As I write this, I have just returned invigorated from the meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the International Psychoanalytical Studies Organization in Manhattan.

It's a curious culture in which one is alerted to upcoming holidays by the changing seasonal aisle in Walgreen's.

PINC PRESENTS THE OEDIPUS COMPLEX

PINC presents The Oedipus Complex, a two-part series with Diane Elise and Jody Messler Davies.

Classifieds: 

PSYCHOANALYTIC GROUP THERAPY: Ongoing, for men and women, focusing on relationships, traumas, depression, anxieties, isolation. Tuesday evenings, 7:00 - 8:30pm. Sliding scale fee. Group therapist: Sue Saperstein, Psy.D. (415) 641-4146.

MEMORIAL: SFIPS (the San Francisco Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies) presents a memorial program in honor of Dr. Woodrow Donovan, its deceased President. The filmThe Butcher Boy will be shown, with papers by Diane Borden, Ph.D. and Mark Levy, M.D., an introduction by Abbot Bronstein, Ph.D., and moderated by Frank Lossy, M.D. The program will be held Saturday, March 1, 2008, from 1-5 pm at UCSF Laurel Heights Conference Center. For more information, see www.sfips.org/programs.php or contact frozy@concentric.net or (415) 679-0997. CEUs for MFTs and LCSWs. $35; $25 SFIPS members; $15 students.

INTERNSHIP: SF Bay Area 12-mo. FT-PT post-degree internship, 08/08-08/09. $11.50 hr. To apply: girlsinc-alameda.org/about/employment.htm.

PSYCHOTHERAPY SUITE: On University Ave., Sacramento. Large corner office, good location. Share rent, expenses with two psychotherapists. Contact Chris Larsen, M.D. (916) 920-4028 or Carol Ekstrom, Ph.D. (916) 564-6248.

Appointment Book: 

Psychoanalysis and Music: The Symbology of Popular Song
Sat, Feb 2 / 10 AM - 1 PM / Calvary Presbyterian Church, 2515 Fillmore Street / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Albert Mason, M.D.; Charles Dithrich, Ph.D. / $40 - $70

SFCP Child Colloquia
Sat, Feb 2 / 10 AM - 12 PM / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Floor (entrance on Webster) / SF
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Mirta Berman de Oelsner / free

Traumatic Aspects of Normal Development
Sat, Feb 2 / 9 AM - 1 PM / Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Rd. / Los Altos
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Nancy Peters, L.C.S.W. / $100

SFCP Friends Clinical Forum (East Bay)
Wed, Feb 6 / 7 PM - 9 PM / Herrick Hospital, Conf. Room CC, 2001 Dwight Way / Berkeley
SFCP Friends / (415) 563-5815 / Kristen Carey, Psy.D. ; Sue von Bayer, Ph.D. / free (CE $15)

Peninsula Student Outreach: Formulating Transference Interpretations
Wed, Feb 6 (begins) / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / Psychiatry Build., 401 Quarry Rd., Room 1206 / Palo Alto
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Janice Mill, Ph.D. / free

Peninsula/South Bay Salon: Psychoanalytic Valentines: The Possibility of Love
Fri, Feb 8 / 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM / phone MJ Myatt for location / Redwood City
NCSPP / (650) 364-8095 / Peter Carnochan, Ph.D. / $30

A Day with Adrienne Harris: The Flexible Body and the Transgendered Self
Sat, Feb 9 / 9 AM - 3:30 PM / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Floor (entrance on Webster) / SF
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Adrienne Harris, Ph.D., Susan Stryker, Ph.D., 
Michel Feldman, M.D. / $55 - $140

SFCP Scientific Meeting: Repairing the Reparative Object
Mon, Feb 11 / 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Floor (entrance on Webster) / SF
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Robert Bartner, Ph.D. / free

On the Role of the Psychoanalyst During Times of War
Thu, Feb 14 / 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM / Location TBA / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Rachel Peltz, Ph.D.; Nancy Caro Hollander, Ph.D. / free

SFCP Theater on the Couch: The Blood Knot by Athol Fugard
Fri, Feb 15 / 8 PM / ACT Theater, 415 Geary Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / Panelists: Linda Lagemann, Ph.D.; Peter Goldberg, Ph.D. / $19 - $59

SFCP East Bay Student Outreach: Case Conference
Sat, Feb 16 (begins) / 10 AM - 12 PM / Herrick, 2001 Dwight Way, Conf. Rm CC / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Instructors TBA / free

Friends Clinical Forum (San Francisco)
Tue, Feb 19 / 7 PM - 9:30 PM / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Floor (entrance on Webster) / SF
Friends of SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Margot Dexler, Ph.D.; Michael Wagner, Ph.D. / free

SFCP Friends Clinical Forum (South Bay)
Tue, Feb 19 / 7 AM - 9 PM / Psychiatry Building, 401 Quarry Road / Stanford
Friends of SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Vinh Q. Thai, M.D.; Gail Bates, Ph.D. / free

East Bay ISG Midyear Event: Small Study Group with Peter Goldberg, Ph.D.
Fri, Feb 22 / 3 PM - 5 PM / The Dream Institute, 1672 University Ave. / Berkeley
PINC & NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Peter Goldberg, Ph.D. / $25 (limit 15 people)

A Deep Well: Ruth Stein on the Feel of Unconscious Experience
Sat, Feb 23 / 9 AM - 2:30 PM / UCSF Laurel Heights, 3333 California Street / San Francisco
PINC & NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Ruth Stein, Ph.D.; Peter Goldberg, Ph.D. / $25 - $160

SFCP Stanford Grand Rounds: Shame Veiled and Unveiled
Wed, Feb 27 / 6:10 PM - 7:30 PM / Psychiatry Building, 401 Quarry Road / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Mali Mann, M.D. / free

SFCP Public Lecture Series: Navigating Work-Family Balance
Wed, Feb 27 / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Floor (entrance on Webster) / SF
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Daphne de Marneffe, Ph.D. / free

Film The Butcher Boy: Program in Honor of Woodrow Donovan
Sat, Mar 1 / 1 PM - 5 PM / UCSF Laurel Heights; 3333 California St. / San Francisco
Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies / (415) 679-0997 / Diane Borden, Ph.D.; Mark Levy, M.D.; Abbot Bronstein, Ph.D.; Frank Lossy, M.D. / $15 - $35

Friends of SFCP East Bay Clinical Forum (Case Presentation and Discussion)
Wed, Mar 5 / 7 PM - 9 PM / Herrick Hospital, Conf. Rm. CC, 2001 Dwight Way / Berkeley
Friends of SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Emily Taylor Johnson, L.C.S.W. (presenter);
Maureen Katz, M.D. (discussant) / free (CE $15)