Committee Roster

2023-2024 Academic Year

Membership Services Division

Meryl Botkin, PhD, Chair

CME/CE COMMITTEE
E. Megan Goodwin-Germano, PysD, Chair
Meryl Botkin, PHD
Gary Grossman, PhD

COMMUNITY MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
Holly Gordon, DMH, Chair

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
Richard Almond, MD, Chair

SCIENTIFIC MEETING COMMITTEE
Henry Massie, MD & Cheryl Yund Goodrich, PhD, Co-Chairs

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 InstituteVacant

SACRAMENTO PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY AFFILIATION
Katherine Fraser, DMH, Chair

REFERRAL SERVICE FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
Referral service phone: 415-857-6988
Emily Brewer, MD, Chair

Covering:
San Francisco / North
Sacramento
East Bay
South Bay / Peninsula

SERVICES PROGRAMS

Sophia Mirviss CommitteeMarsha Silverstein, PhD

Upcoming Events

Wednesdays, October 15, 2025 to May 27, 2026
Extension Education Programs
2025-2026 Seasoned Clinicians Program
 Jeffrey Sandler, MD; Clara Kwun, LCSW; Mark Swoiskin, MD; Jeanne Harasemovitch, LCSW; Michael Wagner, PhD, MFT; Joanna Wise-Bradman, LCSW, Dorian Newton, PhD; and Catherine Mallouh (leaders)
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience
Notions of Creativity in the Clinical Setting: Case Discussions from Jungian and Contemporary Object Relations Perspectives
Jan Ole Luuk, LLM (presenter); Robert Grossmark, PhD, ABPP; and Paul Watsky, PhD, ABPP (discussants)
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
Event title to be announced
Donald Moss, MD (presenter)
Wednesdays, January 7 to 28, 2026
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Becoming a Couple: An Introduction to Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy
Dana Iscoff, MFT (instructor)
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