Visiting Professor Weekend

We are happy to announce that Nicola Abel-Hirsch, FIPA will be SFCP’s Visiting Professor from May 3 — 4, 2025.

Please join us for an introduction to Visiting Professor Weekend

Thursday, April 24, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Introduction to the work of Nicola Abel-Hirsch, FIPA

Presenter: Peter Goldberg, PhD
Location: Online via Zoom
This program is free

Dr. Peter Goldberg will discuss the major concepts in Bion’s work, as well as in his paper “Container/contained transformed.”

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
A morning with Nicola Abel-Hirsch, FIPA
Bion’s Technique

Presenter:  Nicola Abel-Hirsch,FIPA
Location: Online via Zoom
Program Fee:  $65 – $50

2 CME/CE credits available for free (for SFCP members) or $ 30 (for non-members)

Dr. Abel-Hirsch will present her ideas on Bion’s technique, followed by a discussion with the audience.

Part 2
Sunday, May 4, 10:00am—11:30am
Professor’s Choice:

On “Container/contained Transformed”
Presenter:  Nicola Abel-Hirsch,FIPA
Location: Online via Zoom
Program Fee:  $50 – $40

1.5 CME/CE credits available for free (for SFCP members) or $ 22.50 (for non-members)

Professor’s choice with Dr. Nicola Abel-Hirsch discussing Bion’s paper “Container/contained transformed”, available on PEP-web.

Program Schedule

Wednesday, February 25, 07:30pm – 09:00pm
Introductory Session
Peter Goldberg, PhD; and Kristin Fiorella, PsyD, MFT (presenters)

Saturday, March 14, 10:00am – 03:00pm
A Day With Rudi Vermote, MD, PhD
Rudi Vermote, MD, PhD (presenter)

Sunday, March 15, 10:00am – 11:30am
Professor’s Choice
Rudi Vermote, MD, PhD (presenter)

Rudi Vermote, M.D., Ph.D. is a training analyst with the Belgian Society of Psychoanalysis. Past president of the Society and emeritus professor at the University of Leuven, Dr. Vermote has played a major role in shaping psychoanalytic training and research.Internationally known for his presentations and author of Reading Bion (2019), Dr. Vermote draws on late Bion, Eastern philosophy, the writings of Meister Eckhart, and neuropsychoanalysis to illuminate the nonverbal communications of the unconscious (“something beyond thinking”) and its relevance to clinical practice.

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