SFCP Newsletter, May 2024 issue

  • Message from the SFCP Newsletter Editor, by Richard Almond, MD
  • SFCP Board Chair Report, by Brett Penfil, MFT, MPH
  • SFCP President’s Report, by Maria Longuemare, MD, PhD
  • Report from the Chair of the Psychoanalytic Education Division, by Beth Steinberg, PhD
  • Update re: the Vision and Mission of SFCP, by Strategic Plan Operations Team
  • Report from the Co-Chairs of the Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program, by Madeleine Lansky, MD and Mary-Stone Bowers, LMFT
  • CE/CME Update, by Megan Goodwin, PsyD
  • Group Relations Weekend Recap, by Fei Hu, MFT
  • Openings in The Committee on Groups
  • Art and Craft: In and Out of the Counsilting Room, by Clara Kwun, LCSW
  • Retirement from Practice – Facing a Complex Issue, by Richard Almond, MD
  • Congratulations to our Graduating 2023-2024 PED Candidates and Child PED Candidates

Upcoming Events

Saturday, January 24, 2026
The James Grotstein Memorial Lectures in Comparative Psychoanlaysis
Part 1: Deconstructing Thomas Ogden’s Model of Intersubjectivity
Joseph Aguayo, PhD (presenter)
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Child Colloquium Series
Specialized Parent Work: a Critical Element to Supporting the Health of Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Exploring Youth
Melissa Holub, PhD (presenter); Michelle Jurkiewicz, PsyD (case presenter)
Wednesdays, February 4 to 25, 2026
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Exploring the Unconscious – An Introduction to Jungian Dreamwork
Betty Tharpe, MFT (instructor)
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Social Work Now: Ethical Dilemmas
Kyle Ahlers, LSW, ASW; Rachel Gray, LCSW; Bridget Leach, LCSW; and Jerika Norona, PhD (panelists)
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
A Passion For Ever More
Dominique Scarfone, MD (presenter); Adam Blum, PsyD (discussant)
Sunday, February 8, 2026
Special Programs
SFCP TOWN HALL MEETING
Let Your Voice Be Heard: Engage in conversation about proposed revisions to the Bylaws!
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
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, February 21, 2026
Child Colloquium Series
Film Screening and Discussion: Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Reyna Cowan, PsyD, LCSW (discussant)
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Visiting Professor Weekend
An Introduction to Rudi Vermote, MD, PhD
Peter Goldberg, PhD; and Kristin Fiorella, PsyD, MFT (presenters)
Saturday, February 28, 2026
The James Grotstein Memorial Lectures in Comparative Psychoanlaysis
Part 2: Antonio Ferro’s Field Theory
Catherine Mallouh, MD (presenter)
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