Scientific Meetings

2024 - 2025 Scientific Meetings

Program Title:Leadership in a Time of Polarization
Date:Saturday, February 1, 2025
Time:10:30am – 12:00pm PT
Presenters:

Harriet Wolfe, MD
Faculty, SFCP; President, International Psychoanalytic Association

Brett Penfil, MFT, MPH
Board of Trustees Chair, SFCP

Location:San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
444 Natoma Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(remote option is available)
Program Fee:Free
CME/CE:This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1™ for free (for SFCP members) or $22.50 (for non-SFCP members)

Psychoanalytic institutes and centers are in need of leadership to carry on the history and education of psychoanalysis while also addressing changes in the internal and external culture. Leadership is its own area of study and practice that most psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists have little to no experience with. This program is aimed at introducing participants to the fundamental need for developing leaders in our organizations and addressing some of the fundamentals of being a leader.

Brett Penfil is a professional consultant to organizations in addition to being a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and current Board Chair of SFCP. Harriet Wolfe has led a wide range of organizations including SFCP, The American Psychoanalytic Association, and currently the International Psychoanalytic Association. She writes and speaks on the subject of leadership.

Accreditation Statement for CME/CE Sponsorship and Disclosure Statement​​

APA and ACCME Accreditation Marks

Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, the learners will be able to:

  1. describe the risks and benefits of polarized opinions in an organization.
  2. describe the cost of the professional commitment to empathy and emotional aliveness.
  3. summarize the capacities that support resolution of intractable conflict.

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 1.5 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

Program Co-Chairs:
Cheryl Goodrich, PhD & Henry Massie, MD

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