Finally. The sweet swelter of San Francisco summer sweeps into September. Now that we're falling into autumn, why not turn over a new leaf? Sign up for a class and warm up to new ideas. Turn the heat up when you present your case in a consultation group. Meet other hot psychoanalytic minds at an open house, happy hour, or theatre performance. Ignite a burning discussion at a seminar, or blaze your way through a hot-off-the-press psychoanalytic book. Just look at this month's calendar and you'll see why it's getting hot in here.

And when summer's sizzle wanes, let us know what you like about IMPULSE and what you'd like to see more of. We also warmly invite you to be part of NCSPP and hope that you'll join today.

In our newest feature, IMPULSE will introduce you to recently published books of psychoanalytic — and often local — interest with a brief author interview.

If much emotional activity occurs unconsciously, how can we identify emotional triggers? Why is it so difficult to modify how we behave once we have become emotional? Can we ever truly change what we become emotional about?

Classifieds: 

THE REACH OF THE MIND: International Federation of Psychoanalytic Education 18th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, Oct 19-21, 2007, Toronto, featuring Mark Solms, Ph.D. Contact: Sue Saperstein, Conference Co-Chair, (415) 641-4146 ordrsuesaperstein@sbcglobal.net.

ANALYTIC GROUP THERAPY: Meets on Tuesdays, 7pm -8:30 pm, San Francisco. Space available. Fee $60-$100 Group relational experience is either adjunctive to individual therapy or independent treatment. Group Leader: Sue Saperstein, Psy.D. Contact: (415) 641-4146 or drsuesaperstein@sbcglobal.net.

STUDY AND CASE CONSULTATION: With L. Eileen Keller. Bion's works on thinking are wonderfully useful in clinical work, though sometimes hard to grasp in isolation. In this class we will use early theoretical work to help us understand our own and our patients' defenses against psychic pain. Alternating clinical presentations with reading will help us integrate Bion's work into our clinical technique. Wednesdays, 12-1:15pm. September 12 through December 12, excluding November 22. Location: 5435 College AV #201, Oakland. Cost:$45 per session. Class limited to six.kellerphd@gmail.com or www.kellerphd.com.

SFIPS FALL PROGRAMS: · Sept. 23: Dr. Aguayo. Paper on Kleinian perspectives on narcissism and Case Consultation. / · Sept. 26: 12 week Contemporary Kleinian Case Conference and Didactic Course, East Bay by Dr. Abbot Bronstein. / · Oct. 24: Film "Young Dr. Freud," discussion by Dr. Lossy. / · Dec. 8: Dr. Caper. Paper on Bion and Case Consultation. / Contact frozy@concentric.net or (415) 679-0997.

INTERNSHIP: SF Bay Area 12-mo. FT-PT post-degree internship with stipend 09/07-08/08. To apply visit our job opportunities page.

SAN MATEO SUBLET: Lovely psychotherapy office available 2.5 weekdays, evenings, and weekends. Beautiful building with 5 therapist offices, kitchen, and shower. Parking, public transportation, and handicapped accessible. Call (650) 340-8229.

GOT CONSULTATION? Find a Bay Area consultation or study group through thebulletin board maintained by the Friends of SFCP and SFCP's Extension Division.

Appointment Book: 

Friends of SFCP East Bay Clinical Forum (Case Presentation and Discussion)
Wed, Sep 5 / 7 - 9 PM / Herrick Hospital, Conf. Room CC, 2001 Dwight Way / Berkeley
Friends of SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Tara Z. May, Ph.D. (presenter);
Alice Jones, M.D. (discussant) / free (CE $15)

SFCP Child Psychotherapy Seminars
Wed, Sep 5 (begins) / 7:30 - 9 PM / 2420 Sutter St. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / $1,400

Happy Hour (hosted by the NCSPP Prelicensed Clinicians Committee)
Thu, Sep 6 / 6 - 8 PM / 111 Minna Gallery / San Francisco
NCSPP / (510) 273-9229 / free

SFCP Extension Division East Bay Year Long: Terrifying Transference
Fri, Sep 7 (begins) / 12 - 1:30 PM / JFKU, 2956 San Pablo Ave., 2nd Floor / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / M. Chapin; S. Winkel; S. von Baeyer; A. Sowa; G. Marrott;
S. Bemesderfer; P. Goldberg / $1,300

SFCP Theater on the Couch: Sweeney Todd
Fri, Sep 7 / 8 PM / ACT Theater, 415 Geary St. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-3366 / Wendy Stern, D.M.H.; Linda Lagemannn, Ph.D. / $19 - $82

SFCP Scientific Meeting
Mon, Sep 10 / 7:30 - 9:30 PM / 2420 Sutter St. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Jane Burka, Ph.D.; Cornelia St. John, M.F.T.; Joan Sarnat, Ph.D. / free

The In-between Areas in Psychoanalytic Experience
Fri, Sep 14 (begins) / 3 - 4:30 PM / Oakland
NCSPP / (415) 457-9949 / Annie Sweetnam, Ph.D. / $415 - $825

SFCP: East Bay Year Long Continuous Case Conferences
Fri, Sep 14 / 1:45 - 3 PM / JFKU, 2956 San Pablo Ave., 2nd Floor / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Jeanne Harasemovitch, L.C.S.W.; Gary Grossman, Ph.D. / $900

SFCP Friends Clinical Forum
Tue, Sep 18 / 7:30 - 9 PM / SFCP Library, 2420 Sutter St. / San Francisco
Friends of SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Deborah Fletcher, Ph.D. (presenter);
Sue Von Baeyer, Ph.D. (discussant) / free (CE $15)

Peninsula/South Bay Intensive Study Group (ISG)
Wed, Sep 19 (begins) / 10 - 11:30 AM / Menlo College 1000 El Camino Real / Atherton
NCSPP / (650) 364-8095 / Lee Rather, Ph.D.; Peter Carnochan, Ph.D.; Martine Aniel, Ph.D.;
Michael Guy Thompson, Ph.D.; Hugh Grubb, Psy.D.; Dennis Facchino, Ph.D. / $1700 - $1800

SFCP Extension Division and Friends of SFCP Open House
Thu, Sep 20 / 7:30 - 9 PM / 2420 Sutter St. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Jack Giuliani, Ph.D. (Ext. Div. Chair);
Renee Spencer, Ph.D. (President of SFCP Friends) / free

SFCP Extension Division San Francisco Year Long: When the Body Speaks
Fri, Sep 21 (begins) / 12 - 3 PM / 2420 Sutter St. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / D. Melman, M. Chapin, M. Murphy, R. Deutsch, M. Schaefer,
E. Loewenstein, J. Kahn, E. Glassgold, et al. / $1,800

Contemporary Kleinian Views of Narcissism (Paper)
Sun, Sep 23 / 10 AM - 12 PM / 450 Sutter St., Floor 9; Rm 941 / San Francisco
Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies / (415) 679-0997 / Joe Aguayo, Ph.D. / $45

Contemporary Kleinian Views of Narcissism (Case Conference)
Sun, Sep 23 / 1:30 - 4 PM / 450 Sutter St., Floor 9; Rm 941 / San Francisco
Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies / (415) 679-0997 / Joe Aguayo, Ph.D. / $45

SFCP Open House in the South Bay
Wed, Sep 26 / 7:30 - 9 PM / Univ. Psychiatry & B.S. Building, 401 Quarry Rd. / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / R. Almond, M.D.; S. Levin, LCSW; M. Smith, M.D.; M. Snyder, M.D.;
D. Sorbo, LCSW / free

SFCP Grand Rounds: Working Psychoanalytically in a Silicon Valley Practice
Wed, Sep 26 / 6:15 - 7:30 PM / Univ. Psychiatry & B.S. Building, 401 Quarry Rd. / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Hugh Grubb, Psy.D. / free

SFCP Seminar for Scholars: Psychoanalysis and War
Thu, Sep 27 / 7:30 - 9 PM / Conf. Room, 2538 Channing Way near Bowditch / Berkeley
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Erik Gann, M.D. / free

The Psychoanalytic Mystics: Jung, Bion, and Beyond
Fri, Sep 28 (begins) / 9:30 - 11:30 AM / 1330 Lincoln Ave. #201 / San Rafael
Community Institute for Psychotherapy / (415) 459-5999 x101 /
Bryan Wittine, Ph.D., M.F.T. / $150 - $220

Peninsula Year Long: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Theory & Technique
Fri, Sep 28 / 12 - 1:30 PM / Univ. Psychiatry & B.S. Building, 401 Quarry Rd. / Stanford
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / E. Loewenstein; R. Almond; E. Woods; B. Taylor; J. Katz;
A. Kessler / $900

Freud's Women
Sat, Sep 29 / 9 AM - 3 PM / Laurel Hts Conf Ctr., 3333 California St. / San Francisco
PINC / (415) 922-4050 / Adrienne Harrris, Ph.D.;
Inge Scholz-Strasser (Director, Freud Museum) / $40 - $125

Introduction to the Work of Jean-Michael and Danielle Quinodoz
Mon, Oct 1 (begins) / 7:30 - 9 PM / 2420 Sutter St. / San Francisco
SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Era Loewenstein, Ph.D.; Sue von Bayer, Ph.D.;
Jack Giuliani, Ph.D. / free

Friends of SFCP East Bay Clinical Forum (Case Presentation and Discussion)
Wed, Oct 3 / 7 - 9 PM / Herrick Hospital, Confr Rm CC, 2001 Dwight Way / Berkeley
Friends of SFCP / (415) 563-5815 / Ortal Kirson-Trilling, Psy.D. (presenter);
Peter Goldberg, Ph.D. (discussant) / free (CE $15)

Happy Hour (hosted by the NCSPP Associate Member Committee)
Thu, Oct 4 / 6 - 8 PM / Beckett's Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. / Berkeley
NCSPP / (510) 273-9229 / free

Control Mastery Couples Therapy
Sat, Oct 6 / 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM / SFJCC, 3200 California St. / San Francisco
SFPRG / (415) 561-6771 / Dennis J. Zeitlin, M.D. / $65