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

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; Anne Friedman, LCSW, PhD; Corey Datz-Greenberg, LCSW; and Beth Kita, LCSW, PhD (instructors)
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)
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!
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Child Colloquium Series
Film Screening and Discussion: Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Reyna Cowan, PsyD, LCSW (discussant)
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