The Play of Eros:
The Story of an Adolescent Boy, his Body and his Analyst’s Body
Saturday, November 8, 2025

Child Colloquium Series

Bruce Reis, PhD, FIPA; Terrence Owens, PhD
Psychoanalytic Training Informational Evening
Thursday, November 13, 2025
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
Psychoanalysis Under Attack:
Practicing Psychoanalytically-Informed Work in Beleaguered Communities Abroad

Coalition for Clinical Social Work

Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Silvia Rivera, Phd; Dania Dandashli, MA, LPC-S

SFCP Newsletter, November 2025 issue

  • A letter from our Newsletter Editor
  • An Invitation to the Members from the Newsletter Committee: Do you have a passion or hobby you love? A story or life experience that shaped who you are? We want to hear from you!
  • A Psychoanalytic Memoir: Part II “Mid-20th Century: Anna Freud, Roy Shafer, Erik Erikson and Others: The Widening Scope of Ego Psychological Ideas”
  • Board Chair Report
  • Celebrating Maria Longuemare’s Three-Year Term as President
  • Volunteer of the Month – Corey Datz-Greenberg
  • Bylaws Corner: SFCP Townhall
  • Academic & Applied Psychoanalysis, Advocacy, Research Division

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Latest Video Archive

October 4, 2025
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THE RADICAL OTHERNESS OF MASUD KHAN
Ilene Philipson, PhD, PhD (presenter); Charles Fisher, MD (moderator)
September 6, 2025
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MOTHER MEDIA: Seeing Moms & Being Moms in The Ages of Technology
Hannah Zeavin, PhD in conversation with Elizabeth Bradshaw, PsyD
June 1, 2025
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2025 Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Education Division (PPED) Graduation Ceremony
Gary Grossman, PhD (graduation speaker)
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Upcoming Events

Saturday, November 8, 2025
Child Colloquium Series
The Play of Eros: The Story of an Adolescent Boy, his Body and his Analyst’s Body
Bruce Reis, PhD, FIPA, BCPsa (presenter); Terrence Owens, PhD (discussant)
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Thursday, November 13, 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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Saturday, November 15, 2025
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience: Comparative Psychoanalytic Perspectives within the Jungian and Contemporary Object Relations Traditions
John Beebe, PhD, ABPP; Diane Elise, PhD; Henry Markman, MD; and Paul Watsky, PhD, ABPP (presenters and panelists)
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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Coalition for Clinical Social Work Clinical Evening Series: Psychoanalysis Under Attack: Practicing Psychoanalytically-Informed Work in Beleaguered Communities Abroad
Silvia Rivera, PhD (presenter); Dania Dandashli, MA, LPC-S (discussant)
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Saturday, December 6, 2025
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Malignant Nostalgia: the impulse to eradicate "the bitter experience of life.”
Donald Moss, MD (presenter) in Conversation with Mitchell Wilson, MD
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Wednesdays, January 7 to 28, 2026
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Becoming a Couple: An Introduction to Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy
Dana Iscoff, MFT (instructor)
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Thursdays, January 8 to February 12, 2026
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
CCSW mini-Module: THERAPEUTIC RELATEDNESS
Sandra Gaspar, LMFT (instructor)
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Saturday, January 10, 2026
Scientific Meetings
PSYCHEDELIC PSYCHOANALYSIS: TRANSFORMATION OF THE SELF
Megan Rundel, PhD (presenter); Ilene Philipson, PhD, PhD (moderator)
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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; Corey Datz-Greenberg, LCSW; and Beth Kita, LCSW, PhD (instructors)
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Saturday, January 31, 2026
Child Colloquium Series
Supporting the Health of Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Exploring Youth by Supporting Their Parents
Melissa Holub, PhD (presenter)
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