Sun, Aug 30, 2026
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Target Audience & Level: 

This reading group is appropriate for interns and licensed clinicians.

Cancellation & Refund Policies: 

There are no refunds offered for this event.

Contact Information: 

For program related questions contact Naomi Kosman-Wiener, Psy.D., at nkosman-wiener@wi.edu.

For questions related to enrollment, locations, CE credit, special needs, course availability and other administrative issues contact Niki Clay at info@ncspp.org or 415-496-9949.

Committee: 

Community Mental Health Committee

This committee is a group of clinicians who are interested in the relationship between Community Mental Health (CMH) and psychoanalysis.  Psychoanalysis is anchored in a quality of close care and attention that is often systematically denied to members of disadvantaged communities and difficult to locate in stressed, under-resourced public mental health clinics.  CMH clinicians hold the tension between a variety of institutional, social, and political pressures and constraints. Meanwhile, psychoanalytic thinking sometimes misses the significance of these systemic influences on individual lives.

There is important work to be done in bridging the theoretical and concrete gaps between community work and psychoanalytic practice. The CMH committee aspires to create a more inclusive home for CMH clinicians within the NCSPP community. In turn, we advocate for greater investment from psychoanalysis in the projects of CMH practitioners- in terms of both theory and practical engagement.

We seek to identify the needs and interests of our various partners both in CMH and NCSPP.  We invite our community members to engage with us by emailing us.

Katherine Eng, Ph.D., Chair
Geetali Chitre, Psy.D.
Naomi Kosman-Wiener, Psy.D.
Hoa My Nguyen, LCSW
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Registration Notes: 

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Workshop
Participant Limit: 
15
Tuition: 

$10 General Public
$10 Full Members
$10 CMH Members
$10 Associate Members
$10 Student Members

 

Fall Lecture Reading Group

Course Overview: 

This is a non-CE discussion and reading group that will focus on the upcoming event with Usha Tummala-Narra, Ph.D., on September 19, 2026. Participants will discuss a reading relevant to the presentation. Prior reading is not required for participation as facilitators will present an outline for discussion.

Commitment to Equity: 

NCSPP is aware that historically psychoanalysis has either excluded or pathologized groups outside of the dominant population in terms of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, language, gender, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, disability, and size. As an organization, we are committed to bringing awareness to matters of anti-oppression, inequity, inequality, diversity, and inclusion as they pertain to our educational offerings, our theoretical orientation, our community, and the broader world we all inhabit.

Presenters Response:

The group will discuss Dr. Tummala-Narra's writings on the intersection of culture and psychoanalysis.