Annual Meeting
Saturday, September 20, 2025
A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Dehumanization
Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Coalition for Clinical Social Work (CCSW)

Paul Williams, PhD; and Jyoti Rao, LMFT
Continuous Case Conference
Fridays, September 26, 2025 - May 8, 2026

San Francisco Yearlong Program

J. Marc Wallis, LCSW; Paul Alexander, PhD; Genie Dvorak, PsyD; Bronwen Lemmon, LMFT; and Walt Beckman, PhD
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience
Saturday, September 27, 2025 | October 18, 2025 | November 15, 2025

SFCP in conjunction with the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and The Regional Bion Symposium present:

Jungian and Contemporary Object Relations Comparative Perspectives
Working with Parents:
A Complex and Essential Components of Child Psychotherapy
Mondays, September 29, 2025 - October 20, 2025

Coalition for Clinical Social Work (CCSW)

Lea Brown, LCSW; and Amy Wallerstein Friedman, LCSW
THE RADICAL OTHERNESS OF MASUD KHAN
Saturday, October 4 , 2025

Scientific Meetings

Ilene Philipson, PhD, PhD
On Arrogance
Sunday, October 5, 2025

Visiting Professor Revisited

Peter Goldberg, PhD

SFCP Newsletter, September 2025 issue

CONVERSATION ROOM

  • An Invitation to Members
  • “50 Years Later: Answering the Call Again”
  • Dara’s Story
  • Member Accomplishments
  • Reflections of an Immigrant Therapist

ADMINISTRATION ROOM

  • Board Chair Report
  • President’s Message
  • Volunteer of the Month
  • DEI Steering Committee Message
  • Bylaws Corner
  • Ethics and Impairment Committee
  • SFCP’s Opportunities Database
  • Learning and Reconciliation Committee
  • Community Mentoring Program
  • Psychoanalytic Training Corner
  • Incoming PED Candidates
  • Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Corner
  • Incoming PPED Trainees
  • SFCP Library
  • Enrico Jones Fund

OPPORTUNITIES ROOM

  • Dialogues Events 2025-2026
  • SFCP’s Annual Meeting – 9/20/25
  • CCSW Clinical Evening – 9/24/25
  • Inter-Institute Event
  • Scientific Meetings 2025-2026
  • Visiting Professor Revisited – 10/5/25
  • PED Informational Evening – 10/9/25
  • Child Colloquia Series 2025-2026
  • Student Seminars 2025-2026
  • Critica Press
  • A Note from Psychoanalysis Now
  • NCSPP’s Intensive Study Group
  • Collected Works of Freud for Sale

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Latest Video Archive

June 1, 2025
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2025 Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Education Division (PPED) Graduation Ceremony
Gary Grossman, PhD (graduation speaker)
April 24, 2025
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Introduction to the work of Nicola Abel-Hirsch, FIPA
Peter Goldberg, PhD (presenter)
March 8, 2025
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A felt-self: aspects of symbolizing through psychotherapy of an autistic boy.
Jeffrey Eaton, MA, FIPA (presenter); Anne Alvarez, PhD, M.A.C.P. (discussant)
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Upcoming Events

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.
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Thursdays, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2025
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Consultation Group for Post-Masters Social Workers
Elyse Miller, LCSW (consultant)
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Saturday, October 4, 2025
Scientific Meetings
THE RADICAL OTHERNESS OF MASUD KHAN
Ilene Philipson, PhD, PhD (presenter); Charles Fisher, MD (moderator)
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Sunday, October 5, 2025
Special Programs
Visiting Professor Revisited — On Arrogance
Peter Goldberg, PhD (presenter); Renu Maria Cappelli, PhD, MFT (moderator)
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Thursday, October 9, 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.
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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)
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