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Our Peninsula/South Bay Committee stayed steady this year in building a stronger analytic community and made significant efforts to expand our boundaries to mental health professionals outside our immediate community.
We hit a homerun with this year's ISG, “The Traumatized Self: Theoretical and Clinical Explorations.” Sue Saperstein, Robert Carrere, Annie Sweetnam, and Stephen Hartman helped us study the many levels of trauma from the inside out. We looked at the complications in treatment and discovered new ways of thinking about repression, dissociation, and mental states.
Our Salon Series offered two fun and interesting events for the broader community. Stephan Hartmen facilitated a discussion on “Reality 2.0: Cyber Lives/Clinical Challenge,” introducing the notion of Avatars and the cyber world of our clients. Angela Sowa shared her infant observation work through a discussion titled “Mother's Intuition: The Fact of Fantasy.” Dennis Facchino read a case that helped integrate observations of primitive infant behavior and research methods used in their work.
Our Committee evolved a new focus this year, led by Kate Viret, to reach out to graduate schools and engage with pre-licensed and newly licensed professionals. We held two “Meet the Professors” events that allowed students and new professionals to learn how the “professors” made their way to analytic orientation. Teri Quatman, Mike Axelman, Bob Walters, and Helen Marlo volunteered a Friday evening to be interviewed. In addition, Shubha Herlekar and Kate visited several graduate programs to present analytic ideas and invite everyone to join NCSPP.
Terry McLarnan hosted our annual series of Seminars in Child and Adolescent Therapy at the Center for Healthy Development in Santa Clara. Brian Feldman presented “The Body in Adolescence: Sexuality, Identity, Attachment, and the Origins of Self Destructive Acts.” Jeanne Wolff-Bernstein discussed “What is the Meaning of the Act in Acting-Out Behavior?” and Paul Alexander l