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

As summer approaches, we wind down just a bit, take time with family and loved ones, and hopefully create some psychic space to reflect on what we have learned and are learning.

In recent conversations with graduate students and pre-licensed folks, I often find myself saying that the best way to become more involved in the psychoanalytic community — to hear and feel the pulse of what’s current — is to attend NCSPP events or take some of our classes. At our last board meeting in May, I was invigorated by our plans for next year’s educational offerings. Once again, NCSPP is offering a rich array of learning opportunities with topics geared toward practitioners who embrace psychoanalytic ideas. I’m impressed by our board members' efforts to create exciting, varied, and fresh opportunities for our constituency. Please stay tuned for mailings and announcements as we prepare to unveil NCSPP’s courses and events for 2008-09. I think you will be pleased at the variety of experiences we offer.

Looking forward, we continue to strive to offer educational opportunities for psychoanalytic thinkers at all levels. Whether you’re in private practice, interested in formal psychoanalytic training, or on staff in community and educational settings, our programming has evolved to satisfy a variety of educational appetites. One of the best ways to stay abreast of current activities is to check our website frequently — www.ncspp.org.

Warm regards,
Drew Tillotson, Psy.D.
President NCSPP


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As we transition our new staff this month, please have patience with IMPULSE. Thanks to Meg Earls, who stays on and moves up to Features Editor. She is your point person for Event Spotlight and Piece of Mind. Bruce Weitzman will keep us herded in the right direction as Managing Editor. Drew Hutchinson is Editor-at-Large and will orchestrate our technical imperatives. Jodi Perelman has served as an interim President's Remarks Editor, and Terra Morais will oversee the ever-popular calendar as Appointment Book Editor. The HTML design and execution of IMPULSE will be handled by Michele McGuinness, Production Manager. Again, a world of thanks to the energetic and imaginative Brad Falconer and Cate Corcoran who depart IMPULSE after nearly three years of dedication.

I'd like to urge you to use IMPULSE. If you use utilize psychoanalytic principles in your work - whether in a hospital, clinic, private practice or any other setting - we'd like you to write about your experiences in our intermittent column, Psychoanalysis on the Streets. Does your organization have an upcoming event you'd like to promote to the nearly 2000 Bay Area psychoanalytic practitioners who read IMPULSE very month? You may want to book paid space in Event Spotlight or Piece of Mind. Are you a candidate in training who'd like to write - anonymously or not - about your experience in Candidate's Blog? Please see submission guidelines for details on these opportunities. Kleinians, Jungians, Lacanians, whatever your psychoanalytic orientation and whichever theories you create or practice, we'd love to hear from you. Everyone is encouraged to participate, from inspired students to rock-star analysts.

Cleopatra Victoria, MFT
IMPULSE Editor


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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
Wed, Jun 4 / 7 PM - 9 PM / Herrick Hospital Room CC, 2001 Dwight Way / Berkeley
Friends of SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Terry Schulman, Ph.D.; Charles Fisher, M.D. / free

SFCP Scientific Meeting with Francis Baudry
Mon, Jun 9 / 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM / SFCP, 2340 Jackson St, 4th Fl. (enter on Webster) / SF
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Francis Baudry, M.D. / free

NCSPP 2008 Student Paper Award
Sat, Jun 7 / 10 AM - 1 PM / SFCP - 2340 Jackson St., 4th Fl., enter on Webster / SF
NCSPP / (415) 738-8055 / Esther Rapoport; Francisco J. Gonzalez, M.D.; Cress Forester, Psy.D. / free, $10 for CE

SFCP Theater on the Couch: 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE
Fri, Jun 13 / 8 PM / ACT Theater / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Forrest Hamer, Ph.D.; Linda Lagemann, Ph.D. / $19 - $59

NCSPP Spring Scientific Meeting: Working with the Hidden Faces of Masochism
Sat, Jun 14 / 10 AM - 1 PM / CPMC Pacific Campus - 2333 Buchanan - Conf. Rm. A / SF
NCSPP / (415) 738-8055 / Alan Kessler, Ph.D. / members free, $10 non-members, $10 CE

Ready to Die? Living with Ethical Concerns about Mortality
Sat, Jun 14 / 9 AM - 4 PM / PINC Library, 2252 Fillmore Street / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Jeffrey Sandler, M.D. / $90

Friends of SFCP Peninsula Clinical Forum
Tue, Jun 17 / 7 PM - 9 PM / Psychiatry Building 401 Quarry Road / Stanford
Friends of SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Tam Pham, L.F.T.; Mary Jane Otte, Ph.D. / free

SFCP Let's Talk Opera, Doc: Das Rheingold
Sun, Jun 22 / 5 PM / Books Inc. Van Ness Avenue / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Alan Skolnikoff; Linda Lagemann, Ph.D. / free

To submit an event, please see our submission guidelines.

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POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: Holy Names University, Counseling Services, Oakland. Stipend provided. PT, 9 mos. Start mid-Aug. Contact beyda@hnu.edu or (510) 436-1530 for more info.

NCGPS ANNUAL TRAINING INSTITUTE AT ASILOMAR CONFERENCE CENTER: June 6-8, 2008. Excellent learning environment for group therapists of all levels. Groups include: Psychodynamic, Jungian, Creative Arts, and featuring Playback Theater. Continung Education approved 12 hours MCEP. Contact www.ncgps.org or DaisyReese@hotmail.com

PSYCHOANALYTIC CASE CONSULTATION AND READING GROUP: South Bay. Led by Alan Kessler, Ph.D., Faculty SFCP, Fee: $60. Fridays 10:30 to 12:00. (408) 868-9405.

BIONIAN CLINICAL STUDY GROUPS: Oakland Wed. 10 - 11:30 and S.F. Thurs. 3:15 - 4:45. Space available Sept. 2008. Bion-inspired, including models/ theories from: infant observation, attachment theory, child analysis; affective, developmental neuroscience; work of BPCSG. Case focused; initial didactic seminar for newcomers. Dr. Dawn Farber,Psy.D. MFT; private practices Oakland, San Francisco. Personal and Supervising Analyst, Faculty at PINC. (415) 673-7744, rori4@comcast.net. $50 per meeting. 8 people max.


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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Drew Tillotson, Psy.D., NCSPP President
Cleopatra Victoria, M.A., MFT, Editor-in-Chief
Brad Falconer, M.A., Managing Editor
Bruce Weitzman, MFT, Managing Editor
Cate Corcoran, Psy.D., Features Editor
Meg Earls, M.A., Features Editor
Jodi Perelman, MFT, Interim Presidents Remarks Editor
Terra Morais, M.A., Appointment Book Editor
Drew Hutchinson, M.A., Editor-at-Large
Michele McGuinness, Production Manager

Each month, IMPULSE reaches over 1,830 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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