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I am pleased to report that 2010 has been another fantastic year for NCSPP. Let me begin by sharing some highlights with you.
NCSPP's journal, fort da, officially became available on the online database Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing (PEP). As such, it is now available to an international readership.
We experimented with a more interactive and less scripted format for the Annual Lecture. Over 150 attendees were present for the event, which featured guest lecturer Donnel Stern and interlocutors Susan Sands and Sam Gerson. Attendee feedback indicated high levels of satisfaction with the speakers and experimental format.
The benefits of NCSPP membership have increased. Licensed members can now take advantage of the new “consultation benefit,” which provides one free hour of professional consultation with an established member of the NCSPP community (a “senior consultant”).
Our 2009-2010 Intensive Study Groups (ISGs), which were focused on the “relational turn” in contemporary psychoanalysis (San Francisco and East Bay) and clinical explorations of trauma (South Bay), were all filled to capacity and very positively reviewed.
The NCSPP Board has initiated a new practice of actively reaching out to randomly selected members each month to solicit feedback and ideas about the NCSPP membership experience. We're enthusiastic about the potential this will create for non-Board members to help guide the organization.
We held a benefit for fort da that featured a play, The Weed Blossom, by Gene Alexander. The event was so well received that NCSPP has decided to add an “arts event” to its annual offerings.
A new “Community Events” committee has been launched. This is the first NCSPP committee specifically dedicated to expanding opportunities for members to convene outside of traditional psychoanalytic presentations and courses (new-member dinners, social gatherings, and networking events).
Our online newsletter, IMPULSE, has expanded and diversified its content. Its readership cont