sun, Sep 10 / 4 - 5:30 PM / 2420 Sutter Street / San Francisco
SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / Paul Hoover, poet; Alice Jones, M.D., discussant / free

Scientific Meeting with Marshall Bush, Ph.D.
Mon, Sep 11 / 7:30 - 9:30 PM / 2420 Sutter Street / San Francisco
SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / Marshall Bush, Ph.D. / free

Curative Factors in Psychoanalytic Treatment
Fri, Sep 15 (begins) / 12 - 2 PM / 2420 Sutter Street / San Francisco
SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / multiple faculty / $1,800

Child Colloquia with Calvin Settlage, M.D.
Sat, Sep 16 / 10 AM - 12:30 PM / 2420 Sutter Street / San Francisco
SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / Calvin Settlage, M.D. / free

NCSPP Introductory Event: Revisioning Gender
Sat, Sep 16 / 8:30 AM - 4 PM / UCSF Laurel Heights, 3333 California St. / San Francisco
NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Ken Corbett, Ph.D.; Donna Bassin, Ph.D. / $40 - $155

East Bay Student Outreach Seminar: Self-Mutilation
Sat, Sep 16 / 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM / Herrick Hospital / Berkeley
SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / Dorian Newton, Ph.D. / free

Introductory Panel Discussion for the Year Long Course on Dreams
Sun, Sep 17 / 3 - 5:30 PM / Herrick Hospital, 2001 Dwight Way / Berkeley
SFPI&S / Era Loewenstein, Ph.D.; Jeanne Wolff-Bernstein, Ph.D.; Jack Giuliani, Ph.D. / $65

SFPI&S Friends Clinical Forum (Case Presentation)
Tue, Sep 19 / 7:30 - 9 PM / SFPI&S Library/2420 Sutter Street / San Francisco
Friends of SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / E. Markoczy, presenter; Z. Grusky, discussant / free

The Psychoanalytic Expert in the Legal Arena
Wed, Sep 20 (begins) / 12 - 1:30 PM / St. John's Church, 2727 College Ave. / Berkeley
NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Joanna Berg, Ph.D. / $85 - $150

The Trouble with Communication
Wed, Sep 20 (begins) / 9 - 10:30 AM / St. John's Church, 2727 College Ave. / Berkeley
NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Deborah Melman, Ph.D. / $120 - $210

Dream Life: Conversation with our Waking and Sleeping Dreams
Fri, Sep 22 / 12 - 1:30 PM / Epworth United Methodist Church, 1953 Hopkins St. / Berkeley
SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / multiple faculty / $1,100

Informational Open House in the South Bay
Wed, Sep 27 / 7:15 - 9 PM / Stanford Psychiatry & BS Building, 401 Quarry Rd. / Stanford
SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / free

Psychoanalytic Grand Rounds @ Stanford: Attacks on Creative Expression
Wed, Sep 27 / 6:15 - 7:30 PM / Stanford Psychiatry Build., 401 Quarry Rd, Rm 2209 / Stanford
SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / Gail Bates, Ph.D. / free

Intensive Study Group: East Bay
Thu, Sep 28 (begins) / 10 AM - 12 PM / Epworth Methodist Church, 1953 Hopkins St. / Berkeley
NCSPP & PINC / (415) 457-9949 / Jed Sekoff, Ph.D., Martine Aniel, Ph.D., Jeanne Wolff Bernstein, Ph.D., Karen Peoples, Ph.D., Dianne Elise, Ph.D. / $1,850 by Sep 8

Intensive Study Group: San Francisco
Fri, Sep 29 (begins) / 10 AM - 12 PM / PINC, 2252 Fillmore St. / San Francisco
NCSPP & PINC / (415) 457-9949 / Lee Rather, Ph.D.; Stephen J. Ducat, Ph.D.;
Mardy S. Ireland, Ph.D.; Deborah Melman, Ph.D. / $1850

Attachment Theory and Implication for Clinical Practice
Fri, Sep 29 (begins) / 12 - 1 PM / Stanford Psychiatry & BS Building, 401 Quarry Rd. / Stanford
SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / multiple faculty / $900

Sausalito Salon: Terry Owens, Ph.D on Difficult-to-Treat Adolescents
Fri, Sep 29 / 6:30 - 9 PM / register for location / Fairfax, CA
NCSPP / (415) 309-0222 / Terry Owens, Ph.D. / $15 - $20

theater on the couch presents: "Travesties"
Fri, Sep 29 / 8 PM / 415 Geary / San Francisco
SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / Wendy Stern, D.M.H. / $21 - $65

Western Child Regional Psychoanalytic Conference
Sat, Sep 30 (begins) / 9 AM - 4 PM / Marines' Memorial Club, 609 Sutter St. / San Francisco
SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / multiple faculty / $60 - $210

SFPI&S Mentoring Program Kick-Off Event
Tue, Oct 3 (begins) / 7:30 - 9 PM / SFPI&S Library, 2420 Sutter Street / San Francisco
Friends of SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / free to Friends / pre-registration required

To submit an event, please see our submission guidelines.

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GET INVOLVED AND CONNECT: IMPULSE seeks a meticulous, web-savvy volunteer as EVENTS EDITOR. Be first to know about psychoanalytic events while connecting with influential community members and contributing to this newsletter's success. Email us via our online form.

OFFICE FOR SALE: Individual psychotherapy suite in professional building near Mt. Zion. Private entrance, large consulting room, wait and bath rooms, closet, storage, built-in book cases and cabinets, parking. $139K. Call Dr. Jim Faircloth, (415) 931-4333.

STUDY GROUP: Well-established psychoanalytic study group meets weekly from Sept-May, Fridays, 12:30-2 pm at PINC in SF. Weekly classes include reading, discussion, some case presentation. Each year we explore different topics with four different instructors per year. One year commitment required. Contact Brook Stone, L.C.S.W. at (415) 789-8527 or Greg Clinton, Ph.D. at (415) 255-6213.

PSYCHOANALYTIC CASE CONSULTATION GROUP: Mind-Body Issues, Fostering Psyche-Soma Integration. Mondays beginning in the fall, 10:30 AM - 12:00, 5845 College Avenue, Oakland, Dori Dubin, Psy.D., (510) 547-2522, $40 per meeting.

FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT: NCSPP's scholarship fund makes analytic classes available at reduced fees for students in need. Contribute today.

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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Beth Steinberg, Ph.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 1,400 psychoanalytically oriented professionals and students in Northern California.

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IMPULSE is a monthly newsletter published by the Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology for the purpose of connecting Northern California psychoanalytic practitioners, students, and scholars. IMPULSE aims to foster the development of psychoanalytic practice and thought in our region through collaboration and understanding.

For information on submitting event listings and other content to IMPULSE, please see our guidelines and policies page on the NCSPP web site.

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