Offerings by Date Offerings by Location Offerings by Type NCSPP Faculty Registration & Payment CE Credits Scholarship Fund Policies			Play: Love for Beginners: A Play, On and With, Words Gene Alexander, MFT 3 CE Credits Private Home, San Francisco Saturday, October 10, 2009 3 PM - 6 PM $50 - $110* Course Overview When a philosophy professor is asked to teach a course on love, she aptly entitles it Love for Beginners. But before she knows it, she is up to her neck in limitations and complications: for starters, the man she is involved with has been sleeping with her sister. Each character's grasp of love is sorely challenged as the three of them, characterized by equal parts of cynicism, skepticism, and vulnerability, argue their way through the twists and turns of making a relationship. Much of the inspiration for the points of contention in the play came from the work of Roland Barthes, especially his book entitled Discourse for Lovers which looks closely at the psychology of the pursuer and the pursued and the ways in which desire functions between them. Course Objectives Participants will be able to speak to the elements and process of power struggles as they occur in couple interaction. Participants will be able to discuss the role of fixed ideas in the functioning of a couple. Participants will be able to discuss the role of desire and the defenses against it in a couple. Participants will be able to develop ideas about the role of the third as it relates to couple functioning. About Mr. Alexander Gene Alexander has been practicing psychotherapy in San Francisco since 1976. He was a member of the Family Therapy Center where in trained in and taught couple and family therapy for over eighteen years. He has taught a number of courses in local colleges and universities and has been deeply interested in couple therapy during his professional career. Besides his involvement in psychotherapy, he has been actively writing both poetry and/or plays for the past fifteen years and his latest play, Illsa's Choice, has been chosen as part of new play festivals in both Los Angeles and New York City as well as presented at the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education in Boston last year. Registration Deadline * Early registration will remain open through September 26, 2009. After this date an additional $40 will be added to all registrations. Instant Registration & Payment Online NCSPP now offers online course registration and payment using PayPal, the Internet's most trusted payment processor. All major credit cards, as well as checking account debit payments, are accepted. To register and pay online, simply select the appropriate button: General Public Fee ($150) NCSPP Member Fee ($135) NCSPP Associate Member Fee ($115) NCSPP Student Member Fee ($90) Scholarship ($90) - (must have prior approval) While online registrations save valuable administrative time for NCSPP, we still offer a paper registration form on our Registration & Payment page. CE Credit 3 CE credits will be awarded for this course. Participants must attend 100% of the program in order to receive CE credit. Upon completion of a conference evaluation form, a certificate will be issued. This serves as documentation of attendance for all participants. LCSWs/MFTs: These courses meet the requirements for CE credits for LCSWs and MFTs through the BBS. (Provider #PCE 508). Psychologists: Division 39 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Division 39 maintains responsibility for these programs and their content. Target Audience & Instructional Level All licensed mental health professionals, residents, interns, and graduate students in training, as well as members of the lay public who have an interest in psychoanalytic psychology. This is an intermediate level course. Cancellation & Refund Policies Enrollees who cancel at least seven days prior to the workshop date or the first class of a course with multiple meetings will receive a refund minus a $35 administrative charge. No refunds will be allowed after this time. THERE WILL BE A $25 BANK CHARGE AND AN ADDITIONAL $15 ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE ON ALL RETURNED CHECKS. Scholarship Information We have established the NCSPP SCHOLARSHIP FUND to broaden community access to our events by subsidizing the greater part of our tuition costs for a limited number of attendees. For information regarding elegibility and availability, please contact Michele McGuinness. Disabilities Division 39 and NCSPP are committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please contact Michele McGuinness for any special needs. NCSPP and Division 39 are committed to conducting all activities in strict conformity with the American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles for Psychologists. If you believe that a violation of ethics has occurred during this presentation, or if you have concerns about such issues as handicapped accessibility, distress with regard to program content or other complaints, please contact Michele McGuinness. Questions For program related questions, please call Mahima Muralidharan, Psy.D., 650-743-1716. For questions related to enrollment, locations, CE credit, special needs, course availability and other administrative issues contact Michele McGuinness by email or 415-457-9949.
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