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, 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: TRANSFORMATIONS 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
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)
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
A Passion For Ever More
Dominique Scarfone, MD (presenter); Adam Blum, PsyD (discussant)
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Child Colloquium Series
Film Screening and Discussion: Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Reyna Cowan, PsyD, LCSW (discussant)
Wednesdays, March 4 to 25, 2026
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Theory, and Trans Experience(s)
Loïc Pritchard, MFT (instructor)
Saturday, March 7, 2026
Scientific Meetings
ENDINGS IN ANALYSIS
Stephen Purcell, MD and Alice Jones, MD (presenters); Steven Goldberg, MD (interviewer)
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