October lands on little black cat feet. We welcome Halloween, a Pagan holiday and European cultural tradition where it's believed the spirits can make contact with the physical world. On the tail of Halloween comes Day of the Dead, an Aztec ritual and Mexican holiday where we greet the departed with flowers, cakes, and chocolate skulls (sweet dreams?).

Death itself has provided us with several rather lively psychoanalytic concepts. Freud's death drive implies a wish to return to our organic, preanimate state, and our deflection of this urge — towards aggression. The dead mother of Andre Green signifies the unavailable or depressed maternal figure and the child's subsequent mourning and loss. And Michael Eigen's concept of psychic deadness refers to the patient's emotional unaliveness.

Perhaps Hans Loewald was most astute when he remarked that the purpose of psychoanalysis is to turn ghosts into ancestors... It could be said that our patients go door to door, hoping for something sweet. So for you, dear clinician, in this spookiest of months, may all your treatments be not at all tricky.

We welcome you to be part of the lively psychoanalytic community in Northern California and join NCSPP.

Many young adults are on the brink, facing crucial life decisions and unknowns. Where am I going? What do others expect of me? What do I want? Can I make it? Often they face the precipice alone — sometimes leaning on self-destructive and violent means — until they invite the clinician in.

The Education Committee of NCSPP invites you to explore psychoanalytic psychotherapy with young adults with panelists Dorian Newton of Mills College, Nadine Tang of U.C. Berkeley, and Adam Kremen of NCSPP. Case vignettes presented by Adam Beyda and Jason Brand will help illuminate the developmental dynamics and conflicts with which young adults grapple.

LOCATION: Mills College, Oakland
DATE: Saturday, November 3rd
TIME: 1:00 to 5:00 PM
FEES: Non-Members: $115, Members: $85, Associate Members: $40 (4.0 CEUs)

THREE WAYS TO REGISTER:
Mail: NCSPP, 12 Hampton Ave., San Anselmo, CA 94960
Fax: (415) 457-6276
Online: www.ncspp.org


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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.

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

Career-Building Panel for CSPP Students & Alumni
Tue, Oct 2 / 6 - 8 PM / CSPP, Rm. 206 / San Francisco
NCSPP / (720) 837-5567 / Dr. Kristen Carey & Dr. Jill Warburton / free

Career-Building Panel for Wright Institute Students & Alumni
Wed, Oct 3 / 6 - 8 PM / Wright Institute, Rm. 110 / Berkeley
NCSPP / (510) 525-3586 / Carolina Bacchi, Psy.D.; Adam Beyda, Psy.D.;
Dr. Sunny Kuegle, Psy.D. / free

Friends of SFCP East Bay Clinical Forum (Case Presentation and Discussion)
Wed, Oct 3 / 7 - 9 PM / Herrick Hospital, Conf. 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)

San Francisco Student Outreach: Principles of Psychoanalytic Technique
Wed, Oct 3 (begins) / 7:30 - 9 PM / 2420 Sutter Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Ken Roberson, Ph.D. / free

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

East Bay Student Outreach: Self-Mutilation (part 2)
Sat, Oct 6 / 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM / Herrick Hospital, 2001 Dwight Way, Conf. Rm. CC / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Dorian Newton, Ph.D. / free

Who is a Trauma Patient?
Sat, Oct 6 / 9 AM - 12 PM / Christ Episcopal Church, Fireside Rm., 1040 Border / Los Altos
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Shela Fisk, Ph.D. / $75

Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis with Roberto Oelsner
Sat, Oct 6 / 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM / 2420 Sutter Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Roberto Oelsner, M.D.; Eric Glassgold, M.D.;
Julie Ruskin, Ph.D. / $35 - $45

What's Opera, Doc?: Tannhauser
Sun, Oct 7 / 5:30 PM / Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / Linda Lagemann, Ph.D.; Steven Goldberg, M.D. / free

SFCP Scientific Meeting: Encounters at Checkpoint
Mon, Oct 8 / 7:30 - 9:30 PM / 2420 Sutter Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Roberta Apfel, M.D.; Bennett Simon, M.D. / free

Relational Resonance
Tue, Oct 9 (begins) / 1330 Lincoln Avenue # 201 / San Rafael
Community Institute for Psychotherapy / (415) 459-5999 x 101
Linda Grahamn, MFT / $180 - $260

Bridging Psychoanalysts Across Three Continents
Sat, Oct 13 / 9 AM - 3:30 PM / UCSF Conference Ctr., 3333 California / San Francisco
PINC & SFCP / (415) 922-4050 / Virginia Ungar, M.D. (Argentina);
Jorge Canestri (Italy, Argentina); Peter Carnochan, Ph.D.; Mitchell Wilson, M.D. / $40 - $125

The Vulnerability of the Therapist in the Clinical Hour
Sat, Oct 13 / 9 AM - 3 PM / Town Center Community Rm., 770 Tamalpais Dr. / Corte Madera
Community Institute for Psychotherapy / (415) 459-5999 x101
Arlene Bermann, L.C.S.W. / $75 - $120

Setting Sail: Taking off as a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist.
Mon, Oct 15 (begins) / 7:30 - 9 PM / St. John?s Presbyterian Church / Berkeley
NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Ruth Simon, Ph.D. / $55 - $160

Delusions and Dreams: Then and Now
Wed, Oct 17 (begins) / 7:30 - 9 PM / Herrick Hospital, 2001 Dwight, Conf. Rm. CC / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Louis Roussell, Ph.D. / free

Post-Graduate Psychotherapy Training Program
Wed, Oct 17 (begins) / 7:30 - 9:30 PM / 9 Funston Ave., The Presidio / San Francisco
SFPRG / (415) 567-3669 or 346-2744 / George Silberschatz, Ph.D.;
John T. Curtis, Ph.D. / $1,500

SFCP Educational Open House
Wed, Oct 17 / 7:30 - 9:30 PM / 2420 Sutter Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Harriet Wolfe, M.D. and others / free

SFCP Seminar for Scholars: Psychoanalysis and War
Thu, Oct 18 (begins) / 7:30 - 9 PM / 2538 Channing Way, Conf. Rm. / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Jed Sekoff, Ph.D. / free

The Contribution of Wilfred Bion: Differing Perspectives
Sat, Oct 20 / 9 AM - 4 PM / Fort Mason Center / San Francisco
C. G. Jung Institute / (415) 771-8080 / B. Sullivan; H. Markman; J. Grotstein / $125

Reaching the Difficult Child
Sat, Oct 20 / 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM / JFKU, 2956 San Pablo Ave. 2nd Floor / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Ken Roberson, Ph.D. / $75

Film and Discussion: "Young Dr. Freud"
Wed, Oct 24 / 7:30 - 9:30 PM / CPMC Davies Campus, 45 Castro St / San Francisco
Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies / (415) 679-0997 / Frank Lossy, M.D. / $10

When Parents Hate and When Teen Hate: Challenges for Treating Adolescents
Fri, Oct 26 (begins) / 12:30 - 2 PM / Epworth Methodist Church, 1935 Hopkins St. / Berkeley
NCSPP / 415 457-9949 / Maureen Katz, MD / $55 to $160

Object Loss and the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma
Sat, Oct 27 / 9 AM - 12 PM / Christ Episcopal Church, Fireside Rm.,1040 Border / Los Altos
SFCP / Beth Taylor, M.D. / $75

SFCP Stanford Grand Rounds: The Devil Within
Wed, Oct 31 / 6:15 - 7:30 PM / Psychiatry Dep., 401 Quarry Rd., Rm 2209 / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Alan Kessler, Ph.D. / free

Happy Hour (hosted by the NCSPP Associate Member Committee)
Thu, Nov 1 / 6 - 8 PM / Varnish, 77 Natoma St. / San Francisco
NCSPP / (510) 273-9229 / free

SFCP Theater on the couch: The Rainmaker by Richard Nash
Fri, Nov 2 / 8 PM / ACT Theater, 415 Geary Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / Mardi Horowitz, M.D.; Linda Lagemann, Ph.D. / $19 - $82

Wrecked by Success
Sat, Nov 3 / 9 AM - 12 PM / Christ Episcopal Church, Fireside Rm., 1040 Border / Los Altos
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Sharon Levin, L.C.S.W. / $75

Psychoanalytic Views On Working With Foster Children
Sat, Nov 3 / 10 AM - 1 PM / CPMC, 2333 Buchanan (at Clay) / San Francisco
NCSPP / (510) 717 5330 / Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D; April Fernando, Ph.D; Kelley Gin, Psy.D.;
Eileen Keller, Ph.D / $0 - $10

SFCP Child Colloquium: One Mind
Sat, Nov 3 / 10 AM - 12 PM / 2420 Sutter Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Roy Aruffo, M.D. / free

SFCP Child Development Program: Annual Lecture 2007
Wed, Nov 7 / 7:30 - 9:30 PM / 2420 Sutter Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Prof. Alicia Lieberman; Lynn E. Hazen, M.A.;
Era Loewenstein, Ph.D. / free

Friends of SFCP East Bay Clinical Forum (Case Presentation and Discussion)
Wed, Nov 7 / 7 - 9 PM / Herrick Hospital, Conf. Rm. CC, 2001 Dwight Way / Berkeley
Friends of SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Carolina Bacchi, Psy.D. (presenter);
Sandy Bemesderfer, Ph.D. and Barbara McSwain, L.C.S.W. (discussants) / free (CE $15)

To submit an event, please see our submission guidelines.

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SF INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDIES PROGRAMS: Dec. 8: Robert Caper. Paper on Klein and Bion; Case Consultation / Jan. 19: Walter Stone. Dynamic group treatment of severe mental illness. / Mar. 1: Dr. Donovan. Memorial Program: Film, discussion with Diane Borden, and Mark Levy / Apr. 27: Diane Santas and Sharon Witkin. Child assessment. See www.sfips.org/programs.php or contact frozy@concentric.net or (415) 679-0997.

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.

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., MFT, 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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