As summer approaches, we wind down just a bit, take time with family and loved ones, and hopefully create some psychic space to reflect on what we have learned and are learning.

As we transition our new staff this month, please have patience with IMPULSE. Thanks to Meg Earls, who stays on and moves up to Features Editor. She is your point person for Event Spotlight and Piece of Mind.

Classifieds: 

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: Holy Names University, Counseling Services, Oakland. Stipend provided. PT, 9 mos. Start mid-Aug. Contact beyda@hnu.edu or (510) 436-1530 for more info.

NCGPS ANNUAL TRAINING INSTITUTE AT ASILOMAR CONFERENCE CENTER: June 6-8, 2008. Excellent learning environment for group therapists of all levels. Groups include: Psychodynamic, Jungian, Creative Arts, and featuring Playback Theater. Continung Education approved 12 hours MCEP. Contact www.ncgps.org orDaisyReese@hotmail.com

PSYCHOANALYTIC CASE CONSULTATION AND READING GROUP: South Bay. Led by Alan Kessler, Ph.D., Faculty SFCP, Fee: $60. Fridays 10:30 to 12:00. (408) 868-9405.

BIONIAN CLINICAL STUDY GROUPS: Oakland Wed. 10 - 11:30 and S.F. Thurs. 3:15 - 4:45. Space available Sept. 2008. Bion-inspired, including models/ theories from: infant observation, attachment theory, child analysis; affective, developmental neuroscience; work of BPCSG. Case focused; initial didactic seminar for newcomers. Dr. Dawn Farber,Psy.D. MFT; private practices Oakland, San Francisco. Personal and Supervising Analyst, Faculty at PINC. (415) 673-7744, rori4@comcast.net. $50 per meeting. 8 people max.

Appointment Book: 

Friends of SFCP East Bay Clinical Forum
Wed, Jun 4 / 7 PM - 9 PM / Herrick Hospital Room CC, 2001 Dwight Way / Berkeley
Friends of SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Terry Schulman, Ph.D.; Charles Fisher, M.D. / free

SFCP Scientific Meeting with Francis Baudry
Mon, Jun 9 / 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM / SFCP, 2340 Jackson St, 4th Fl. (enter on Webster) / SF 
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Francis Baudry, M.D. / free

NCSPP 2008 Student Paper Award
Sat, Jun 7 / 10 AM - 1 PM / SFCP - 2340 Jackson St., 4th Fl., enter on Webster / SF
NCSPP / (415) 738-8055 / Esther Rapoport; Francisco J. Gonzalez, M.D.; Cress Forester, Psy.D. / free, $10 for CE

SFCP Theater on the Couch: 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE 
Fri, Jun 13 / 8 PM / ACT Theater / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Forrest Hamer, Ph.D.; Linda Lagemann, Ph.D. / $19 - $59

NCSPP Spring Scientific Meeting: Working with the Hidden Faces of Masochism
Sat, Jun 14 / 10 AM - 1 PM / CPMC Pacific Campus - 2333 Buchanan - Conf. Rm. A / SF
NCSPP / (415) 738-8055 / Alan Kessler, Ph.D. / members free, $10 non-members, $10 CE

Ready to Die? Living with Ethical Concerns about Mortality
Sat, Jun 14 / 9 AM - 4 PM / PINC Library, 2252 Fillmore Street / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Jeffrey Sandler, M.D. / $90

Friends of SFCP Peninsula Clinical Forum
Tue, Jun 17 / 7 PM - 9 PM / Psychiatry Building 401 Quarry Road / Stanford
Friends of SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Tam Pham, L.F.T.; Mary Jane Otte, Ph.D. / free

SFCP Let's Talk Opera, Doc: Das Rheingold
Sun, Jun 22 / 5 PM / Books Inc. Van Ness Avenue / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Alan Skolnikoff; Linda Lagemann, Ph.D. / free