President's Report

As a longtime NCSPP member and fort da admirer, it is a pleasure to welcome you to the Spring 2014 issue. It is also an honor to serve as the President. I am pleased to collaborate, not only with the NCSPP's talented board of directors and all the creative committee members, but also with the other analytic organizations in a synergistic effort where the whole is truly greater than the sum of the parts. NCSPP continues its commitment to these various partnerships in an effort to bring senior clinicians of all stripes into contact with emerging clinicians. While many of us learn through reading analytic papers, I believe the real learning occurs in our coming together, in groups large and small, to think and wonder together about the ways psychoanalytic conceptions can enrich our experience of everyday life. It is a very exciting time for NCSPP to partner in these conversations throughout the Bay Area.

As a former ED of a community mental health agency, I particularly wish to applaud the collective efforts by Elizabeth Kita and Mia Matuen (Access Institute), Francisco Gonzalez (PINC), and Lani Chow (NCSPP), who spearhead the Reflective Spaces/Material Places (RSMP) project. This group is widening the analytic envelope by reaching out to community health practitioners who deliver more services with fewer resources. They provide meaningful services to address social, psychic, and justice issues. The scope of this work is impressive and its potential impact truly significant.

This group has met every second Saturday at the Institute Familiar de la Rasa since 2012, offering presentations from numerous community health agencies. They also held the Annual Conference this past March. I encourage all to visit the RSMP website for upcoming events at .

Perhaps what is most impressive about NCSPP is the collective effort of all the committee members and chairs. NCSPP has a long history of thoughtful and vibrant committees and our