Teaching
Since I began teaching more than 35 years ago, I’ve had the pleasure of working with therapists at all levels of experience, both in formal academic and clinical settings, and in intimate private study groups. Having taught extensively on the work of Freud, Ferenczi, Klein, Winnicott, Bowlby, Bion, Sullivan, Kohut, Matte-Blanco, Ferro, Civitarese, Bollas, and others, I have developed a particular interest in weaving together the disparate schools of psychoanalytic theory, and clarifying complex ideas in a way that makes them more ‘user-friendly’ and deepens day-to-day clinical work. The following summary should provide a sense of the range of my teaching and consultation interests.
| 2000-current | Faculty: Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC). San Francisco, CA Critical Junctures in Psychoanalysis (2015, 2016) |
| 2011-current | Faculty: San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. San Francisco, CA Analysis as Art: Bion, Bollas, Ferro, & Proust (2019) The Work of Wilfred R. Bion (2014, 2015, 2016) Under the Radar: Unusual Modes of Psychic Retreat (2014) Transformation in Primitive Mental States (2013) Bion and the Contemporary Analytic Attitude (2012) Integrating Paternal and Maternal Function (2012) |
| 2024 | 2024 Modern Anxieties, Group Hatreds, and Internal Racism. Private Study Group San Francisco, CA. |
| 2023 | 2023 Countertransference in the Treatment of Narcissism. California Center for Change. San Francisco, CA. |
| 2023 | Frames of Weaning and Lost Entitlement. Private Study Group. San Francisco, CA. |
| 2022 | Translating Influential Ideas into Meaningful Clinical Work. Private Study Group. San Francisco, CA |
| 2021 | Annihilation Anxieties in the Age of Cultural Cataclysm. Private Study Group. San Francisco, CA |
| 2020 | Social Upheaval: Meaning, Mourning, and Mania. Private Study Group. San Francisco, CA |
| 2020 | The Movable Frame: Analytic Work in Different Settings. California Pacific Medical Center. San Francisco, CA |
| 2016 | All the World’s A Stage: Dramatic Transformations in the Intersubjective Field of Dreams. Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology. Intensive Study Group. San Francisco, CA. |
| 2015 | Past, Present, and Future in Psychoanalysis. California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC). San Francisco, CA. |
| 2014-2015 | Early Career Case Conference. Open to clinicians in the broader community to support their ongoing development as psychoanalytically-minded therapists. Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. (PINC). San Francisco, CA. |
| 2014 | Models of the Unconscious and Implications for Effective Psychotherapy. California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC). San Francisco, CA. |
| 2013 | The Unconscious as an Ally. Department of Psychiatry. California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC). San Francisco, CA. |
| 2013 | In Search of the Lost Object: Unconscious Narratives of Attachment, Separation, and Loss. Peninsula-South Bay Year-Long Psychoanalytic Studies Series. Menlo Park, CA. |
| 2012 | How to Survive as an Analytic Therapist. Department of Psychiatry, California Pacific Medical Center. San Francisco, CA. |
| 2011 | Analytic Authority: What is it? Where is it? Who has it? Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology. Intensive Study Group. San Francisco, CA. |
| 2011 | (Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award). Models of the Unconscious and Implications for Interpretation. California Pacific Medical Center. San Francisco, CA. |
| 2011 | Oklahoma Study Group Case Conference (Skype). Oklahoma City, OK. |
| 2010 | Fundamentals of the Psychoanalytic Process. Lecture presented to the East China Normal University Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science. Shanghai, China. |
| 2010 | Playing With Bion: Dreaming Life into Theory and Practice. Workshop presented to the Oklahoma Society for Psychoanalytic Studies. Oklahoma City, OK. |
| 2010-2011 | Supervisory Issues in Candidate Training. Post-graduation seminar for psychoanalysts seeking qualification as Supervising Analysts. Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. San Francisco, CA. |
| 2010 | Case Conference. Oklahoma Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology. Oklahoma City, OK. |
| 2010 | Radical Aspects of the Therapist’s Role in Psychodynamic Therapy. Department of Psychiatry, California Pacific Medical Center. San Francisco, CA. |
| 2009 | Interpreting, Holding, Containing, and Dreaming: From Freud to Ferro. Department of Psychiatry, California Pacific Medical Center. San Francisco, CA. |
| 2008 | Bringing Psychoanalysis to Life: A User-friendly Guide to the Impossible Profession. Workshop presented to the Oklahoma Society for Psychoanalytic Studies. Oklahoma City, OK. |
| 2007-2008 | Dreams, Free Association, and Involuntary Phenomena. Intensive Study Group (ISG). Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology and Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. San Francisco, CA. |
| 2007 | Being and Doing in the Psychoanalytic Encounter. Intensive Study Group (ISG). Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology and Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. San Francisco, CA. |
| 2007 | Paternal and Maternal Function in the Psychoanalytic Process. Seminar developed for private study group. San Francisco, CA. |
| 2006 | Gendered States of Mind in Psychoanalytic Technique Intensive Study Group (ISG). Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology and Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. San Francisco, CA. |
| 2003 | The Work of Wilfred R. Bion: Later Bion and Beyond. Intensive Study Group (ISG). Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology and Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. San Francisco, CA. |
| 2003 | Attachment to the Bad Object: The Work of Bowlby and Fairbairn. Seminar developed for Private Study Group. San Francisco, CA. |
| 1992-2004 | Adjunct Faculty: California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda. Clinical and Ethical Issues; Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique. Member: Professional Training Committee. |
| 1998-2000 | Chair: PsyD Program (Doctor of Psychoanalysis) Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. San Francisco, CA. |
| 1998 | Transference and Countertransference: The Kleinian Development. Intensive Study Group (ISG). Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology and Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. San Francisco, CA. |
| 1997 | The Roots of Melanie Klein in Freud, Abraham, and Ferenczi. Intensive Study Group (ISG). Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology and Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. San Francisco, CA. |
| 1996 | Psychoanalytic Theories of the Self: A Clinical Perspective. Workshop presented to the Department of Psychology, University of Heidelberg. Heidelberg, Germany. |
| 1996-1997 | Relational Issues in Adolescence. Year-long seminar series presented at Juvenile Probation Services: San Rafael, CA |
| 1995 | Advanced Concepts in Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique. San Francisco School of Psychology. San Francisco, CA. |
| 1993-1995 | Working with Dual-Diagnosis in Residential Treatment. Year-long seminar series presented at Northeast & Westside Lodges (California Pacific Medical Center), San Francisco, CA |
| 1992 | Short-term Psychodynamic Treatment. Haight-Ashbury Psychological Services, San Francisco, CA. |
| 1989-1994 | Adult Case Conference; Child Case Conference; Dynamic Case Formulation; Anxiety in the Initial Analytic Hour; Clinical Management of Fees; Brief Therapy. Seminars presented at Community Counseling and Education Center, Fremont, CA |