SFCP Visiting Professor Weekend

We are happy to announce that Darian Leader, Lacanian psychoanalyst, will be SFCP’s Visiting Professor from April 12 — April 14, 2024.

During VP Weekend, Darian Leader will come to us via ZOOM in the following programs:

Saturday, April 13, 9:30—11:30 am
“The Role of the Analyst”
Presenter:  Darian Leader
Discussant:  Jeanne Wolff-Bernstein
Moderator:  Patricia Marra
Program Fee:
   $ 95 — General Admission
   $ 80 — SFCP Members
   Free — SFCP and non-SFCP Candidates, SFCP PPTP Trainees, and University Level Students
2 CME/CE credits available for free (for SFCP members) or $ 30 (for non-members)

Sunday, April 14, 10:00—11:30am
Professor’s Choice with Darian Leader
On “Constructions in Analysis”*

Presenter: Darian Leader
Moderator: Israel Katz
Program Fee:
   $ 65 — General Admission
   $ 50 — SFCP Members
   Free — SFCP and non-SFCP Candidates, SFCP PPTP Trainees, and University Level Students
1.5 CME/CE credits available for free (for SFCP members) or $ 22.50 (for non-members)

*Recommended Reading:
Freud, S. (1937). Constructions in Analysis. SE vol. XXIII, pp. 255—269.

Darian Leader is a Lacanian psychoanalyst and founding member of the Center for Freudian Analysis and Research (CFAR)  in London.  He is a thinker, speaker, and writer whose intelligence and clarity reach a wide international audience — Lacanian and beyond.  Among his prolific publications are titles such as:  Jouissance:  Sexuality, Suffering, and Satisfaction (2021);  “Rereading Little Hans” (2021); Why Can’t We Sleep? (2019); Strictly Bipolar (2013); and What Is Madness? (2011); Why Do People Get Ill?. Most recently, in 2023 he published his latest book,  Is It Ever Just Sex?  He also features in several YouTube lectures, including:  “Interpretation” (2022); “On Jouissance” (2022); and “What Is Sex?” (2022). In all of his writings and talks, Leader illustrates his belief that psychoanalysis thrives on real questions — on exploring what we don’t know —  and inspires his readers to question even further.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Finding One's Voice: What Psychoanalysis Can Learn from the Labor Movement
Jamie Danielle Daniels, PhD, LICSW; and Corey Datz-Greenberg, LCSW (presenters)
Thursday, February 13, 2025
SFCP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Conversations
SFCP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Conversations - Module 2
David Luna, MBA, JD
Saturday, February 15, 2025
The James Grotstein Memorial Lectures in Comparative Psychoanlaysis
Part 2: Winnicott in Los Angeles: On The Kleinian Development
Joseph Aguayo, PhD (presenter)
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Education Division
Palo Alto Psychoanlaytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PAPPTP) Informational Open House
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Child Colloquium Series
Film Screening and Discussion: After Sun
Reyna Cowan, PsyD, LCSW (discussant)
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Community Building Event
Legacy Giving Info Event
Alma Soongi Beck (presenter)
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Education Division
Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPPTP) Open House
Meet with faculty, current students and other prospective applicants!
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Scientific Meetings
Love it, Hate it, Treat it: What every therapist needs to know about borderline personality
Jonathan Shedler, PhD (presenter)
Monday, March 3, 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.
Wednesdays, March 5, 2025 to March 26, 2025
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Neurodivergent Psychoanalysis
Mayumi Pierce, MD (instructor)
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