Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis

2025 - 2026 Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis

Program Title:Event title to be announced
Date:Saturday, February 7, 2026
Time:09:30am – 12:30pm PT
Presenter:Dominique Scarfone, MD
Discussant:Adam Blum, PsyD
Moderator:Julie Ruskin, PhD
Location:San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
444 Natoma Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(remote option is available)
Program Fee:Program fee to be announced

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Program Co-Chairs:
Henry Markman, MD & Julie Ruskin, PhD

Adam Blum, PsyD
Elizabeth Bradshaw, PhD
John DiMartini, PhD

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