Aug 2024

Impulse is a community newsletter produced by the Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology (NCSPP) and distributed electronically to subscribers at no cost. We envision Impulse as an integrative source for local news, events, and thinking of interest to the psychoanalytically inclined. Our goal is to be your guide as you explore the Bay Area's rich array of analytic resources.

We invite you to become a member of NCSPP, if you are not already. And, we welcome you as a subscriber to Impulse. Join us as we highlight the exceptional diversity of psychoanalytic thought and practice in Northern California.

From The Editor

by Luba Palter, MFT

Impulse Committee would like your feedback! How are we doing? How is the newsletter working out or not for you? If you have time on your hands, you can always write to me at lpalter@ncspp.org. I love mail!

Event Spotlight

by San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis (SFCP)

SFCP CHILD COLLOQUIUM SEASON OPENER AND SOCIAL HOUR: WORKING WITH THE HARSH ADOLESCENT SUPEREGO

Saturday, September 14th, 2024 | 10:00 am -12:00 pm | In-Person
444 Natoma Street, San Francisco
Click here to register.

Light lunch, drinks, and social hour to follow at 12:00 pm.

Potential Space

by Lisa Koshkarian, Ph.D.

REDRESS

I was rolling along with my perpetually muffled silent scream for omnipresent sociocultural atrocities, attempting to balance this dueful recognition and feeling state with an orientation toward hope and love, when I received an unexpected email from a fellow psychoanalytic writer. So pleasantly surprised was I by his initiative to reach out for a conversation with a stranger, even further moved by the vulnerability contained in his note and attached papers, I immediately soaked in all of his words. It was one of those uncanny life experiences when I thought I was existing just fine, meeting all of the needs I was aware of as best as I could, when someone appears out of the blue who senses, defines, and meets an inner hunger all at once. Oh, the ache of that.

NCSPP Corner

by Intensive Study Group Committee (ISG)

Intensive Study Group Introductory Event

Saturday, September 7th, 2024 | 11:30 am- 1:00 pm | Zoom
Registration: https://ncspp.org/events/intro-event-2024

This introductory event to NCSPP’s year-long Intensive Study Group (ISG) features the three instructors — Daniel Butler, Susana Winkel, and Deborah Melman — each describing their own approach to this year’s theme: Psychoanalysis: Breakdown & Breakthrough.

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Appointment Book:

Intensive Study Group Introductory Event
Sat, Sep 7 / 11:30 am - 1:00 pm / Zoom
NCSPP / (610) 937-0977 / D. Butler, Ph.D., LMFT, S. Winkel, Ph.D., D. Melman, Ph.D. / $10 - $20

Community Mental Health Botanical Tour
Sat, Sep 28 / 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm / 1550 Wildcat Canyon Rd / Berkeley
NCSPP / (415) 903-5464 / $10

About NCSPP

The Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology (NCSPP) is committed to the study of psychoanalytic psychology and the encouragement of its interest in the professional and general communities. We are a multi-disciplinary, non-profit membership organization open to mental health professionals and all others interested in the study of psychoanalytic psychology.

Our more than 450 members form a community that spans the greater Bay Area and Northern California. NCSPP is a local affiliate of Division 39 (psychoanalysis) of the American Psychological Association. Our vast array of lectures, intensive study groups, scientific meetings, courses, our journal fort da, and numerous special events and projects are all brought to you by scores of volunteers who work to support NCSPP’s mission. Our educational programs include continuing education credit for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and licensed clinical social workers. We welcome you into the psychoanalytic community in Northern California. Join us.

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Candice Turner, Psy.D., NCSPP President
Luba Palter, MFT, Editor-in-Chief
Nicholas Hack, Psy.D., Managing Editor
Niki Clay, Production Manager
Christi Baker, AMFT, Claire Greenwood, AMFT, Staff Writers
Lisa Koshkarian, Ph.D., Lila Zimmerman, AMFT, Staff Writers
Cleopatra Victoria, M.A., MFT, Founder and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
June Lin-Arlow, MFT, Matthew Morrisey, MFT, Loong Kwok, Psy.D., Shlomit Gorin, Psy.D., Sydney Tan, Psy.D.,
Danni Biondini, LMFT Editors-in-Chief Emeriti
Cate Corcoran, Psy.D., Brad Falconer, M.A., Editors Emeriti

Each month, Impulse reaches over 3,000 psychoanalytically interested professionals and students in Northern California.

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