PRESIDENT'S REMARKS: MELISSA HOLUB, PH.D.

"BATMAN SMELLS": THE RELEVANCE OF PLAYGROUND SONGS TO THE ANALYTIC ENDEAVOR

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FROM THE EDITOR: CLEOPATRA VICTORIA, MFT

BEWARE THE IDS OF MARCH

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PIECE OF MIND

DO WE HAVE AN ETHICAL OBLIGATION TO WEIGH IN ON THE SUBJECT OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE?

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Classifieds: 

CASE CONSULTATION GROUP: for psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapists. Mondays 12:50 - 2:15 pm. Contact Beth Steinberg, Ph.D. at (415) 441-5302 orbesteinberg@comcast.net.

ONGOING SEMINAR: Openings starting March 6. Alternate weeks of cases and readings. This section will focus on the work of Antonino Ferro. Three month commitment. $45/session. Oakland, Fridays 3 PM - 4:30PM. CE Approved. Annie Sweetnam, Ph.D., (510) 428-2913. Anniesweetnam@sbcglobal.net.

NEW WRITING GROUP: Support group for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists who are writing or want to start writing. Alternate Saturdays starting March 7, 10 AM - 1 PM. 8 session commitment. $65/session. Berkeley. CE Approved. Annie Sweetnam, Ph.D., (510) 428-2913. Anniesweetnam@sbcglobal.net.

WORKSHOP FOR MFT'S IN THE MAKING. Support and assistance with Trainee and Intern requirements, licensing paperwork, deadlines and procedures. March 9, 11, 16 and 18. 7-9pm. $350. For info call Markus Dobler, MFT (415) 375-9546 or Lisa Anderson Shaffer, MFT (415) 375-9541. 

DREAM CASE CONSULTATION GROUP FORMING. Developmental and Archetypal perspective. Friday 10:30 AM - 12 PM, small group, $60 a session, six month commitment. For more information call Jane Reynolds, Ph.D. at (510) 524-9111. 

ELEGANT, NEWLY DECORATED OFFICE: in historical building with beautiful gardens. Centrally located at Bush & Octavia. Office available Mondays. Parking space included! $200 per month. (415) 820-1414. 

PSYCHOANALYTIC CONSULTATION GROUP. On-going group focusing on the use of countertransference responses, including the group's response, to discover the moment of alive contact in each session. Weds. 10:30 AM - 12 PM. Albany. $50 per meeting. Maureen Franey, Ph.D. 510-527-6141. 

ANALYTIC GROUP THERAPY is an unique opportunity for a group relational experience that may be adjunctive to individual analysis or act as an independent therapy experience. Ongoing group meets Tuesday eve 7:pm to 8:30pm. Group Leader: Sue Saperstein, MFT, Psy.D. 415-641-4146.

Appointment Book: 

Lutecium Workshop: Gender, Lacan, and the Psychoanalytic Encounter
Sun, Mar 1 / 10 AM - 2 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium / Kristopher Lichtanski, Ph.D. / $40 - $80

SFCP Community Members East Bay Clinical Forum
Wed, Mar 4 / 7 PM - 9 PM / Herrick Hospital 2001 Dwight Way, Rm. CC / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / T. Schulman, Ph.D., K. MacVicar, M.D., & W. Glover, Ph.D. / free

SFCP South Bay Student Outreach: Couples Therapy � Love�s Work
Wed, Mar 4 (begins) / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / Psychiatry Buiding, 401 Quarry Rd. Rm. 2209 / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Dana Wideman, Ph.D. / free

SFCP SF Student Outreach: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Gay Men
Wed, Mar 4 (begins) / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Fl. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Gary Grossman, Ph.D. / free

Group Psychology in Clinic and Culture
Thu, Mar 5 (begins) / 7 PM - 8:30 PM / SFCP, 2340 Jackson Street, 4th Fl. / San Francisco 
NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Paul Alexander, Ph.D. / $55 - $165 

Lecture: What does the psychotic teach us about psychoanalysis?
Fri, Mar 6 / 7 PM - 9 PM / Golden Gate University, 536 Mission Street, 5th Fl. / San Francisco
CPA / (415) 577-1449 / W. Apollon, Ph.D. & Faculty of GIFRIC / free

Clinical Days �09: Two Days of Lacanian Psychoanalytic Teaching and Cases
Fri, Mar 6 (begins) / 9:30 AM - 5 PM / Golden Gate University, 536 Mission St., 5th Fl. / SF
CPA / (415) 577-1449 / W. Apollon, Ph.D. & Faculty of GIFRIC / $100 - $250 

SFCP Ext. Div. Pen. Sem.: Treatment of Patients with Addictive Disorders
Sat, Mar 7 / 9 AM - 12:05 PM / Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Rd. / Los Altos
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Susan Hamlin, LCSW / $75

Lutecium Workshop: The Absence of Desire; Introduction to Perversion
Sun, Mar 8 / 2 PM - 4 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium / Michelle Baker, M.A. & Aden Neumeister, M.A. / $20

SFCP Scientific Meeting with Maria Longuemare
Mon, Mar 9 / 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Fl. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Maria Longuemare, M.D., Ph.D. / free

SFCP Public Lecture Series: Savage Melancholia
Wed, Mar 12 / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Fl. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Jed Sekoff, Ph.D. / free

PINC: Colliding Idealizations in Psychoanalysis: Winnicott and his patients
Fri, Mar 13 / 7 PM - 9 PM / 2252 Fillmore St. / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Joyce Slochower, Ph.D. / $20 - $40

Friday the 13th Movie Night: The Shining
Fri, Mar 13 / 6 PM - 10 PM / The Variety Club Preview Room, 582 Market St. / San Francisco
NCSPP / (917) 405-3308 / / $10 - $12

SFCP Child Colloquia with Mrs. Dannette Graham
Sat, Mar 14 / 10 AM - 12 PM / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Fl. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Mrs. Dannette Graham / free

Psychoanalytic Couples Therapy: Unconscious Conflicts and Fantasies 
Sat, Mar 14 / 7 PM - 9 PM / 1330 Lincoln Ave., Ste. 201 / San Rafael
CIP/ (415) 459-5999 ext. 101 / Robert Waska, MFT, Ph.D., FIPA / $30

SFCP Community Members SF Clinical Forum
Tue, Mar 17 / 7 PM - 9 PM / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Fl. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Hugh Molesworth, Ph.D. & Barbara Mcswain, MSW / free

SFCP Community Members South Bay Clinical Forum
Tue, Mar 17 / 7 PM - 9 PM / Psychiatry Buiding, 401 Quarry Rd. Rm. 2209 / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Barbara Almond, M.D. / free

Lutecium: Clinical Case Conference
Thu, Mar 19 / 6 PM - 8 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium / Jacques Siboni, M.D. / $40 - $80

Lutecium: Writing Group "Letters" - Reception Night
Fri, Mar 20 / 7 PM - 8:30 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium / Michelle Baker, M.A. & group participants / free

Siblings: The Unconscious Web in the Family Structure
Fri, Mar 20 / 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM / Los Gatos (for location contact Tish Beyer) 
NCSPP / (408) 243-3536 / Dennis Facchino, Ph.D. / $25

Lutecium Film Event: Are you going Hollywood? II
Sat, Mar 21 / 12 PM - 5 PM / Hobart Building, 582 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium / Eric Essman, M.A., Jacques Siboni, M.D., & Mark Olesko / $20 - $30 

SFCP Conversation on Adolescents with Gary Grossman
Sat, Mar 21 / 10 PM - 12 PM / Flamingo Conf. Resort and Spa, 2777 4th St. / Santa Rosa
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Gary Grossman, Ph.D. / free

SFCP Dialogues : The Loewaldian Legacy
Sat, Mar 21 / 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Fl. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Nancy Chodorow, Ph.D. / $35 - $45

PINC Neuropsych Series: Clinical Case Seminar with Brian Koehler, Ph.D.
Sat, Mar 21 / 2 PM - 4 PM / UC Laurel Heights, 3333 California St. / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Brian Koehler, Ph.D. / $50

PINC Neuropsych Series: A Dialogue and Theory of Therapeutic Action
Sat, Mar 21 / 8:30 AM - 1 PM / UC Laurel Heights, 3333 California St. / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Brian Koehler, Ph.D. / $40 - $100

PINC Neuropsych Series: Clinical Case Seminar with Brian Koehler, Ph.D.
Sun, Mar 22 / 11 AM - 1 PM / PINC Library, 2252 Fillmore St. / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Brian Koehler, Ph.D. / $50

Lutecium Seminar: Objects of Desire and the Projective Plane
Sun, Mar 22 / 12 PM - 4 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium / Jacques Siboni, M.D. / $40 - $80

SFCP Grand Rounds at Stanford: From Shared Bodies to Nursing Couple
Wed, Mar 25 / 5:15 PM - 7:30 PM / Psychiatry Buiding, 401 Quarry Rd. Rm. 2209 / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Angela Sowa, LCSW / free

"Minding the Baby: A Mentalization Approach to Attachment Trauma"
Sat, Mar 28 / 9 AM - 1 PM / UCSF Laurel Heights Conf. Ctr., 3333 Cal. St. / San Francisco
ICP-North / (831) 335-5526 / Dr. Arietta Slade / $40 - 75 

Reality 2.0: When Loss Is Lost
Sat, Mar 28 / 10 AM - 1 PM / CPMC Pacific Campus, 2333 Buchanan St., Enright Rm. / SF
NCSPP / (415) 738-8055 / Stephen Hartman, Ph.D. & Stephen Seligman, DMH / free - $30

PINC Graduation Paper: Is Termination a Phase or a Process?
Sat, Mar 28 / 9:30 AM - 11 AM / Laurel Heights, 3333 California St. / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Barbara Short, Ph.D., & Mary Margaret McClure, DMH, discussant / free

Lutecium: Clinical Case Conference I
Wed, Apr 1 (begins) / 6 PM - 8 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium / Marian Joycechild, Ph.D. / $350

Lutecium Seminar: Lacan's "Sinthome" - A close reading
Thu, Apr 2 (begins) / 6 PM - 8 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium / Rebecca Bauknight, Ph.D. / $350

Lutecium: Writing Group "Letters"
Fri, Apr 3 (begins) / 6 PM - 8 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium / Michelle Baker, M.A. (coordinator) / $60

Lutecium: Freud/Lacan Seminar III
Sat, Apr 4 (begins) / 11 AM - 1 PM / Flood Building, 870 Market St. / San Francisco
Lutecium / J. Gasperoni, Ph.D., M. Joycechild, Ph.D., M. Ewert, DMH, J.W. Bernstein, Ph.D. / $350

PINC: The Work of Peter Fonagy: Mentalization and Its Application to Practice
Sat, Apr 4 / 9 AM - 1 PM / PINC library, 2252 Fillmore St. / San Francisco, CA
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Barbara Short, Ph.D. / $40 - $60

Working with Difficult Adolescents
Sat, Apr 4 / 10 AM - 1 PM / Center for Healthy Development / Santa Clara
NCSPP / (408) 247-9399 / Paul Alexander, Ph.D. / $25 - $100

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