Meet the Author at the SF APsaA Meeting: Nancy Sherman

Meet-The-Author: Nancy Sherman, Ph.D. “The Untold War: Inside the Hearts, Minds, and Souls of our Soldiers Friday June 1oth  from 2 pm to 5 pm.

Introducer: Prudence Gourguechon, M.D. (Chicago, IL)
Author: Nancy Sherman, Ph.D. (Kensington, MD)
The Untold War
Respondent: Jonathan Lear, Ph.D. (Chicago, IL))
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Discussion Group at SF APsaA Meeting: Psychoanalytic Perspectives: The IPA at the United Nations

Chair & Presenter: Vivian Blotnick Pender, M.D. (New York, NY)

This discussion group will give an overview and  detailed account of how the IPA, as an NGO, and the United Nations work together.

After attending this session, participants should be able to: 1) Recognize the tools needed to work   as a psychoanalytically informed NGO with the
United Nations.

Two Discussion Groups at the SF APsaA Meetings wtih Jane Hall and others

You are cordially invited to attend:

 Deepening the Treatment: Jane S. Hall, chair
Thursday, June 9, 2011 9AM

Many, if not most of our patients can benefit from intensive psychotherapy.  How to engage these patients in deepening the treatment as opposed to the once-a-week counseling they frequently ask for is the topic of this discussion group.  One focus will be strengthening the therapist’s conviction Continue reading Two Discussion Groups at the SF APsaA Meetings wtih Jane Hall and others

Psychoanalysis and Theater Discussion Group at the SF APsaA Meeting with Jed Sekoff and Fred Sander

Psychoanalysis and Theater Discussion Group
Wednesday June 8th 4:00-6:00 pm
Discussion Group 11
Co-Chairs: Jed Sekoff, Ph.D. and Fred M. Sander, M.D.

Four San Francisco actors will read the core plot of W.S. Gilbert’s (1871) “Pygmalion and Galatea,” the play and related essays was just republished by Fred Sander to coincide with the Centenary of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute.

The discussion to follow the reading will focus on the human proclivity for Continue reading Psychoanalysis and Theater Discussion Group at the SF APsaA Meeting with Jed Sekoff and Fred Sander

Libidinal Landscapes, Analysts and Fathers with Lora Heims Tessman at the APsaA San Francisco Meetings

ApsaA SF meetings:               Group 33, June 9 at 2-4 p.m.
Libidinal Landscapes, Analysts and Fathers   
Chair: Alan Pollack, MD        Presenter: Lora Heims Tessman, Ph.D. 

How does the analyst’s libidinal landscape, his personal view of the meanings of love, affect his approach to treatment? Five variations in Continue reading Libidinal Landscapes, Analysts and Fathers with Lora Heims Tessman at the APsaA San Francisco Meetings