Impulse is a community newsletter produced by the Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology (NCSPP) and distributed electronically at no cost to subscribers. 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.

THE 2015 SEASONED CLINICIANS PROGRAM

The Seasoned Clinicians Program has finished its second year of operation. The first two years of the program covered a wide range of topics that included transference analysis; therapeutic action; obstacles to change; defense analysis; aging and death; poetry and dreams; attachment and early development; power, suggestion and love in the therapeutic dyad; and the oedipal situation.

THE SAN FRANCISCO CENTER FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS INVITES YOU TO AN OPEN HOUSE TO LEARN ABOUT TRAINING IN PSYCHOANALYSIS

Thursday, November 20th, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
SFCP Auditorium: 444 Natoma Street, between 5th & 6th Streets
Refreshments will be served.
Candidates and faculty will be available to tell you about the programs and answer all your questions.

by Jane Reingold, MFT, Impulse Staff Writer

IDA

Hauntingly beautiful, shot in arresting black and white and set in 1960 in Poland, Ida, a film by Pawlikowski, is the story of a young orphaned novitiate named Anna sent to meet her only living relative, Wanda, before she takes her vows. The two, virtual strangers, embark upon a journey together to unearth the truth of who murdered their family during World War II and where their bodies were buried.

by Elise Geltman, LCSW

The Education Committee is now accepting proposals for Fall 2015 and Spring 2016. In particular, the committee is interested in courses that consider psychoanalytic thought and practice and its application to issues of race, class, changing communities, gender, and/or modern family issues. Please send proposals through the Course Proposal Form. Please note the Fall 2015 proposal deadline is November 15th. The Spring 2016 deadline is February 15th.

Classifieds: 

OFFICE SUBLET, HAYES VALLEY. Wednesdays until 3:00 pm. Big office for couples, groups or analysis. Please email garrickld@yahoo.com with questions.

THERAPY GROUPS FOR THERAPISTS. Two groups meeting weekly in SF, Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Led by Art Raisman, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist (PSY7795). 415-453-4271.

EARLY-CAREER DEVELOPMENT/CONSULTATION GROUP. Openings available for clinicians who would like to develop their skills in psychoanalytic psychotherapy while working on growing and maintaining a rewarding private practice. Thursdays 10 to 11:15 a.m. in Berkeley. For more info contact Carolina Bacchi, Psy.D., 510-594-4314, drbacchi@gmail.com; or Adam Beyda, Psy.D., 510/985-0362, drbeyda@sbcglobal.net

Old couches, new books, hot jobs, cool internships, office rentals? List them in Impulse's Classifieds for a modest fee. Please see our submission guidelines for details.   

Appointment Book: 

In the Shadow of Women's Leadership
Sun, Nov 2 / 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm / 2040 Gough Street / San Francisco
Jung Institute / (415) 771-8055 / E. Kahle / free

Special Event with Eric Plakun, MD
Sun, Nov 2 / 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm / 444 Natoma Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / Eric Plakun, M.D. / free

East Bay Psychotherapy Forum
Wed, Nov 5 / 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm / 2001 Dwight Way / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / Beth Steinberg, Ph.D. / free

Working with Dreams: Jungian Psychotherapy
Wed, Nov 5 / 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm / 2040 Gough Street / San Francisco
Jung Institute / (415) 771-8055 / P. Watsky, Ph.D, ABPP / $155 - $315

San Francisco Psychotherapy Forum
Thu, Nov 6 / 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm / 444 Natoma Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (4) 5-3366 / A. Blum, Psy.D.; L. Rather, Ph.D. / free

Friday Evening at the de Young Museum
Fri, Nov 7 / 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm / 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr / San Francisco
NCSPP / (313) 580-4978 / free

Poetry and Psychoanalysis
Sat, Nov 8 / 11:30 am - 1:00 pm / 444 Natoma Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / Robert Thomas; S.Kolodny, DMH / free

 Reflective Spaces/Material Places
Sun, Nov 9 / 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm / 1663 Mission Street #460 / San Francisco
PINC & NCSPP / (415) 717-9485 / Peggy Kim, MFT; Yuka Hachiuma, MFT / free

Scientific Meeting: Visiting Professor
Mon, Nov 10 / 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm / 444 Natoma Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / Virginia Unger, M.D.; J.Sekoff, Ph.D. / free

Palo Alto Clinical Presentation with Virginia Unger
Tue, Nov 11 / 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm / TBA after registration / Palo Alto
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / C. Van Voorhees, M.D.; V. Unger, M.D. / $130

Post Graduate Clinical Program - Visiting Professor
Thu, Nov 13 / 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm / TBA after registration / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / D. Fuery, LCSW, Ph.D.; V.Unger, M.D. / $50

Beyond the Consulting Room: with Barbara Stevens Sullivan
Fri, Nov 14 / 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm / 2040 Gough Street / San Francisco
NCSPP / (415) 858-4344 / Barbara Stevens Sullivan, MSW / 10

Visiting Professor Week: A Day With Virginia Unger, MD
Sat, Nov 15 / 9:30 am - 3:30 pm / 444 Natoma Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / V. Unger; M. Brady; E. Mullin / $65-$155

Visiting Professor: Expanded Post Graduate Clinical Program
Sun, Nov 16 / 9:30 am - 12:30 pm / 444 Natoma Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / G. Villalba, LCWS; V.Unger, M.D. / $65-$115

Without, Before and Alongside of Words
Fri, Nov 21 / 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm / 401 Quarry Road / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / S. Stadler, M.D. ; J. Yost, MFT / free

Promoting Depth and Analytic Process in Internship and Clinic Settings
Wed, Dec 3 / 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm / 444 Natoma Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / Beth Steinberg, Ph.D. / free

East Bay Psychotherapy Forum
Wed, Dec 3 / 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm / 2001 Dwight Way / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / S. Perna, Psy.D.; M. Donner, Ph.D. / free

When Your Personal Life Intrudes: Disruptions in the Mind
Wed, Dec 3 / 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm / 444 Natoma Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / D. Yu, LCSW; D. Sorbo, LCSW,BCD / $15 or donation

 San Francisco Psychotherapy Forum
Thu, Dec 4 / 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm / 444 Natoma Street / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / M. Baker; R. Deutsch; G. Grossman / free