Candidates’ Association
Upon acceptance for training, all candidates are eligible for membership in the Candidates’ Association.
Special meetings are held throughout the year that focus on issues of interest to the candidates or clinical presentations to visiting speakers and faculty.
In addition, the Candidates’ Organization serves as a link with candidates from other institutes and with the Candidates’ Associations of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
One of the main functions of the Candidates’ Association is to provide an organized channel for feedback from the candidate group to the faculty as well as from the faculty to the candidates.
Candidates’ Colloquia
During the year, senior analysts are invited to meet with candidates to discuss on-going analytic cases.
6-8 colloquia will be scheduled throughout the year; topics and times to be announced.
Child Colloquia
Three to six special events are arranged yearly with local and visiting child analysts to present clinical and theoretical material related to child analysts.
These colloquia are open to all candidates, post graduates and others in the mental health community (by invitation).
These are usually on Saturday mornings.
Event of the Month:
Saturday, March 29, 2008
10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
2340 Jackson Street (enter on Webster)
Fourth Floor -- Auditorium
Presenter: Virginia Demos, Ed.
A Morning With Virginia Demos
Virginia Demos, clinical and developmental psychologist, infant researcher and teacher, will present remarkable video tapes of two infant /toddlers over a two year period, to illustrate how different interaction styles lead to very different expressive capabilities of two small girls. A Harvard Medical School professor and staff member at Austen Riggs, Dr. Demos has a distinguished career with a particular interest in affective development in early childhood from a “dynamic systems perspective”.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
2340 Jackson Street (enter on Webster)
Fourth Floor -- Auditorium
Presenter: Elizabeth Tuters, Ph.D.
Adolescence and Its Roots in Infancy: Working with a Difficult Case.
Is the infant’s inner world a useful source for understanding adolescence and adulthood? Can early mental development inform us about clinical treatment of later psychopathology? Elizabeth Tuters will discuss her work on infancy and psychic growth, using filmed vignettes of infant and caregiver interactions. She will also present a clinical case of an adolescent, focusing on transference and countertransference dilemmas, and discuss the links to infant understanding.
Mrs. Tuters is a child and adult psychoanalyst, and a faculty member at the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, where she was past President. She is on the IPA Committee on Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis, Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society, and is Secretary of the World Association of Infant Mental Health, among other positions.
Please register at 415-563-5815, CE Credits Available.
