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

Fridays, September 5, 2025 to May 29, 2026
Extension Education Programs
2025-2026 East Bay Yearlong Program: Tuning into the Unspoken: Navigating the Landmarks of Unconscious Experience
Eric Miller, PhD; Elizabeth Stuart, MD; Graeme Daniels, LMFT; Marty Mulkey, LMFT; Chandra Rai, LMFT; and Luciane De Mello, LCSW
Fridays, September 5, 2025 to May 29, 2026
Extension Education Programs
2025-2026 San Francisco Yearlong Program: Putting Psychoanalysis on the Couch
Sydney Tan, PsyD; Joseph Dwaihy, MD; Marcus (Bo) Houston, MD, MPH; Neil Talkoff, PhD; Daniela Carollo, PhD; and Alexandra Farber, PhD (instructors)
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
MOTHER MEDIA: Seeing moms and being moms in the ages of technology
Hannah Zeavin, PhD in Conversation with Elizabeth Bradshaw, PsyD
Saturday, September 20, 2025
SFCP Annual Meeting
SFCP Annual Meeting
Come hear summaries of last year and learn about the organization’s plans for 2025/26. Meet new and long-time friends, plus enjoy a cocktail reception after. Maybe even invite some friends to dinner in the City after? We look forward to seeing you in-person or on Zoom.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Dehumanization
Paul Williams, PhD, and Jyoti Rao, LMFT (panelists); Laura Farha, LCSW (moderator)
Fridays, September 26, 2025 to May 8, 2026
Extension Education Programs
2025-2026 San Francisco Yearlong Program: Continuous Case Conference
J. Marc Wallis, LCSW; Paul Alexander, PhD; Genie Dvorak, PsyD; Bronwen Lemmon, LMFT; and Walt Beckman, PhD (case conference group leaders)
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience
Notions of Psychoanalytic Transformation in the Clinical Setting: Case Presentations from a Jungian and Contemporary Object Relations Perspective
Henry Markman, MD; and Sandy Pepper, MD (speakers)
Mondays, September 29 to October 20, 2025
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
CCSW mini-Module: Working with Parents: A Complex and Essential Component of Child Psychotherapy
Lea Brown, LCSW, and Amy Wallerstein Friedman, LCSW (instructors)
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Scientific Meetings
THE RADICAL OTHERNESS OF MASUD KHAN
Ilene Philipson, PhD, PhD (presenter); Charles Fisher, MD (moderator)
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Special Programs
Visiting Professor Revisited — On Arrogance
Peter Goldberg, PhD (interviewee); Renu Maria Cappelli, PhD, MFT (interviewer)
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