Finally. The sweet swelter of San Francisco summer sweeps into September. Now that we're falling into autumn, why not turn over a new leaf? Sign up for a class and warm up to new ideas. Turn the heat up when you present your case in a consultation group. Meet other hot psychoanalytic minds at an open house, happy hour, or theatre performance. Ignite a burning discussion at a seminar, or blaze your way through a hot-off-the-press psychoanalytic book. Just look at this month's calendar and you'll see why it's getting hot in here.

And when summer's sizzle wanes, let us know what you like about IMPULSE and what you'd like to see more of. We also warmly invite you to be part of NCSPP and hope that you'll join today.

In our newest feature, IMPULSE will introduce you to recently published books of psychoanalytic — and often local — interest with a brief author interview. To inaugurate BOOKMARK, we spoke to Christopher Bollas about The Freudian Moment, now available from Karnac.

IMPULSE: In The Freudian Moment you assert that here-and-now transference interpretations express resistance to free association. Why would an analyst or therapist have resistance to patients' free associations?

Christopher Bollas: Several reasons. To discover any sequential logic, one has to wait for the pattern of thought to unfold. Therapists have always had a hard time remaining quiet. Secondly, it requires a special discipline to listen in this manner. Analysts seem almost allergic to any real discipline and opt for their "feelings" or "thoughts from reverie" or more mystical sources, which all too often is a rationale for sloppy work. And, free associations can undermine any authority analysts have over the years arrogated to themselves — especially in the name of the transference or more altruistically "the relationship" — which can result in a worrying authoritarian presence in their work.

IMPULSE: What is lost when one makes a here-and-now transference interpretation?

CB: If it is commented on "now and then" it is probably appropriate. But this idea is now saturating the analyst's mind to the point where at the very least, it functions as a fetishistic object (to protect the analyst from intercourse with the unknown) and more worryingly, it is a paranoid idea of reference.

IMPULSE: If a clinician wishes to develop skill in perceiving communications from the patient's unconscious by searching for the "logic of sequence" in the therapeutic hour, what's a good way to begin?

CB: First, one has to give up the delusional position occupied by insistence that analysis is all about the transference or the relationship. Second, you cannot search for the logic of sequence. If you relax and just listen a pattern of thought derived from the analysand's ordered sequence of thought will suddenly occur to you. Detailed study of process sessions will help skeptics to see how we all think by association, and in 2008, Routledge will publish a book of mine with detailed sessions that I hope will help people see more clearly what Freud meant by the logic of sequence.

For a more in-depth interview with Christopher Bollas by Patricia Marra, M.F.T., see the upcoming Fall 2007 issue of fort da, NCSPP's journal.

Cate Corcoran, Psy.D.
IMPULSE Features Editor

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If much emotional activity occurs unconsciously, how can we identify emotional triggers? Why is it so difficult to modify how we behave once we have become emotional? Can we ever truly change what we become emotional about? To what extent is it possible to 'tame the shrew'?

Buddhists talk about recognizing the spark that arises to initiate an emotion before the flame consumes. In psychoanalysis, by bringing our attention to bodily sensations and impulses, we also try to identify the spark in order to extinguish the fire of destructive patterns.

In an engaging, interactive format, Dr. Maureen Murphy will interview Dr. Paul Ekman — an internationally recognized leader for his work on the expression and physiology of emotion — regarding his research.

This program, sponsored by PINC's Neuropsychoanalysis Committee, will be held at UCSF Laurel Heights President's Room on October 20, 2007, 8:30am-1pm. To register, contact the PINC office at (415) 922-4050.

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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.

Friends of SFCP East Bay Clinical Forum (Case Presentation and Discussion)
Wed, Sep 5 / 7 - 9 PM / Herrick Hospital, Conf. Room CC, 2001 Dwight Way / Berkeley
Friends of SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Tara Z. May, Ph.D. (presenter);
Alice Jones, M.D. (discussant) / free (CE $15)

SFCP Child Psychotherapy Seminars
Wed, Sep 5 (begins) / 7:30 - 9 PM / 2420 Sutter St. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / $1,400

Happy Hour (hosted by the NCSPP Prelicensed Clinicians Committee)
Thu, Sep 6 / 6 - 8 PM / 111 Minna Gallery / San Francisco
NCSPP / (510) 273-9229 / free

SFCP Extension Division East Bay Year Long: Terrifying Transference
Fri, Sep 7 (begins) / 12 - 1:30 PM / JFKU, 2956 San Pablo Ave., 2nd Floor / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / M. Chapin; S. Winkel; S. von Baeyer; A. Sowa; G. Marrott;
S. Bemesderfer; P. Goldberg / $1,300

SFCP Theater on the Couch: Sweeney Todd
Fri, Sep 7 / 8 PM / ACT Theater, 415 Geary St. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / Wendy Stern, D.M.H.; Linda Lagemannn, Ph.D. / $19 - $82

SFCP Scientific Meeting
Mon, Sep 10 / 7:30 - 9:30 PM / 2420 Sutter St. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Jane Burka, Ph.D.; Cornelia St. John, M.F.T.; Joan Sarnat, Ph.D. / free

The In-between Areas in Psychoanalytic Experience
Fri, Sep 14 (begins) / 3 - 4:30 PM / Oakland
NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Annie Sweetnam, Ph.D. / $415 - $825

SFCP: East Bay Year Long Continuous Case Conferences
Fri, Sep 14 / 1:45 - 3 PM / JFKU, 2956 San Pablo Ave., 2nd Floor / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Jeanne Harasemovitch, L.C.S.W.; Gary Grossman, Ph.D. / $900

SFCP Friends Clinical Forum
Tue, Sep 18 / 7:30 - 9 PM / SFCP Library, 2420 Sutter St. / San Francisco
Friends of SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Deborah Fletcher, Ph.D. (presenter);
Sue Von Baeyer, Ph.D. (discussant) / free (CE $15)

Peninsula/South Bay Intensive Study Group (ISG)
Wed, Sep 19 (begins) / 10 - 11:30 AM / Menlo College 1000 El Camino Real / Atherton
NCSPP / (650) 364-8095 / Lee Rather, Ph.D.; Peter Carnochan, Ph.D.; Martine Aniel, Ph.D.;
Michael Guy Thompson, Ph.D.; Hugh Grubb, Psy.D.; Dennis Facchino, Ph.D. / $1700 - $1800

SFCP Extension Division and Friends of SFCP Open House
Thu, Sep 20 / 7:30 - 9 PM / 2420 Sutter St. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Jack Giuliani, Ph.D. (Ext. Div. Chair);
Renee Spencer, Ph.D. (President of SFCP Friends) / free

SFCP Extension Division San Francisco Year Long: When the Body Speaks
Fri, Sep 21 (begins) / 12 - 3 PM / 2420 Sutter St. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / D. Melman, M. Chapin, M. Murphy, R. Deutsch, M. Schaefer,
E. Loewenstein, J. Kahn, E. Glassgold, et al. / $1,800

Contemporary Kleinian Views of Narcissism (Paper)
Sun, Sep 23 / 10 AM - 12 PM / 450 Sutter St., Floor 9; Rm 941 / San Francisco
Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies / (415) 679-0997 / Joe Aguayo, Ph.D. / $45

Contemporary Kleinian Views of Narcissism (Case Conference)
Sun, Sep 23 / 1:30 - 4 PM / 450 Sutter St., Floor 9; Rm 941 / San Francisco
Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies / (415) 679-0997 / Joe Aguayo, Ph.D. / $45

SFCP Open House in the South Bay
Wed, Sep 26 / 7:30 - 9 PM / Univ. Psychiatry & B.S. Building, 401 Quarry Rd. / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / R. Almond, M.D.; S. Levin, LCSW; M. Smith, M.D.; M. Snyder, M.D.;
D. Sorbo, LCSW / free

SFCP Grand Rounds: Working Psychoanalytically in a Silicon Valley Practice
Wed, Sep 26 / 6:15 - 7:30 PM / Univ. Psychiatry & B.S. Building, 401 Quarry Rd. / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Hugh Grubb, Psy.D. / free

SFCP Seminar for Scholars: Psychoanalysis and War
Thu, Sep 27 / 7:30 - 9 PM / Conf. Room, 2538 Channing Way near Bowditch / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Erik Gann, M.D. / free

The Psychoanalytic Mystics: Jung, Bion, and Beyond
Fri, Sep 28 (begins) / 9:30 - 11:30 AM / 1330 Lincoln Ave. #201 / San Rafael
Community Institute for Psychotherapy / (415) 459-5999 x101 /
Bryan Wittine, Ph.D., M.F.T. / $150 - $220

Peninsula Year Long: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Theory & Technique
Fri, Sep 28 / 12 - 1:30 PM / Univ. Psychiatry & B.S. Building, 401 Quarry Rd. / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / E. Loewenstein; R. Almond; E. Woods; B. Taylor; J. Katz;
A. Kessler / $900

Freud's Women
Sat, Sep 29 / 9 AM - 3 PM / Laurel Hts Conf Ctr., 3333 California St. / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Adrienne Harrris, Ph.D.;
Inge Scholz-Strasser (Director, Freud Museum) / $40 - $125

Introduction to the Work of Jean-Michael and Danielle Quinodoz
Mon, Oct 1 (begins) / 7:30 - 9 PM / 2420 Sutter St. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Era Loewenstein, Ph.D.; Sue von Bayer, Ph.D.;
Jack Giuliani, Ph.D. / free

Friends of SFCP East Bay Clinical Forum (Case Presentation and Discussion)
Wed, Oct 3 / 7 - 9 PM / Herrick Hospital, Confr Rm CC, 2001 Dwight Way / Berkeley
Friends of SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Ortal Kirson-Trilling, Psy.D. (presenter);
Peter Goldberg, Ph.D. (discussant) / free (CE $15)

Happy Hour (hosted by the NCSPP Associate Member Committee)
Thu, Oct 4 / 6 - 8 PM / Beckett's Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. / Berkeley
NCSPP / (510) 273-9229 / free

Control Mastery Couples Therapy
Sat, Oct 6 / 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM / SFJCC, 3200 California St. / San Francisco
SFPRG / (415) 561-6771 / Dennis J. Zeitlin, M.D. / $65

To submit an event, please see our submission guidelines.

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THE REACH OF THE MIND: International Federation of Psychoanalytic Education 18th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, Oct 19-21, 2007, Toronto, featuring Mark Solms, Ph.D. Contact: Sue Saperstein, Conference Co-Chair, (415) 641-4146 or drsuesaperstein@sbcglobal.net.

ANALYTIC GROUP THERAPY: Meets on Tuesdays, 7pm -8:30 pm, San Francisco. Space available. Fee $60-$100 Group relational experience is either adjunctive to individual therapy or independent treatment. Group Leader: Sue Saperstein, Psy.D. Contact: (415) 641-4146 or drsuesaperstein@sbcglobal.net.

STUDY AND CASE CONSULTATION: With L. Eileen Keller. Bion's works on thinking are wonderfully useful in clinical work, though sometimes hard to grasp in isolation. In this class we will use early theoretical work to help us understand our own and our patients' defenses against psychic pain. Alternating clinical presentations with reading will help us integrate Bion's work into our clinical technique. Wednesdays, 12-1:15pm. September 12 through December 12, excluding November 22. Location: 5435 College AV #201, Oakland. Cost:$45 per session. Class limited to six. kellerphd@gmail.com or www.kellerphd.com.

SFIPS FALL PROGRAMS: · Sept. 23: Dr. Aguayo. Paper on Kleinian perspectives on narcissism and Case Consultation. / · Sept. 26: 12 week Contemporary Kleinian Case Conference and Didactic Course, East Bay by Dr. Abbot Bronstein. / · Oct. 24: Film "Young Dr. Freud," discussion by Dr. Lossy. / · Dec. 8: Dr. Caper. Paper on Bion and Case Consultation. / Contact frozy@concentric.net or (415) 679-0997.

INTERNSHIP: SF Bay Area 12-mo. FT-PT post-degree internship with stipend 09/07-08/08. To apply visit our job opportunities page.

SAN MATEO SUBLET: Lovely psychotherapy office available 2.5 weekdays, evenings, and weekends. Beautiful building with 5 therapist offices, kitchen, and shower. Parking, public transportation, and handicapped accessible. Call (650) 340-8229.

GOT CONSULTATION? Find a Bay Area consultation or study group through the bulletin board maintained by the Friends of SFCP and SFCP'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., M.F.T., Editor
Cate Corcoran, Psy.D., Features Editor
Meg Earls, M.A., Copy Editor
Brad Falconer, M.A., Managing Editor

Each month, IMPULSE reaches over 1,700 psychoanalytically interested professionals and students in Northern California.

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