Offerings by Date Offerings by Location Offerings by Type NCSPP Faculty Registration & Payment CE Credits Scholarship Fund Policies			Third Annual Couple Therapy Event: A DAY WITH FRANCIS GRIER Psychotic and Depressive Processes in Couple Functioning Instructors:    Francis Grier, Ph.D.; Julie Friend, LCSW; and Leora Benioff, Ph.D. CE:                   6 CE credits Location:         The David Brower Center                         2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 Date:               Saturday, October 23, 2010 Time:               9:00 am – 4:00 pm Tuition:           $180 General Public | $150 NCSPP Full Members                         $80 NCSPP Associate Members | $30 NCSPP Student Members                         $30 Scholarship Rate (must have prior approval) Early registration ends 10/15/10, after this date an additional $40 fee will be added to all registrations. Online registration closed. Registration will be accepted at the door. Course Overview The Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy Group (PCPG) and NCSPP will co-host Francis Grier, a senior marital psychotherapist, a clinical lecturer, and visiting research lecturer at the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships. Francis Grier has written extensively about psychoanalytic theory and couple psychotherapy and is the editor of Brief Encounters with Couples: Some Analytic Perspectives and Oedipus and the Couple. Dr. Grier will focus on couples with an extreme paranoid-schizoid frame of mind, bordering on psychotic functioning. Within this frame work, he will describe the formation of this type of couple’s ideals and the betrayal of those ideals as well as how the couple’s experience of time affects their psychological functioning. Dr. Grier will present clinical material highlighting differences in working with couples with an anti-developmental, near-psychotic level of functioning versus those who use their psychotherapy to develop healthier relationships. Following Francis Grier’s thought-provoking presentation, Julie Friend, LCSW, will discuss Dr. Grier's paper followed by a case presentation by Dr. Leora Benioff to Dr. Grier. Course Objectives Participants will be able to describe how a couple forms their own ideals for each other, how these ideals are shared or not between them, and how the betrayal of these ideals leads to a breakdown in their psychological functioning. Participants will be able to discuss the difference between couples with a near psychotic level of functioning versus those with more healthy coping skills and recognize that each type requires different interventions. Participants will be able to apply their new understanding of how couples therapy improves functioning even in psychotic couples to help them use psychotherapy to develop even healthier relationships. About the Instructors Leora Benioff, Ph.D., has completed the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relations Advanced Training in Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy and is a candidate at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. A member of The Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy Group, Dr. Benioff has taught at The Wright Institute and Access Institute and supervised at CPMC. She is in private practice in Berkeley and San Francisco. Julie Friend, LCSW, is a supervisor at California Pacific Medical Center and has taught at The Psychotherapy Institute and Access Institute. She is an original member of The Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy Group and is program coordinator of their yearlong study program. She is in private practice in Berkeley. Francis Grier, Ph.D., is editor of Brief Encounters with Couples: Some Analytical Perspectives (2001), Oedipus and the Couple (2005), and author of “Lively and Deathly Intercourse,” in Sex, Attachment and Couple Psychotherapy: Psychoanalytic Perspectives (2009). Dr. Grier is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society, Society of Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists, and has been a lecturer at the Tavistock Centre. He has a private practice in London. Registration Deadline & Information Early registration ends October 9, 2010. After this date an additional $40 fee will be added to all registrations. Cancellation & Refund Policies Enrollees who cancel at least SEVEN DAY prior to the event date 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. CE Credit This event meets the requirements for 6 CE credits for LCSWs, MFTs, and Psychologists. Participants must attend 100% of the program. Upon completion of a conference evaluation form, a CE Certificate will be issued. This serves as documentation of attendance for all participants. LCSWs/MFTs: This event meets 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 this program and its content. Target Audience & Instructional Level This intermediate-level course is open to 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. 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. The Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology is the local chapter of Division 39, American Psychological Association. NCSPP is committed to the study of psychoanalytic psychology and the encouragement of its interests in the professional and general communities. It is a multi-disciplinary, nonprofit educational membership organization open to all mental health professionals. San Francisco | East Bay Education Committee Lisa Bialy, Psy.D., Program Committee Co-Chair Lani Chow, Ph.D., Program Committee Co-Chair Sarah Bothe, Psy.D. Kristen Carey, Psy.D. Melissa Kohner, MA Annice Ormistom, MA For program related questions contact Lisa Bialy, Psy.D. at 415-948-8823. 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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