Psychoanalytic Student Seminars: San Francisco

Psychoanalytic Student Seminars 2011 - 2012

San Francisco Program

These seminars are offered as a community service intended to supplement local training with psychoanalytic clinical instruction. The courses are offered free of charge to pre-doctoral and post-doctoral psychology interns, psychiatry residents, MFT and social work interns currently in clinical placements. To register: email Max Lee, SFCP Extension Division Coordinator, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . If you would like more information about these seminars, please call Marc Wallis, LCSW, Chair of San Francisco Student Outreach, at (415) 820-9609.

Classes will be held at San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis at 2340 Jackson Street, 4th floor.

Course Description:
Clinicians who are new to psychoanalytic thinking and literature often find it bewilderingly diverse, which can make it difficult to grasp exactly what it means to work psychoanalytically with patients. This seminar will explore several accounts of the essentials of a psychoanalytic attitude, clinical process and therapeutic action through close readings of four papers by some of the field's most thoughtful writers. We will investigate what they share, how they diverge and how they blend tradition with personalized, creative activity. As we do, we will grapple with the questions of what it is that makes therapy psychoanalytic and how it might benefit our patients.

Instructor:
Michael Levin, Psy.D. Advanced Candidate, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis; Faculty, Access Institute; Private Practice, San Francisco. (415) 441-2377 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

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