This month's issue of IMPULSE brings a historic announcement from Dr. Bill Glover of the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute & Society, which will soon become the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. We also feature a rich array of learning opportunities for your consideration.

We hope you enjoy this month's issue, and we hope you'll join NCSPP to assist us in furthering the community that belongs to us all.

On July 1 the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute & Society and its supporting organization, the San Francisco Foundation for Psychoanalysis, will merge and become the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. SFPI&S has a long tradition of training psychoanalysts in the Bay Area and has evolved into a theoretically pluralistic institute advancing contemporary psychoanalysis. Over the years our mission has expanded beyond psychoanalytic training to include extended education programs for the mental health community, a broad variety of programs for the general public and selected service efforts such as our acclaimed Child Development Program and its preschool programs in low-income San Francisco communities.

Our recent strategic plan concluded with a proposal to restructure the organization to keep pace with its changing identity. The result is the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, key features of which include a community majority on the board of trustees, an improved management structure and revised procedures for appointing training analysts. The goal of these changes is to promote the relevance and recognition of psychoanalysis in the broader community, offer psychoanalytic education, and sponsor research and applied psychoanalysis while continuing our tradition of excellence in training psychoanalysts.

We will soon be vacating our building at 2420 Sutter for temporary quarters to allow for construction of a new home for the Center. We are beginning a capital campaign to make our new professional home a state-of-the-art facility including classrooms, the Erik Erickson Library and an auditorium with video conferencing capabilities.

Please look for announcements of Center activities and remember that the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is the evolution of SFPI&S.

William Glover, Ph.D.
President, San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute & Society, soon to become the
San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis

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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.

Lacanian and Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Supervision
Sat, Jun 2 / 10 AM - 4:30 PM / 1578 San Lorenzo / Berkeley
Lacanian School / (510) 526-9341 / Raul Moncayo, Ph.D. / $100, $135 with CEU

Flesh or Function: Design and the Unconscious
Sat, Jun 2 / 11 AM - 1 PM / Timken Auditorium, CCA, 1111 Eighth Street / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Maria McVarish, Professor of Design, California College of the Arts / $35

Happy Hour (Hosted by the NCSPP Associate Members Committee)
Thu, Jun 7 / 6 - 8 PM / Voda Bar & Lounge, 56 Belden Place / San Francisco
NCSPP / (510) 273-9229 / free

SFPI&S Extension Division Seminar: Lacanian View of the Psychoanalytic Cure
Sat, Jun 9 / 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM / 2420 Sutter St. / San Francisco
SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / Jeanne Wolff-Bernstein, Ph.D. / $75

"Spirits of the Rocks (Zauberfelsen)" -- Screening & Discussion
Fri, Jun 15 / 7 - 9:30 PM / 2040 Gough Street / San Francisco
C. G. Jung Institute / (415) 771-8055, x208 / Dr. Peter Ammann / $25

Creative Imagination & Shamanism: Bushman Rock Art and Modern People
Sat, Jun 16 / 10 AM - 4 PM / 2040 Gough Street / San Francisco / $62.50 - $125
C. G. Jung Institute / (415) 771-8055, x208 / Swiss Analyst & Filmmaker Dr. Peter Ammann

SFPI&S Friends Clinical Forum (Case Presentation & Discussion)
Tue, Jun 19 / 7:30 - 9 PM / SFPI&S Library, 2420 Sutter Street / San Francisco
Friends of SFPI&S / (415) 563-5815 / Deborah Weisinger, Psy.D. (presenter);
Kristine Pfleiderer, DMH (discussant) / free (CE $15)

Film "1919": Freud's Wolfman and Homosexual Woman Discuss their Analysis
Sat, Jun 23 / 10 AM - 1 PM / 45 Castro, Davies CPMC Auditorium / San Francisco
Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies / (415) 679-0997 / Arlene Richards, Ed.D.;
Arnold Richards, M.D. / $10 - $50

SFPI&S What's Opera, Doc? -- Discussion of Der Rosenkavalier
Sun, Jun 24 / 4:30 PM / location TBA / San Francisco
SFPI&S / (415) 563-3366 / Linda Lagemann, Ph.D.; Alan Skolnikoff, M.D. / free

To submit an event, please see our submission guidelines.

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ANALYTIC GROUP THERAPY - BEGINNING AUGUST 2007: Analytic group therapy is an opportunity for a group relational experience that may be adjunctive to individual analysis or an independent treatment modality that offers both analytic experience and group support. This analytic group would be useful to persons working with shame, isolation, relational anxieties, trauma and depression. Each applicant will be interviewed at least once to determine appropriateness. The fee is on a sliding scale: $60 - $100 for a 90 minute session. Group Leader: Sue Saperstein, MFT, Psy.D. For further information:(415) 641-4146 or drsuesaperstein@sbcglobal.net.

CASE CONFERENCE: Listening for Transference is for clinicians developed in practicing psychoanalytic psychotherapy who want to improve their ability to perceive and work with transference. Readings will be provided. I'm glad to meet with anyone who thinks they might be interested. Instructor: Holly Gordon, DMH, Faculty SFPI, recipient of American Psychoanalytic Association Edith Sabshin award for excellence in teaching Dates: $40/session thru summer/September 7- December 7 = $520 Fridays 1:00-2:30 CE Available 3321 Sacramento St, SF 94118 Contact: (415) 346-4494

GIRLS INC. POST-DOC: SF Bay Area 12-mo. FT-PT post-degree internship w/stipend 09/07-08/08. Learn how to apply.

FEELING IMPULSIVE? NCSPP's e-newsletter is looking to expand its volunteer staff. It's a great chance to raise your profile and build your network of contacts by providing a valuable service to your colleagues. We encourage those with HTML skills, plus an interest in building the Bay Area's analytic community, to get in touch.

BEAUTIFUL PSYCHOTHERAPY OFFICE FOR SUBLET. Mondays in therapy suite on Union Street @ Gough. Large, decorated in natural tones w/artful touches of color. $230/mo. Available 4/1/07. (510) 848-3372.

GOT CONSULTATION? Find a Bay Area consultation or study group through the bulletin board maintained by the Friends and SFPI&S Extension Division.

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. Join us.

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Adam Kremen, 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 1,650 psychoanalytically interested 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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