by Candice Turner, Psy.D.

I’m back this month writing to you to introduce our three new board members. I asked everyone to send me an introduction, and I am so pleased to share who these amazing people are.

Ryan Stubblefield (he/him), Psy.D., is our new Treasurer. He is a Licensed Psychologist who works with individual adults and couples in a hybrid private practice located in Berkeley, focusing on issues related to neurodiversity, relationships, grief, life transitions, and addiction. His orientation to psychotherapy is influenced by relational psychoanalysis, Jungian depth psychology, Buddhist meditative practice, existential philosophy, and decolonial analysis of power and privilege. He attended the Clinical Psychology Psy.D. program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) and teaches as adjunct faculty there as well. Ryan has been a long-time active member of NCSPP and is excited to join the NCSPP Board and help the organization thrive in the coming years.

Natasha Oxenburgh (she/her), MA, is our new Education Committee Chair. She is excited to lead a dynamic workgroup dedicated to developing programming that reflects the diversity of contemporary psychoanalytic thought while serving our community’s interests and educational needs. Her clinical experience at the Wright Institute Psychodynamic Clinic, Wright Institute Recovery Clinic, RAMS, and Access Institute has deepened her commitment to this work and its ongoing dialogue. In her dissertation, she drew on core concepts from Searles and Winnicott to explore how unconscious conflicts—rooted in early experiences of oneness with and loss of the nonhuman environment—shape our ecological relationship and ambivalence toward climate change. She would love to hear where your interests lie—what do you want to teach or learn? She can be reached at noxenburgh@ncspp.org.

Sullivan Oakley (she/her), MA, is our new Intensive Study Group (ISG) Chair. She is a doctoral candidate at the Wright Institute and a pre-licensed clinical psychologist who has trained extensively in community settings, providing therapy and assessment to children, adolescents, and adults with mild, moderate, and severe mental illness who have been impacted by trauma, incarceration, forced displacement, and torture. Sullivan completed her doctoral internship at San Quentin State Prison and is currently completing dissertation research and applying for post-doctoral fellowships. As a psychotherapist, Sullivan employs a contemporary relational psychoanalytic approach while integrating elements of spiritual and social justice frameworks, meeting patients at the intersections of the complex systems in which both therapist and patient are embedded. Sullivan, who previously worked in the field of spirituality and religion, has a Masters in Divinity from Santa Clara University. She currently serves as the chair of NCSPP’s Intensive Study Group Committee and enjoys working with her committee to develop special interest courses that meet the needs of the analytic community. 

The Board has open positions, big and small. If you’re interested in joining, please don’t hesitate to let us know at info@ncspp.org.