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.

IMPULSE was launched five years ago with a particular vision. In addition to sharing relevant NCSPP news, we wanted to put into action NCSPP’s ability to offer an umbrella to the psychoanalytically interested community in the Bay Area. Our monthly Appointment Book column is the first community-wide calendar of its kind. As part of our umbrella function, I am dedicating this President’s Report to a snippet of news from each of three programs in the local analytic community. I may be able to provide information about other programs in future issues of IMPULSE. If your analytically oriented grad school, institute, or training program is interested, please contact me for some basic publishing guidelines.

Access Institute has been selected as the new institutional home for the psychoanalytic research tool, The Scales of Psychological Capacities (SPC) developed by Robert Wallerstein and colleagues. Access Institute will be in charge of training researchers in the use of the measure, and we hope to begin use of the SPC to research our patients’ outcomes in psychoanalytic therapy. Access Institute will be honoring Robert and Judith Wallerstein for their contributions to psychoanalysis at our annual event in October.

California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) is expanding its Couples Therapy Program, with senior clinicians providing excellent training and supervision in this area. CPMC has openings for couples now and provides services on a sliding scale (down to $33.00 per session). For details, click here.

PINC (Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California) celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year and became a full component Society of the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA) at the Association's Congress this July. PINC is one of seven independent institutes in the United States that are component members of the IPA. Five PINC candidates and about fifteen PINC analysts presented papers at the Congress.

Congratulations to Access and PINC for their achievements! I am looking forward to hearing from other analytically oriented programs. Over time, we’d like to make a permanent place in Impulse for such community updates.

Warm regards,

Melissa Holub, Ph.D.
NCSPP President


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Divorced Eggs, Separated by Red and Green Sauce

Huevos Divorciado. That’s what the menu said in the Mexico City Airport. It sounded like malo suerte to me -- bad luck -- so I ordered the omelet de casa. We’d spent four days in the timeless town of Tepotzlan, an hour south of the city. Cobblestone streets ran up and down hills through the impoverished market centro and spilled out into the verdant, mountainous countryside. Miles of expansive, hidden estates lay in wait behind fortified stone walls and medieval gates, doused in fluorescent pink and purple bougainvillea..

There were Mexican prices and turista prices. How long would a foreigner need to live in the country to earn the right to pay local prices? Our bed and breakfast was in the countryside, a green patch bracketed by severe cliffs. We ate breakfast by the pool, served by a 40 year-old Mexican man, supporting three young children. How much was he paid, ministering to the rich visitors who might order the $55 rack of lamb or $100 bottle of wine listed on the menu? Not us, modest therapists, who shopped the outdoor market in the city center and made homemade guac from scratch in our room, to the ire of our innkeepers.

One night, very late, hungry and a bit restless, we hobbled over cobblestone in darkness towards town. We found a large outdoor restaurant, a blaze of trees and shrubs covered by an enormous canvas canopy, stone tables sunk in sand. The night air was soft and still. It was after-hours. We ordered pizza and cocktails. There was an impromptu stage up front, and a DJ and his friends were spinning tunes off his Mac --- trance, electronica. The Smiths' 1986 “There Is a Light that Never Goes Out” came on, and we got up to dance, excited and a bit homesick. The DJ smiled. I smiled back. I called out, “Buena musica. Lo quiero. Gracias!” It was the best I could do to bridge the separation.

Cleopatra Victoria, MFT
IMPULSE Editor

Listen to the Smiths' single, "There is a Light that Never Goes Out," by clicking here.


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PINC REFERRAL SERVICE

The Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC) trains licensed and experienced mental health professionals to become psychoanalysts.

Psychoanalysis is an intensive psychotherapy conducted as a collaboration between patient and therapist in which patients are usually seen three to four times a week, for fifty-minute sessions. As part of our ongoing training program, PINC candidates may offer psychoanalysis throughout the Bay Area at a reduced fee to those unable to afford higher private practice rates.

Individuals who wish to consider the benefits of psychoanalysis with one of our candidates are invited to call PINC at (415) 922-4050 to begin a consultation process.

For more information about PINC or our referral service, please visit our Website, www.pincsf.org.

Terrance McLarnan, MFT
PINC-NCSPP Liaison


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PSYCHOANALYTIC COUPLES THERAPY EVENT

NCSPP and BACPPG* are presenting “The Relationship and The Other: A Day with Mary Morgan.”

Acclaimed Senior Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist Mary Morgan, from London’s Tavistock Center for Couple Relationships, will talk about her paper, “Beliefs About a Relationship and Beliefs About the Other: Working with Both Paradigms to Bring About Change.”

Following Mary Morgan’s thought-provoking presentation of her paper, Milton Schaefer, Ph.D., will facilitate a discussion of Mary Morgan’s ideas in the context of Klein, Bion, and post-Kleinian theorists such as Britton. The program continues in the afternoon with a couple case presentation by Rachel Cooke, Ph.D., with Mary Morgan as a discussant.

October 24th, 9 - 4, JCC, Fisher Family Hall, $25 - $160. Click here for more information.

*BACPPG, the Bay Area Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy Group, is dedicated to the study, teaching, and practice of psychoanalytic couple psychotherapy.


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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.

LUTECIUM: Clinical Case Conference
Wed, Sep 2 (begins) / 6 PM - 8 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium / Marian Joycechild, Ph.D. / $400

LUTECIUM Seminar: Lacan's "Sinthome" - a close reading
Thu, Sep 3 (begins) / 6 PM - 8 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium / Rebecca Bauknight, Ph.D. / $400

SFCP Ext Div East Bay Year Long 2009-10
Fri, Sep 4 (begins) / 12 PM - 1:30 PM / 2215 Prince Street, The Garden Room / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / $1,000

SFCP Ext. Div. Continuous Case Conferences
Fri, Sep 4 (begins) / 1:45 PM - 3 PM / 2215 Prince Street, The Garden Room / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / $900

A Related Approach to the Transference: the Work of A. Ferro
Tue, Sep 8 (begins) / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / East Bay Private Practice Office
NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Mark Sullivan, Ph.D., MFT / $90 - $195

SFCP Community Members North Bay Clinical Forum
Tue, Sep 8 / 7 PM - 9 PM / 4340 Redwood Highway / San Rafael
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Renee Spencer, Ph.D. and Jim Dimon, M.D. / free

SFCP Community Members East Bay Clinical Forum
Wed, Sep 9 / 7 PM - 9 PM / Herrick Hospital, Conf. Room CC, 2001 Dwight Way / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Milena Edwards, Psy.D and Abby Wolfson, Ph.D. / free

SFCP Public Lecture Series: Inner Lives in Transition
Wed, Sep 9 / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / SFCP, 2340 Jackson St. 4th Floor / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Nathan Szajnberg, M.D. / free

SFCP Child Psychotherapy Seminars
Wed, Sep 9 (begins) / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / SFCP, 2340 Jackson St. 4th Floor / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / $1,400

LUTECIUM: Writing Group "Letters"
Fri, Sep 11 (begins) / 6 PM - 8 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium / Group Participants / $80

The Relational Turn - A Late Summer Conversation
Sat, Sep 12 / 4 PM - 7 PM / 2027 7th St / Berkeley
NCSPP / Drs. Murphy, Rosbrow, Hartman, Burka, Sarnat, Harlem, Carnochan / $35

LUTECIUM Seminar: Freud/Lacan IV
Sat, Sep 12 (begins) / 11 AM - 1 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium / Drs. Joycechild, Ewert, Wolff Bernstein, Gasperoni / $400

SFCP Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Peace Building
Sat, Sep 12 / 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM / SFCP Auditorium, 2340 Jackson St. 4th Floor / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Kimberlyn Leary, Ph.D., M.P.A. / $35 - $45

SFCP Scientific Meeting with Kimberlyn Leary, Ph.D., M.P.A.
Mon, Sep 14 / 7:15 PM - 9:30 PM / SFCP Auditorium, 2340 Jackson St. 4th Floor / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Kimberlyn Leary, Ph.D., M.P.A. / free

SFCP Community Members South Bay Clinical Forum
Tue, Sep 15 / 7:15 PM - 9 PM / Psychiatric Building, 401 Quarry Rd. / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / TBA / free

SFCP Community members San Francisco Clinical Forum
Tue, Sep 15 / 7 PM - 9 PM / SFCP 2340 jackson St. 4th Floor / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Presenter: Susmita Das, M.F.T. Discussant: Steve Purcell, M.D. / free

The Relational Turn - East Bay Intensive Study Group
Thu, Sep 17 (begins) / 10 AM - 12 PM / 1953 Hopkins St. / Berkeley
PINC & NCSPP / (510) 444-5458 / Drs. Burka, Sarnat, Harlem, Carnochan / $1650 - $1800

The Relational Turn - San Francisco Intensive Study Group
Fri, Sep 18 (begins) / 10 AM - 12 AM / PINC Library, 2252 Fillmore St. / San Francisco
PINC & NCSPP / (510) 444-5458 / Drs. Spezzano, Murphy, Rosbrow, Hartman / $1650 - $1800

SFCP Theater on the Couch: Brief Encounter
Fri, Sep 18 / 8 PM - HHMM AM/PM / ACT Theatre, Geary Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Wendy Stern, D.M.H. & Linda Lagemann, Ph.D. / see ACT box office

SFCP Ext. Div. SF Year Long Program 2009-10
Fri, Sep 18 (begins) / 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM / SFCP, 2340 Jackson St. 4th Floor / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / $1800

SFCP Conversations on Adolescence: Why They do What They Do
Sat, Sep 19 / 10 AM - 12 PM / Flamingo Conf. Resort, Oak room, 2777, Fourth St. / Santa Rosa
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Katherine Fraser, D.M.H. / free

2009 Training Year Kickoff Picnic
Sun, Sep 20 / 2 PM - 5 PM / Mission Dolores Park / San Francisco
NCSPP / H. LaBouy (206) 930-6940 / Sponsored by the Pre-licensed Clinicians Committee / free

LUTECIUM Workshop: Spoken, unspoken, and unspeakable...
Sun, Sep 20 / 10 AM - 2 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium / Kristopher Lichtanski, Ph.D. / $40 - $80

SFCP Community Members: Marketing Your Practice Online
Mon, Sep 21 / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / SFCP Auditorium, 2340 Jackson St. 4th Floor / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Peter Carnochan, Ph.D., Robert Friend, M.D. and TBA / free

Therapeutic Action in the Clinical Hour: What Facilitates Change?
Wed, Sep 23 (begins) / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / PINC Library, 2252 Fillmore Street / San Francisco
NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Drew Tillotson, Psy.D. / $95 - $275

PINC Presents: Continuous Case Conference Sept. 23-Dec. 9
Wed, Sep 23 (begins) / 6:30 PM - 8 PM / PINC Library, 2252 Fillmore Street / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Gail Bates, Ph.D. and Shelley Alhanati, Ph.D. / $300 / Limit 12. CE

NCSPP: Student Paper Presentation - "The Peculiar Case History"
Fri, Sep 25 / 7 PM - 9 PM / Private Home / San Francisco
NCSPP / (415) 948-8823 / Elizabeth Bradshaw, M.Sc., Peter Carnochan, Ph.D. / free, $10 for CE

PINC: Generations of Meaning: Introduction to Infant Observation
Fri, Sep 25 (begins) / 4 PM - 6 PM / PINC Library, 2252 Fillmore Street / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Angela Sowa, Psy.D. / $160 - 110; 6 weeks CE

SFCP Ext. Div. Peninsula Year Long 2009-10
Fri, Sep 25 (begins) / 12 PM - 1:30 PM / University Psychiatry Building, 401 Quarry Rd. / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / $1,000

SFCP Grand Rounds at Stanford
Wed, Sep 30 / 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM / Psychiatric Building, 401 Quarry Road / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / John Barry, M.D. / free

To submit an event, please see our submission guidelines.

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FALL, 2009 PSYCHOANALYTIC CONSULTATION/STUDY GROUPS: Using participants’ case material and readings, we will bring our attention to the heart of analytic technique as we focus on the ways in which we, as therapists, move toward and away from contact with both our patients and our own internal states. Berkeley. For flyer: Cindy Sachs, (510) 339-3260, cinsachs@aol.com.

ONGOING CASE CONSULTATION AND READING GROUP: Readings on dissociation and clinical comparisons with splitting and repression. Friday afternoons, Oakland Sep 25 - Jan 22. $50/session ($800 total). CE approved. Annie Sweetnam, Ph.D. (510) 428-2913, Anniesweetnam@sbcglobal.net.

WRITING SUPPORT GROUP for those writing or interested in writing. Focus on individual voice and style. 4th Sat. month, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm, start Sep 26, Berkeley. $75/session. 8 session commitment. Annie Sweetnam, Ph.D. (510) 428-2913, Anniesweetnam@sbcglobal.net.

"THE TREATMENT OF ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS" - A Weekly Consultation Group led by Mary Brady, Ph.D. and Robert Tyminski, D.M.H. Mondays from noon to 1:15, 3159 Sacramento St., S.F. Approved for CE credit. $50/meeting. For information call Mary Brady at (415) 776-3174.

NEW CONSULTATION GROUP in Menlo Park for Licensed Therapists. Psychodynamic, attachment, relational and biological perspectives including addiction. Focus on countertransference and interpersonal process. Empathic, non-judgmental. Mondays 2:15-3:45, 9/14 through 6/14. $400/month. Call (650) 321-9228 or e-mail: drbarbarafinn@sbcglobal.net.

ON-GOING PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY GROUP: Working with Primitive Anxieties and Psychosomatic disorders has openings for fall 2009. Meets Thursdays 10:15-11:45AM. Fee: $45/meeting. Contact Dori Dubin, PsyD at (510) 547-2522 or ddubinpsyd@comcast.net.

PSYCHOANALYTIC CONSULTATION GROUP. On-going group focusing on the use of countertransference responses, including the group's response, to discover the moment of alive contact in each session. Weds. 10:30 AM - 12 PM. Albany. $50 per meeting. Maureen Franey, Ph.D. (510) 527-6141.

DREAM WORK PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUP forming this fall in Palo Alto for high-functioning adults interested in exploring unconscious conflicts and themes in a lively small group setting. $50 per session. Tuesdays, 5:15 to 6:45 PM. Call Dr. Gloria Golden, (650) 325-4275.


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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Melissa Holub, Ph.D., NCSPP President
Cleopatra Victoria, M.A., MFT, Editor-in-Chief
Bruce Weitzman, MFT, Managing Editor
Meg Earls, M.A., Features Editor
Terra Morais, M.A., Appointment Book Editor
Michele McGuinness, Production Manager
Matthew Morrissey, Technical Editor
Cate Corcoran, Psy.D., Brad Falconer, M. A., Editors Emeritus

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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