Upcoming Events

Sep302023 Zoom Only Event: Reflections on Practicing During the Pandemic: What Can Be Learned? What Now?When:Saturday, September 30, 2023 - 9:00am to 11:00amWhere:online Description: Even for those of us with prior tele-analytic experience, our sudden immersion in practicing tele-analytically during the pandemic caused a seismic shift in our ordinary way of practicing with all the psychic reverberations such a change evokes. Now that the dust has settled some, we have an opportunity to reflect on what we’ve observed about the essential conditions for...
Oct142023 Understanding Clinical Process from Multiple PerspectivesWhen:Saturday, October 14, 2023 - 9:00am to 12:00pmWhere:SDPCThree esteemed psychoanalysts will discuss a case presented by a fourth-year candidate, each from their distinctive theoretical orientation. This stimulating panel presentation will provide a glimpse into the spectrum of psychoanalytic approaches and their convergences and divergences. Following the presentations, a moderated discussion will encourage the exchange of ideas and perspectives....
Nov182023 The Psychodynamics of the Lone Actor TerroristWhen:Saturday, November 18, 2023 - 9:00am to 11:00amWhere:SDPCDr. Meloy will discuss the pathway to violence and the various proximal warning behaviors that precede a lone actor terrorist attack, grounded in his consultations and research over the past several decades and his development of the TRAP-18 (Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol).  Emphasis will be placed on the US social and political turmoil that can be expected over the next year...
Feb242024 Clinical Supervision: Old Controversies and New DilemmasWhen:Saturday, February 24, 2024 - 9:00am to 12:30pmWhere:SDPC Description: National organizations of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and counselors have recently advocated specific courses in supervision for trainees their respective clinical disciplines. They have tended to frame supervision in terms of specific competencies or progressive skill sets, often measured via symptom reduction in the supervisee’s clients. They have also...