Committee Roster

2022-2023 Academic Year

Membership Services Division

Meryl Botkin, PhD, Chair

CME/CE COMMITTEE
Mary Ewert, DMH, Chair Meryl Botkin, PhD

HASKELL NORMAN COMMITTEE
Charles P. Fisher, MD, Chair
Marshall Bush, PhD
Suzanne Gassner, PhD
Jane Dulay, MD
Susan Yamaguchi, LCSW

LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Susanna Bonetti & Gina Atkinson, MA, Co-Chairs
Meryl Botkin, PhD
Amy Glick, LMFT
Rashmita Sriram (Staff)

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Meryl Botkin, PhD, Chair
Mary Ewert, DMH

NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE
Tessa Fisher, LCSW, Chair

COMMUNITY MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
Holly Gordon, DMH, Chair

LIAISONS:

Access InstituteGary Grossman, PhD
California Pacific Medical CenterCatherine Mallouh, MD
Richmond Area Multi-Services (RAMS)Sachi Inoue, PhD
Stanford University Medical CenterNeil Brast, MD
UCSF / Langley Porter Psychiatric InstituteAdam Goldyne, MD
Wright InstituteSusana Winkel, PhD

SACRAMENTO PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY AFFILIATION
Katherine Fraser, DMH, Chair

LOW / MODERATE FEE REFERRAL SERVICE FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS
Referral service phone: 415-857-6988
Deborah Weisinger, PsyD, Chair

San Francisco / North BayDeborah Weisinger, PsyD
East Bay:Jan Chess, PhD
South Bay / PeninsulaTina St. Lorant, MFT

SERVICES PROGRAMS

Sophia Mirviss CommitteeMarsha Silverstein, PhD

Upcoming Events

Saturday, October 25, 2025
Child Colloquium Series
Learning to Surf: Analyzing Adolescents
Mary Brady, PhD (presenter); Jill Sallberg, PhD, ABPP (discussant)
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Scientific Meetings
LEADERSHIP IN THE PSYCHOANALYTIC MOVEMENT
Harriet Wolfe, MD (presenter); Brett Penfil, LMFT, MPH (interviewer)
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Committee on Groups
Deepen the Dialogues: Conversations Across Difference
The Committee on Groups
Saturday, November 8, 2025
Child Colloquium Series
The Play of Eros: The Story of an Adolescent Boy, his Body and his Analyst’s Body
Bruce Reis, PhD, FIPA, BCPsa (presenter); Terrence Owens, PhD (discussant)
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Psychoanalytic Education Division
Psychoanalytic Training Informational Evening
Please join SFCP Faculty and Candidates for Dinner, Drinks, and a Discussion of Psychoanalytic Training at SFCP.
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience: Comparative Psychoanalytic Perspectives within the Jungian and Contemporary Object Relations Traditions
John Beebe, PhD, ABPP; Diane Elise, PhD; Henry Markman, MD; and Paul Watsky, PhD, ABPP (presenters and panelists)
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Malignant Nostalgia: the impulse to eradicate "the bitter experience of life.”
Donald Moss, MD (presenter) in Conversation with Mitchell Wilson, MD
Wednesdays, January 7 to 28, 2026
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Becoming a Couple: An Introduction to Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy
Dana Iscoff, MFT (instructor)
Thursdays, January 8 to February 12, 2026
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
CCSW mini-Module: THERAPEUTIC RELATEDNESS
Sandra Gaspar, LMFT (instructor)
Saturday, January 10, 2026
Scientific Meetings
PSYCHEDELIC PSYCHOANALYSIS: TRANSFORMATION OF THE SELF
Megan Rundel, PhD (presenter); Ilene Philipson, PhD, PhD (moderator)
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