BEYOND THE CONSULTING ROOM: A Conversation with Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D... 7 EAST BAY HAPPY HOUR... 6

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1 N CSPP NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOLOGY SPRING 2015 PROGRAMS Courses&Events

2 N CSPP TABLE OF CONTENTS courses workshops events east BAY BEYOND THE CONSULTING ROOM: A Conversation with Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D EAST BAY HAPPY HOUR... 6 foundations: An Introduction to Melanie Klein... 4 SCIENTIFIC MEETING THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A BABY: Early Psychic Life of Twins... 4 STUDENT PAPER PRESENTATION... 3 san FrAncIsco 28TH ANNUAL EVENT AND LECTURE THE MENTAL PAIN Of MINORITIES: Amelioration and Treatment... 5 NCSPP COffEE AND NETWORKING... 7 REfLECTIVE SPACES MATERIAL PLACES... 7 January 10, March 14, May 9, SUPERVISION IN THE ANALYTIC field... 3 WORKING IN THE SILENCE... 6 FAcultY... 8 ncspp program planning committees... 9 general InFormAtIon registration for more information, please visit our website: 2

3 COURSES WORKSHOPS EVENTS student paper presentation Salon presenter: David Cushman, Psy.D. Discussant: Terrance Owens, Ph.D. location: The Psychotherapy Institute 2232 Carleton Street, Berkeley, CA Date: friday, January 30, 2015 time: 6:30 8:30 pm Fee: free Community mental health practitioners are asked to address a range of clients needs, including case management and advocacy work, which can bring about complex enactments between therapist and client. Yet, psychoanalysis has historically devalued case management and other supportive interventions, viewing them as outside the analytic method and a distraction from the real purpose of therapy. This false binary has continued even as contemporary psychoanalysis turns towards a relational perspective that aspires to incorporate a more flexible frame. Exploring case management enactments within the analytic frame, with particular emphasis on socio-cultural-political issues, is a critical aspect of working with all clients, especially those who are marginalized in society. supervision In the AnAlYtIc FIelD Course Instructor: Robert Carrere, Ph.D., ABPP ce: 6 CE credits location: Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC) 530 Bush Street, 7th floor, San francisco, CA Date: fridays, february 6 and 13, 2015 time: 9:00 am 12:00 pm tuition: $210 General Public $150 NCSPP full Members $125 NCSPP Associate Members $90 NCSPP Student Members $90 Scholarship Rate (prior approval required see website for details) Given that the essential training of skilled therapists is experiential in nature and covered by the arena of supervision, the supervisory relationship makes a vital and crucial contribution to the clinical growth and development of a psychotherapeutic and psychoanalytic identity. This course will address a psychoanalytic approach to the supervisory process. Various conceptualizations will be presented, including: transference/countertransference problems, dilemmas, and impasses parallel processes occurring among patient, therapist, and supervisor differences between didactic supervision and process supervision mutuality inherent in the supervisory relationship implications for an intersubjective/interpersonal perspective on supervision The course will also include discussion of assigned articles and participant presentations of supervisory experiences. Participants will have an opportunity to struggle with supervisory problems, cases, and situations presented and provide consultation/supervision on these therapeutic dilemmas. Participants are expected to integrate their supervisory styles and approaches with the conceptualizations presented in the articles. 3

4 scientific meeting there Is no such thing As A BABY: early psychic life of twins Instructor: Ruth Simon, Ph.D. Discussant: TBA ce: 3 CE credits location: The Wright Institute 2728 Durant Avenue, Room 109/110, Berkeley, CA Date: Saturday, february 21, 2015 time: 10:00 am 1:00 pm tuition: $15 General Public free NCSPP Members Additional $10 processing fee for CE credits In this presentation, Winnicott s theory of infant development is expanded to consider the unique psychic situation of twins. Two infants come into being in a matrix of relationships that is more complex than the single baby-mother unit. The mother of twins is preoccupied with both of her babies, and their internal worlds will include a social context in addition to a sense of an individual self. Their formative experiences include conflicts between being primary and environmental, between being interrupted and being an interruption. Because twins have equivalent and simultaneous psychic needs and their mother has one psychic apparatus, she experiences conflict when attending to either baby individually. fathers of twins offer dyadic experiences that are less complex than the always-triadic maternal relationship, and these become critical in the twins development of me/not-me relations. After a formal paper presentation of this work, a non psychologist twin will speak about her family experience and her twin sister. A conversation with the audience will follow. FounDAtIons: An Introduction to melanie klein Course Instructor: Margo Chapin, MfT ce: 9 CE credits location: St. Clement s Episcopal Church 2837 Claremont Boulevard, Berkeley, CA Date: Mondays, March 2 April 6, 2015 time: 7:30 9:00 pm tuition: $315 General Public $225 NCSPP full Members $180 NCSPP Associate Members $135 NCSPP Student Members $135 Scholarship Rate (prior approval required see website for details) Melanie Klein, a passionate lover of psychoanalysis, extended our understanding of the uncharted development of the mind. By analyzing children s play, much as freud had analyzed dreams, she discovered that primitive states emerge in infancy, preceding dynamics of the Oedipal Complex much earlier than originally believed by freud. In her psychoanalytic work with children, Klein came to understand the child s deepest fears and their defenses against them. Her work with children enabled her to advance the current ideas of unconscious phantasy, internal objects, and symbolization. She also made original theoretical contributions to psychoanalysis, most especially the depressive position and the paranoid-schizoid position. Klein showed how these primitive mental states impact both the child and the adult. As the founder of an object-relations theory of the mind, Klein was the first to offer an interpersonal model of early psychic life. Significantly, her theories have inspired some of the most imaginative, insightful psychoanalytic thinkers of our time, who have furthered her original theories and developed indispensable theories of their own. 4

5 28th AnnuAl event AnD lecture the mental pain of minorities: Amelioration and treatment Instructor: Salman Akhtar, M.D. Discussant: francisco González, M.D. case presenter: Annika Sridharan, MSW, Psy.D. ce: 6 CE credits location: The David Brower Center 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA Date: Saturday, March 7, 2015 time: 9:00 am 4:00 pm tuition: TBD ncspp is honored to bring renowned psychoanalyst and poet salman Akhtar, m.d., to the Bay Area. Dr. Akhtar posits that the discord between the subjectivity of minorities and their cultural holding environment (winnicott, 1960) causes chronic mental pain or, in Freud s (1926) terms, seelenschmerz. the unease felt by minorities arises from being stereotyped by a majority s projections, as well as from the figure-ground discord in their own subjectivity. seeking to anesthetize their distress, minorities might retreat from social participation, dream of times/places that could accord them majority status, and even discharge impotent rage via acts of terrorism. Dr. Akhtar highlights opportunities for clinicians to listen for and respond to the effects of discrimination, marginalization, and misinterpretation that create psychic pain for those belonging to minority groups, with the hope of aiding healing and increasing mutual understanding. Dr. Akhtar addresses the role of societal interventions in diminishing mental pain through assuring minorities presence in history textbooks and committing their representation in embodied communal narratives. he highlights how judicial provisions, such as designating prejudicial acts of violence as hate crimes, likewise increases minorities sense of safety. these interventions are not only good for those individuals belonging to minority groups, they are beneficial for the society-at-large and raise all society to a higher humanitarian ground. Additionally, Dr. Akhtar will discuss how collaborative efforts between individuals belonging to the minority and majority groups play an integral role in fostering greater positive change for all members of society. shifts and chasms in the larger culture will be further illustrated by clinical examples of how such phenomena reverberate in the individual psyche. Attention to the nuances of race, immigration status, and family structure will be introduced in the clinical material, providing an opportunity to demonstrate spaces where clinicians might offer a therapeutic response to psychic pain associated with the experience of being a minority, both inside and outside of the clinical encounter. 5

6 east BAY happy hour location: Comal 2020 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA Date: Thursday, March 12, 2015 time: 7:00 9:00 pm Fee: free Social Missed our fall Happy Hour? Do not despair. Spring is around the corner! Let s come together and celebrate this time of year, full of promise. Wherever you are in the licensure process, join a community of friends, colleagues, and ardent fans as we ring in the PLC S second annual Spring Happy Hour. working In the silence Course Instructor: Beth Barmack, LCSW ce: 6 CE credits location: Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC) 530 Bush Street, 7th floor, San francisco, CA Date: Saturdays, March 21 and 28, 2015 time: 9:30 am 12:30 pm tuition: $210 General Public $150 NCSPP full Members $125 NCSPP Associate Members $90 NCSPP Student Members $90 Scholarship Rate (prior approval required see website for details) Silence is not merely an absence of words but can be experienced as an alive and active presence as well. These seminars are a meditation on the work that happens in the silence the therapist s silence, the patient s silence, the multiple meanings and experiences of shared silence. We will explore various types of analytic silence: generative, stubborn, the silence of shame, silence as resistance, regressive silence, as well as spiritual and aesthetic silence. We will look at the developmental stages of silence noting the differences between silence early in the treatment, silence in the middle, and silence at the end. When we consider silence and language as means of connection, communication, and interaction, we expand our appreciation for the unknown, which positively impacts our analytic attitude. This seminar seeks to help us expand our capacity to sit in and value silence, thus facilitating analytic depth. 6

7 ncspp coffee AnD networking Social location: Sightglass 270 7th Street, San francisco, CA Date: Saturday, April 11, 2015 time: 11:00 am 1:00 pm Fee: free (food/beverages available for purchase) Immersed in freud, Klein, or Bion and interested in talking with others about it? Want to wind down and get to know other people in the NCSPP community? Then join us, your NCSPP Community Events Committee, for our Spring Social Event. To create a greater sense of community within NCSPP, these regularly held social events offer members an opportunity to get together, develop new relationships and reinvigorate old ones, and relax after a long week of work (because you deserve it). We look forward to seeing you soon! BeYonD the consulting room: A conversation with Diane ehrensaft, ph.d. presenter: Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D. Interviewer: Daniel Butler, M.A. location: Private Home, East Bay Date: friday, May 15, 2015 time: 7:00 9:00 pm Fee: $10 Salon NCSPP s Pre-licensed Clinicians Committee invites you to the 16th in a series of conversations with senior clinicians in the field of depth psychology. Join your colleagues for a stimulating evening of food, wine, and conversation with psychologist Diane Ehrensaft, who will share her professional journey and discuss her published works in conversation with Daniel Butler. reflective spaces material Outreach places sponsored by: NCSPP, PINC, and Access Institute location: Instituto familiar de al Raza 2919 Mission Street, San francisco, CA Dates: Saturdays, January 10, 2015; March 14, 2015; May 9, 2015 time: Fee: 2:00 4:00 pm free NCSPP is proud to continue our community mental health programming this spring through Reflective Spaces/Material Places We will have 3 separate meetings in the spring: January 10, 2015; March 14, 2015; and May 9, Specific topic and presenter information will be released shortly; please visit our website to learn more. Community mental health practitioners are under enormous pressure to deliver more services with fewer resources, while the problems that we are challenged to resolve are increasingly complex. As we strive to provide meaningful interventions that address the social, psychic, and justice demands of those who struggle the most, we have an even greater need to carve out spaces both within our minds as clinicians and within our places of practice to reflect on our work and connect with one another. Since our inception in 2012, we discovered that many of us are passionate about encouraging a dialogue between community work and psychoanalytic thinking. We hope to continue to build a community around doing so. 7

8 DISCUSSANTS FACULTY PRESENTERS salman Akhtar, m.d., is Professor of Psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College, and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. His 67 books include 15 solo-authored, as well as 40 edited books in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. He received Best Paper of the Year Award from the Journal of American Psychoanalytic Association (1995), Edith Sabshin Award (2000) from the American Psychoanalytic Association, Sigmund freud Award from the American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians (2000), Kun Po Soo Award (2004), Irma Bland Award (2005) from the American Psychiatric Association, and, most recently, the prestigious Sigourney Award (2012) for outstanding contributions to psychoanalysis. Dr. Akhtar has delivered lectures around the world and his books have been translated into many languages. He has also published eight volumes of poetry and is Scholar-in-Residence at Inter-Act Theatre Company in Philadelphia. Beth Barmack, lcsw, is a member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San francisco, where she teaches infant observation and supervises. She co-authored an article in the Journal of Analytic Psychology (June 2010) on infant observation and the transcendent function. She practices in San francisco and sees adolescents, adults, and couples. Bob carrere, ph.d., ABpp, is board certified in psychoanalytic psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is faculty, supervising and personal analyst, and Board director at PINC. Dr. Carrere is in full-time analytic practice in San francisco specializing in process consultation groups for therapists and analysts. margo chapin, mft, is a faculty member of SfCP and a psychoanalyst practicing in Oakland. She teaches widely in the Bay Area and leads private training groups for clinicians. David cushman, psy.d., completed his doctorate in clinical psychology at the Wright Institute and has worked in multiple community mental health settings. His clinical interests include integrating sociocultural issues with psychoanalytic psychotherapy, community mental health, severe mental illness, and play therapy. He is a staff psychologist at RAMS, Inc., in San francisco. Diane ehrensaft, ph.d., is a faculty member at PINC and a developmental and clinical psychologist with a private practice in Oakland. Dr. Ehrensaft is a senior clinician and founding member of A Home Within, a non-profit organization that serves children in foster care. She is also a supervisor/consultant at WestCoast Children s Clinic. Francisco J. gonzález, m.d., is personal/supervising analyst and faculty at PINC. He has published articles on film, sexualities, and socio-cultural process, and sits on the editorial boards of Psychoanalytic Dialogues and Studies in Gender and Sexuality. He has a private practice in San francisco and Oakland. ruth simon, ph.d., is a psychotherapist, a parenting consultant to parents of multiples, and the Director of Training at Access Institute. She has written and presented nationally on the psychology of twins and recently published an article on parenting twins in the September 2014 issue of Psychology Today online. Annika sridharan, msw, psy.d., is the Clinical Manager of Oakland s Center for Wellbeing at the International Rescue Committee, a mental health program for survivors of torture, war, and refugee trauma. She has 20 years of experience providing/supervising treatment for migrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking populations domestically and internationally. 8

9 NCSPP PROGRAM PLANNING COMMITTEES program Division chair Tiffany McLain, Psy.D. community events committee Dara Hayden, Psy.D., Chair David Brown, M.A. Gregory Desierto, Psy.D. Ken Gladstone, Psy.D. Caroline Mok, Ph.D. Nicole Redzic, Psy.D. Tom Wooldridge, Psy.D. Grace Yan, Psy.D. Joe Zamaria, Psy.D. community mental health committee David Cushman, Psy.D., Chair Clara Brandt, M.A. Jen Plummer, Psy.D. Ryan Parker, MSW RSMP Liaison Stefania Pifer, M.A. education committee Karisa Barrow, Psy.D., Chair Demetry Apostle, JD, Ph.D. Ankhesenamun Ball, Psy.D. Elise Geltman, LCSW pre-licensed clinician members com mittee Jason Butler, Ph.D., Chair Willow Banks, M.A. Stéphanie Gay Moss Jessica McLachlan, M.S. Jeremy Mintz, M.A. Sydney Tan, M.A. Joe Zamaria, Psy.D. program committee Susanna Bernat, Psy.D., Chair David Gatta, M.A. Melissa Kohner, Psy.D. Annice Ormiston, Psy.D. Rebecca Spengler, Psy.D. Monika Telichowska, Psy.D. 9

10 GENERAL INFORMATION for full course information, course objectives, late registration, and refund policies for each of the courses events listed within, please visit our website at tuition & registration Deadlines: All tuitions listed in this brochure are for early registration ($40 discount, $15 discount for ncspp student members). early registration ends two weeks prior to the event or start of a multi-week course; after this date the full tuition will be applied to all registrations. for details please see individual course event listings on our website. Questions: for questions related to enrollment, locations, CE credit, special needs, course availability, and other administrative issues, contact Michele McGuinness at info@ncspp.org or membership: To join NCSPP, please visit the NCSPP website at target Audience & Instructional level: These courses are open to all licensed mental health professionals, residents, interns, and graduate students in training, as well as members of the lay public who have an interest in psychoanalytic psychology. for specific instructional level please see individual course event listing on our website at class size & eligibility for enrollment: for specific class size please see individual course event listings on our website at Class minimums will be 6 to 8 participants. Courses that do not fill will be cancelled and payment will be refunded. In filling courses, priority will be given to NCSPP members. locations & readers: for classes where location is listed as TBA (to be announced), information on location will be updated online at Enrollment confirmation with course location and reader information will be ed to enrolled participants. tuition does not include the cost of readers. cancellation: enrollees who cancel at least seven DAYs prior to the event or start of a multiweek course will receive a refund minus an administrative charge. no refunds will be allowed after this time. for details please see individual course event listings on our website. returned checks: A $25 bank charge and an additional $15 administrative charge will be issued on all returned checks. Disabilities: Division 39 and NCSPP are committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please contact Michele McGuinness for any special needs. NCSPP and Division 39 are committed to conducting all activities in strict conformity with the American Psychological Association s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. If you believe that a violation of ethics has occurred during any of our presentations, or if you have concerns about such issues as handicapped accessibility, distress with regard to program content, or other complaints, please contact Michele McGuinness. continuing education credits: Please see individual course event listings for number of CE credits awarded, if applicable. Courses offering CE credit meet the requirements for CE credit for LCSWs, MfTs, and Psychologists. Upon completion of a course evaluation form, a CE certificate will be issued. This serves as documentation of attendance for all participants. LCSWs/MfTs: These courses meet the requirements for CE credits for LCSWs and MfTs through the BBS (Provider #PCE 508). Psychologists: Division 39 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Division 39 maintains responsibility for these programs and their content. scholarship Information: We have established the NCSPP Scholarship fund to broaden community access to our events by subsidizing the greater part of our tuition costs for a limited number of attendees. for information regarding eligibility and availability, please contact Michele McGuinness. the northern california society for psychoanalytic psychology (ncspp) is the local Chapter of Division 39, American Psychological Association. NCSPP is committed to the study of psychoanalytic psychology and the encouragement of its interests in the professional and general communities. It is a multidisciplinary, nonprofit educational membership organization open to all mental health professionals. 10

11 n $120 full MEMBER (all licensed mental health professionals) n $60 ASSOCIATE MEMBER (pre-licensed mental health professionals) n $30 STUDENT MEMBER must include copy of student ID (enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate school in a mental health discipline) REGISTRATION not an ncspp member? Join ncspp now and register for courses events at the discounted rate: $ $ $ three convenient ways to register: online: Make secure credit card or debit payments online via PayPal, the Internet s most trusted payment processor. Fax: mail: NCSPP, 12 Hampton Avenue, San Anselmo, CA NAME DEGREE ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP PHONE please enroll me in the following course(s) or event(s): 1. $ COURSE EVENT TITLE fee 2. $ COURSE EVENT TITLE fee 3. $ COURSE EVENT TITLE fee 4. $ COURSE EVENT TITLE fee scholarship Fund contribution: total Amount enclosed: $ TAx-DEDUCTIBLE $ payment method: n Check (payable to NCSPP) n Amex n Visa n MC CREDIT CARD # ExPIRATION DATE CARD SECURITY CODE BILLING ZIP CODE NAME AS IT APPEARS ON CREDIT CARD SIGNATURE 11

12 N CSPP Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID San Francisco, CA Permit No hampton Avenue san Anselmo, ca ANNUAL LECTURE 2015 Photo Credit: Ciarán Ryan, ciaranryan.com THE MENTAL PAIN OF MINORITIES Amelioration andtreatment See Page 5 for Details