We are happy to announce that Nicola Abel-Hirsch, FIPA will be SFCP’s Visiting Professor from May 3 — 4, 2025.
During VP Weekend, Nicola Abel-Hirsch will come to us via ZOOM in the following programs:
Part 1
Saturday, May 3, 10:00am—12:00pm
Bion’s Technique
Presenter: Nicola Abel-Hirsch,FIPA
Program Fee: TBA
2 CME/CE credits available for free (for SFCP members) or $ 30 (for non-members)
Part 2
Sunday, May 4, 10:00am—11:30am
Container and Contained
Presenter: Nicola Abel-Hirsch,FIPA
Program Fee: TBA
1.5 CME/CE credits available for free (for SFCP members) or $ 22.50 (for non-members)
More details will be added soon. Please check back on this page later for updates.
Nicola Abel-Hirsch, FIPA, is a training and supervising psychoanalyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society. She has presented on Bion’s work in the UK, Taiwan (annually 2005-2012), the USA, and Europe. From 2013–2015 she was a visiting professor at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex. Abel-Hirsch edited Hanna Segal’s last book Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (2007); is the author of Bion 365 Quotes (2019) and Bion: An Introduction (2023), and is a co-author of Bion in the Consulting Room: An Implicit Method of Clinical Inquiry (2024). Under the auspices of Understanding Primitive Mental States (Susan Finkelstein, Chair) she is currently presenting a series of seminars on Bion’s work.
Accreditation Statement for CME/CE Sponsorship and Disclosure Statement
Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, the learners will be able to:
- Part 1: describe how the two poles of Bion’s grid can be useful in clinical practice
- Part 1: describe what Bion means by transformation in O and growing.
- Part 1: explain how Nicola Abel-Hirsch made use of Bion’s concepts in her case example.
- Part 2: give a clinical example of a container/contained relationship
- Part 2: apply the conflict between mystic and group to a psychoanalytic situation
- Part2: explain how Bion uses the concept of the establishment in a clinical setting.
ACCME Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement
The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.
PSYCHOLOGISTS: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Psychologists attending SFCP events approved for CE credits may report AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ toward their CE requirements. Psychologists self-certify the number of hours they have completed on their renewal form (whether online or paper).
LCSWs/MFTs: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is a continuing education provider that has been approved by the American Psychological Association, a California Board of Behavioral Sciences recognized approval agency
Psychologists, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists will be awarded AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ on an hour for hour basis; see the program description for the maximum of credits awarded for each program.
Commercial Support: None