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Remembering Ken Appel

NCSPP’s fourth president and noted local analyst Ken Appel died just five weeks ago. We deeply appreciate his contributions to the local analytic community. Maureen Murphy, NCSPP founder, knew Dr. Appel well. Thank you, Maureen, for sharing your memories and for resurrecting your Presidential duties in honor of Ken Appel.

Warm regards,

Melissa Holub, Ph.D.
NCSPP President

Tribute to Ken

Kenneth J. Appel, a former president of NCSPP, passed away on September 25th in the company of his family. He is survived by his children Morgan, Kamala, Hannah and Oona. I report this with sadness but also amazement because to me – like most people who had the privilege of knowing him – Ken was as timeless as the unconscious and as illusive.

I met Ken thirty-five years ago, when we served on the CSPP Board, where he was the first Dean of Academic Affairs. It was in this capacity, as teacher and visionary, that he helped shape the careers of many psychoanalytic clinicians. My own enchantment with psychoanalysis is a debt I owe to Ken.

Dr. Appel had all the credentials for professional distinction. He received his undergraduate degree at Wayne State, a masters at the University of Chicago and finally his doctorate at the University of Houston. Later, he trained at the Mt. Zion Department of Psychiatry in the days when Mt. Zion was synonymous with psychoanalysis. With this background, he could cite the literature, quote Freud and debate technique with the best. But, what inspired his students was his command of the poetics of psychoanalysis. After listening to Ken present a case, I always came away determined to do whatever it took to understand, empathize and interpret like that.

The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Ken never lost that sense of trying new places – intellectually and personally. In the last fifteen years, he divided his practice between San Francisco and New Mexico. For a time, recently, he moved to India to deepen his spiritual practice of Vedanta. As your students, colleagues, patients and friends, we thank you for the gifts you left us and bid you a safe journey.

Maureen Murphy, Ph.D.
NCSPP Founder and Former President


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Winter's coming, rain is here. This month, we offer you a lighter look at psychoanalysis. The cartoon below may just be a sign of these hard, economic times :)





Cleopatra Victoria, MFT
IMPULSE Editor


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Freud/Lacan through Multiple Lenses

Lutecium offers a comprehensive two-year-long Freud/Lacan Seminar series presented as 6 distinct 6-session modules. Lutecium faculty members are closely affiliated with our local psychoanalytic institutions and strive to create an interdisciplinary environment that stimulates critical thinking from participants with diverse backgrounds, including philosophy, mathematics, literature, cultural studies, and psychology. We aim to produce open, robust, and radical discussions. We invite the seams between theory and clinical work into the classroom to spark fresh contributions to our clinical work through social, historical, and political explorations. Winter 2010 (January-March) module will focus on Freud’s formulation of neurosis, psychosis, and perversion while Lacan’s further elaboration of Freud’s work will include an overview of the graph of sexuation, psychotic structure, and family oedipal configurations. Faculty: Marian Joycechild Ph.D., Jeanne Wolff Bernstein, Ph.D., Mary Ewert, D.M.H., & John Gasperoni, Ph.D.

For more information and to register visit: www.lutecium.us/freudLacanSeminar.html
Approved MCEP Provider


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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.

Jung's Method of Treatment
Sun, Nov 1 / 1 PM - 5 PM / 2040 Gough Street / San Francisco
C. G. Jung Institute / (415) 771-8080 / Neil Russack, M.D. / $100

SFCP Community Members Professional Development Salon
Thu, Nov 5 / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / 2340 Jackson, 4th floor / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Phyllis Ball, MBA, Marc Wallis, LCSW, Bear Korngold, Psy.D. / $35

A Day with Dr. Salman Akhtar
Fri, Nov 6 / 9 AM - 4:30 PM / 600 Embarcadero Street / San Francisco
RAMS / (415) 668-5955 ext. 375 / Dr. Salman Akhtar / $150

PINC Presents: Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis Join Forces
Sat, Nov 7 / 9 AM - 4 PM / UCSF Milberry, Golden Gate Rm, 500 Parnassus St. / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Arnold Modell, M.D. & Walter Freeman, M.D. / am: $40-$100; pm: $25-$50

Playing with Families
Sat, Nov 7 / 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM / TBA / San Francisco
NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Peter Carnochan, Ph.D. / $90-$150

SFCP Child Colloquium: Beyond Trauma
Sat, Nov 7 / 10 AM - 12 PM / 2340 Jackson, 4th floor / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Robert Friend, M.D., Eileen Keller, Ph.D. & Gilbert Kliman, M.D. / free

SFCP: Opera on the couch--Otello
Sun, Nov 8 / 5:30 PM / Opera Plaza, Books Inc. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / free

PINC Presents: On the Royal Road
Mon, Nov 9 / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / PINC 2252 Fillmore Street / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Susan Sands, Ph.D. & Annie Sweetnam, Ph.D. / $10-$20; 1.5 CE

SFCP Scientific Meeting with David Tuckett
Mon, Nov 9 / 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM / 2340 Jackson, 4th floor / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Professor David Tuckett / free

SFCP Community Members North Bay Clinical Forum
Tue, Nov 10 / 7 PM - 9 PM / 4340 Redwood Highway / San Rafael
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Daphne de Marneffe, Ph.D. and Terrence Owens, Ph.D. / free

SFCP Community Members East Bay Clinical Forum
Wed, Nov 11 / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / Herrick Hospital, Conf. Rm CC, 2001 Dwight Way / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Stephanie Morgan, MFT and Jeanne Harasemovitch, LCSW / free

Beyond the Consulting Room with Peter Goldberg, Ph.D.
Fri, Nov 13 / 7 PM - 9 PM / East Bay TBA (Address to be Emailed to Registrants / East Bay
NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Peter Goldberg, Ph.D. / $10-$12

The Intersubjective Approach to Group Psychotherapy
Sat, Nov 14 / 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM / UCSF Alumni House/Parnassus Ave / San Francisco
NCGPS / (916) 212-6424 / Fred Wright, Ph.D. / $75-$165

The Wounded Healer
Sat, Nov 14 / 10 AM - 5 PM / 2040 Gough Street / San Francisco
C. G. Jung Institute / (415) 771-8080 / Charles Garfield, Ph.D. / $125

SFCP Day Long with David Tuckett
Sat, Nov 14 / 9 PM - 3:30 PM / Jewish Community Center, 3200 California / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Professor David Tuckett / $75-$155

SFCP Community Members San Francisco Clinical Forum
Tue, Nov 17 / 7:15 PM - 9 PM / 2340 Jackson, 4th floor / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Vittorio Comelli, Ph.D., Jack Giuliani, Ph.D. / free

SFCP Community Members South Bay Clinical Forum
Tue, Nov 17 / 7:15 PM - 9 PM / Psychiatry Building 401 Quarry Road / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Rebecca Fineman, Ph.D. and Miriam Bar, Ph.D. / free

SFCP Grand Rounds
Wed, Nov 18 / 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM / Psychiatry Building 401 Quarry Road / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Alan Kessler, Ph.D. / free

LUTECIUM: Lacanian Clinical Case Conference I
Thu, Nov 19 / 6 PM - 8 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium Psychoanalytic Group / Rebecca Bauknight, Ph.D. / $40-$80

LUTECIUM: Psychoanalysis & Poetics with David Marriott, Ph.D.
Fri, Nov 20 / 6 PM - 8 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium Psychoanalytic Group / David Marriott, Ph.D. / $40-$80

LUTECIUM: Writing Group "Letters" - Open House
Fri, Nov 20 / 8 PM - 9:30 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium Psychoanalytic Group / "Letters" group members / free

Eternal Vicissitudes of Youth
Sat, Nov 21 / 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM / 2040 Gough Street / San Francisco
C. G. Jung Institute / (415) 771-8080 / John Beebe, M.D. and Carol Lucero, Ph.D. / $100

LUTECIUM: Almodovar’s “Bad Education”
Sat, Nov 21 / 12 PM - 5 PM / Hobart Building, 582 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium Psychoanalytic Group / E. Essman, M.A., D. Borden, Ph.D., et. al. / $20-$30

LUTECIUM: Lacanian Clinical Case Conference II
Sat, Nov 21 / 6 PM - 8 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium Psychoanalytic Group / Jacques Siboni, M.D. / $40-$80

SFCP Conversations on Adolescents
Sat, Nov 21 / 10 AM - 12 PM / Flamingo Conf. Resort 2777 Fourth Street / Santa Rosa
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D. / free

SFCP Ext. Div. Peninsula Saturday Seminar: Hidden Shame
Sat, Nov 21 / 9 AM - 12 PM / Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road / Los Altos
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Mali Mann, M.D. / $75

LUTECIUM: Didactic Seminar – Lacan’s topology & the sinthome
Sun, Nov 22 / 12 PM - 5 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium Psychoanalytic Group / Jacques Siboni, M.D. & Robert Groome / $60-$100

PINC Presents: Bion and the Buddha
Mon, Nov 30 / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / PINC, 2252 Fillmore Street / San Francisco, CA
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Dawn Farber, Psy.D. / $10-$20; 1.5 CE

To submit an event, please see our submission guidelines.

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CLINICAL WORK GROUP for psychoanalytic psychotherapists. This study group is offered to help participants think and work psychoanalytically to promote depth in their treatments regardless of frequency of meetings or level of disturbance or type of population of their patients. In the context of a collaborative and supportive environment, we will listen to case presentations with an eye to listening analytically, working with transference and countertransference and thinking practically about how to intervene to deepen the treatments. Mondays 12:50 - 2:15 pm, 3321 Sacramento Street, San Francisco. $45 per meeting; CE credit available. Beth Steinberg, (415) 441-5302

PSYCHOTHERAPY OFFICE: Spacious, attractive, convenient Piedmont Ave. location. Warm wood paneled office has skylight, air conditioning, separate small room for workspace or kitchen. $800, includes utilities, cleaning, supplies. (510) 658-6060.

LEFT BEHIND? - GET ONLINE! Create Your Presence on the Web. Need a good website but don’t know where to start? What about Twitter. Wiki. Blog. Facebook. Social Network. Demystify web terms and processes in a supportive environment and create your own position on the Internet. The key to a comfortable and effective web presence comes with understanding the choices and creating a fit that’s right for you. If you are new to it, or if it’s just been awhile, I’m here to help. Websites. Computer and Internet Basics and Beyond. Customized Individual Tutoring. sherri.ortegren@yahoo.com, 415-250-1034, www.sherriortegren.com.

CRAFTING A MEANINGFUL THERAPY WEBSITE: Connect with the unique and meaningful aspects of your practice and translate this into language for the web. Includes 45-minute individual consultation. Friday, November 13, 9:30am- 12:30pm in San Francisco. Jodi Perelman, MFT, 415-435-7559. To register: http://www.jodiperelman.com/workshops

PREGNANT AND PRACTICING? Consultations for expecting therapists. A therapist’s pregnancy is an evocative and challenging time for both the patient and the clinician. The presence of an alive “third” in the room inevitably stimulates powerful feelings, wishes, and fantasies that can both foster growth and lead to impasses. Consultation can provide a container to help consider the questions that emerge, including the therapist’s desire for privacy vs. self-disclosure, when and how to discuss the pregnancy and maternity leave, and the complexities of returning to work. For more information, contact Elissa Meryl, Psy.D. at (415) 824-4360 or elissameryl@gmail.com


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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