SFCP Newsletter, July 2023 issue

  • Opening Remarks and Board of Trustees Report, by Paul Sorbo, LCSW
  • SFCP Strategic Plan Report, by Brett Penfil, MFT, MPH
  • Recognition of Graduates of the Psychoanalytic Education Division & Updates, by William Glover, PhD
  • Recognition of Graduates of the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Education Division, by Neil Brast, MD
  • Extension Education Division Report, by Debora Fletcher, PhD
  • Treasurer’s Report & Audit Report, by Steve Larson
  • Nominating & Governance Committee, by Deborah Weisinger, PsyD
  • 2022-23 Annual Giving Campaign Update, by Suzanne Klein, PhD
  • Enrico Jones Fund Annual Report, by Cheryl Goodrich, PhD
  • Facilities Committee Report, by Walt Beckman, PhD
  • Administrative Director’s Report, by Marcia Hodges, MNA, CTF
  • President’s Report, by Maria Longuemare, MD, PhD
  • Distringuished Service Awards, by Maria Longuemare, MD, PhD
  • Member Announcements – Karim Dajani, PsyD honored by ROOM, by Maria Longuemare, MD, PhD

Upcoming Events

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)
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Coalition for Clinical Social Work Clinical Evening Series: Psychoanalysis Under Attack: Practicing Psychoanalytically-Informed Work in Beleaguered Communities Abroad
Silvia Rivera, PhD (presenter); Dania Dandashli, MA, LPC-S (discussant)
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)
Thursdays, January 15 to May 21, 2026
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Foundations of Psychodynamic Clinical Work in Community Mental Health Settings - Year 1
 Julia St. George, LCSW; Corey Datz-Greenberg, LCSW; and Beth Kita, LCSW, PhD (instructors)
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Child Colloquium Series
Supporting the Health of Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Exploring Youth by Supporting Their Parents
Melissa Holub, PhD (presenter)
Wednesdays, February 4 to 25, 2026
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Exploring the Unconscious – An Introduction to Jungian Dreamwork
Betty Tharpe, MFT (instructor)
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