Upcoming Courses & Events
June 2025
Calling all Community Mental Health clinicians and staff! Looking for a space to connect with others who work in community settings while enjoying the outdoors? Join us for the Spring CMH hike, where you will have the opportunity to enjoy the natural beauty of the Bay Area while meeting others.
July 2025
This introductory event to NCSPP’s year-long virtual Intensive Study Group (ISG) will feature four instructors — Janie Riley, LMFT, Daniel Butler, Ph.D., LMFT, Michael Levin, Psy.D., and Sydney Tan, Psy.D. — each describing their own approach to this year’s theme, On Perversion.
September 2025
From September 5, 2025 – April 17, 2026
In this yearlong course, we will explore the provocative and “polymorphous” psychoanalytic topic of perversion and its manifestations and intersections in the clinic and beyond. The course brings together classical and contemporary psychoanalytic approaches to examine perversion’s complex place in our individual dimensions and broader collective formations.
Click here for detailed information about individual ISG segments.
This seminar explores the complexities of psychology, culture, and embodiment, focusing on body image and its manifestations in clinical practice. Through a psychodynamic lens, students will delve into the multifaceted nature of body image, examining its stability and instability and the resulting psychological impacts.
Join us for a tour of the indoor and outdoor Rodin Sculptures! Cantor's collection spans three galleries, an outdoor sculpture garden, and features nearly 100 Rodin sculptures essential to telling his story and representing his groundbreaking engagement with the body.