A lush and wildflower-filled spring has swept away our wet and gloomy winter in Northern California. Like the roots and blooms of new growth, psychoanalytic work and thinking in our area reaches for depth even as it spreads out broadly and brilliantly. This month's IMPULSE reflects this uncommon vitality.
In PRESIDENT'S REMARKS, Beth Steinberg anticipates Christopher Bollas' provocation not to stop at the surface of our patients' experience but to plumb the unconscious. EVENT SPOTLIGHT describes an exciting event that looks at the therapeutic relationship from an array of theoretical vantages, reaching out across schools of thought. As we've come to expect, our blogger Dr. Louis Roussel peels back the layers of a clinical hour to expose the rawness of one therapist's subjectivity. And APPOINTMENT BOOK offers chances to explore aging and oedipal victory, erotic transference and impasse, autism and the unconscious — truly a fresh breadth of spring.
We're inspired to be part of this fertile expansion. We hope you enjoy the issue, and we hope you'll join NCSPP or contribute to our scholarship fund to assist us in fostering a vibrant psychoanalytic community in Northern California.
Looking forward to hearing Christopher Bollas' insights this month into distinctions between engaging conscious and unconscious material in psychoanalytic work leads me to reflect on the inspiring and remarkable growth of our Northern California p
The term "blog" refers to a web-based journal wherein individuals offer up their personal experiences to anyone with a web browser. The editors at IMPULSE sought out a local analytic candidate willing to "blog" his experience in training.
Everything you ever wanted to know about the psychotherapeutic relationship will be covered in this exciting conference!