Okay, that does it. Yesterday, I was in a grocery checkout line and looked over to see Sarah Palin on the cover of Newsweek with a hunting gun slung over her shoulder.

Psychoanalytic Couples Therapy Leora Benioff, Ph.D., member BACPPG*

NCSPP and BACPPG* are presenting "The Macbeths in the Consulting Room: Proleptic Imagination and the Couple, A Day with James Fisher." 

Great Works: Literature and Poetry for Clinicians

Classifieds: 

PSYCHOTHERAPY OFFICE TO SHARE: In beautiful landmark building. Centrally located Sutter at Hyde. 2.5 days per week Monday, Thursday and Friday. Schedule negotiation possible. Available immediately $318/ month. (415) 271-0576 Susan Greene, susangreene@mindspring.com 

PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY GROUP: Listening for Transference. Readings and case discussions will help us understand how our patient’s manner of relating to us reflects his/her inner world. We will conceptualize the influence of transference in the patient’s presentation, what to interpret, and how to listen to our interpretation’s impact. Ongoing. 2 groups, Thurs or Fridays 1-2:30 pm, $45 per session, San Francisco. Holly Gordon, DMH, (415) 346-4494 or hollygordon4@hotmail.com

PSYCHODYNAMIC PEER CONSULTATION GROUP: Meets in Oakland 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month (Lake Merritt/Rockridge.) We’re looking for two or three additional members to share their work and ideas. Contact Steve (510) 287-9024 or Jan (510) 381-3090

CLINICAL WORK GROUP FOR PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPISTS: This group will make use of psychoanalytic thinking to inform a collaborative and supportive environment in which members will develop skills and capacities of central importance to their work as psychoanalytic psychotherapists. Listening together to ongoing case presentations, we will study and consider all elements of the therapeutic relationship, focusing particularly on transference, countertransference, containment and the art of interpretation. Mondays 12:50 pm - 2:15 pm. 3321 Sacramento Street, San Francisco. Contact Beth Steinberg, Ph.D., (415) 441-5302,besteinberg@comcast.net

Appointment Book: 

SFCP SF Student Outreach: Principles of Psychoanalytic Technique
Wed, Oct 1(begins) / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Floor / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Kenneth Roberson, Ph.D. / free

SFCP Community Members East Bay Clinical Forum
Wed, Oct 1 / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / Herrick Hospital, Conf. Room CC, 2001 Dwight Way / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Orit Weksler, M.F.T. and William Glover, Ph.D. / free

Surviving the Madness: The Psychodynamics of Becoming a Psychotherapist
Sat, Oct 4 / 1 PM - 5 PM / CPMC, Enright Room / San Francisco
NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Panel: Sam Gerson, Ph.D. and Melissa Holub, Ph.D. / $45 - $100

New Course: Great Works: Literature and Poetry for Clinicians
Mon, Oct 6 (begins) / 10:30 AM - 12 PM / PINC Library / San Francisco 
NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Mike Zimmerman, Ph.D. / $650 - $1000

Law, Ethics & Personal Values
Sat, Oct 11 / 9 AM - 4 PM / 9 Funston Ave., The Presidio / San Francisco
SFPRG / (415) 561-6771 / Jules Burstein, Ph.D. / $75

SFCP Child Colloquia
Sat, Oct 11 / 10 AM - 12 PM / SFCP / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Fl. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Glen Elliott / free

SFCP Conversation on Adolescents: Psychosexual Development of Adolescents
Sat, Oct 11 / 10 AM - 12 PM / Flamingo Conf. Resort and Spa, 2777 4th St. / Santa Rosa
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Mali Mann, M.D. / free

PINC - In the Shadow of Time: Freud and the Visual Arts
Sat, Oct 11 / 10 AM - 12 PM / Calvary Presbyterian Church, 2515 Fillmore Street / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Jeanne Wolff Bernstein, Ph.D. / $40 - $60

SFCP Scientific Meeting: Music in the Head: Living At the Brain-Mind Border
Mon, Oct 13 / 7:30 PM - 9:25 PM / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Floor / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Leo Rangell, M.D. / free

Clinical Neuropsychoanalysis: Impact on Transference and Countertransference
Wed, Oct 15 / 10 AM - 12 PM / Epworth Methodist Church, 1953 Hopkins / Berkeley
NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Enid Young, Ph.D. / $125 - $325

PINC - Answering the Shuttered Heart: Developing a Poetic Voice in Analysis
Thu, Oct 16 (begins) / 7 PM - 9 PM / PINC Library, 2252 Fillmore Street / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Gene Alexander, M.F.T. and Nina Shuyler, M.F.A. / $90 - $145

Introduction to Control Mastery Theory
Sat, Oct 18 / 9 AM - 4:30 PM / JCC, 3200 California St. / San Francisco
SFPRG / (415) 561-6771 / Steve Foreman, MD; Steve Kanofsky, PhD; Jan Schreiber, PhD / $50

Psyche, Politics, and Transformation
Sat, Oct 18 / 9 AM - 5:15 PM / 1187 Franklin Street / San Francisco
C. G. Jung Institute / (415) 771-8080 / Senator Bill Bradley / $125

Spectrum - Art Auction and Cocktail Party
Sun, Oct 19 / 6 PM - 9 PM / 444 Jessie St. @ Mint / San Francisco
Access Institute / (415) 861-5449 ext. 382 / $125 

SFCP Community Members SF Clinical Forum
Tue, Oct 21 / 7 PM - 9:30 PM / SFCP / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Floor / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Marilyn Gradeck, Ph.D., Charles Fisher, M.D. / free

SFCP Community Members South Bay Clinical Forum
Tue, Oct 21 / 7 PM - 9 PM / Psychiatry Building, 401 Quarry Road / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / TBA / free

The Ethnic Other and Current American Politics
Wed, Oct 22 / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / SFCP, 2340 Jackson St., 4th Floor Auditorium / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Maureen Katz, M.D. / free

SFCP Public Lecture Series: Race and Current American Politics
Wed, Oct 22 / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / 2340 Jackson St., 4th Floor / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Maureen Katz, M.D. / free

The Politics of Anxious Masculinity; From 9/11 to the Current Election
Fri, Oct 24 / 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM / Redwood City
NCSPP / MJ Myatt (650) 364-8095 / Stephen Ducat, Ph.D. / $25

The Sexual Intelligence of Men
Sat, Oct 25 / 9 AM - 12 PM / JCC, 3200 California St (at Presidio St) / San Francisco
SFPRG / (415) 561-6771 / Michael Bader, DMH / $40

SFCP Peninsula Seminar: The Mystery of Therapeutic Action
Sat, Oct 25 / 8 AM - 12 PM / Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road / Los Altos
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Michael Smith, Ph.D. / $75

Pan's Labyrinth
Sun, Oct 26 / 1 PM - 5 PM / 2040 Gough Street / San Francisco
C. G. Jung Institute / (415) 771-8080 / Virginia Beane Rutter, MS. / $50

PINC - Bearing the Unbearable: Living with Genocide
Sun, Oct 26 / 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM / Kanbar Hall, Jewish Comm Ctr, 3200 California St. / S.F.
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Sam Gerson Ph.D. and Dori Laub Ph.D. / $65 - $120

SFCP Grand Rounds: Analyzing the Unanalyzable: Learning from Bion
Wed, Oct 29 / 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM / Psychiatry Buiding, 401 Quarry Rd. Rm 2209 / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Lynn Alexander, Psy.D. / free

Building a Reflective Process in Adolescent Psychotherapy
Sat, Nov 1 / 10AM - 1 PM / Santa Clara
NCSPP / Terry McLarnan (408) 247-9399 / Peter Carnochan, Ph.D. 

Henri Rey and the Reparative Function
Wed, Nov 5 (begins) / 7:30 PM - 9 PM / St. John's Presbyterian Church / Berkeley
NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Bob Bartner, Ph.D. / $110 - $265

Geographical Dislocation, Mourning, and the Healing Impact of Poetry
Sat, Nov 8 / 9 AM - 3:30 PM / Preservation Park, Nile Hall, 668 13th Street / Oakland 
The Psychotherapy Institute / (510) 548-2250 ext. 108 / Salman Akhtar, M.D./ $105 - $155