President's Report

First off, I want to extend a great deal of appreciation to the many NCSPP volunteers — comprised of a diverse group of students, psychotherapists, social workers, and psychologists — all of whom are invested in the teaching and practices of psychoanalytic principles in our community Tireless hours go into planning our courses, workshops, seminars, lectures, socials, and so on. I thank each and every one of you for your efforts and dedication to your commitments. The Board has demonstrated that our whole is greater than the sum of its parts!

NCSPP has had a very successful year, not only in programming and publications, but also in reaching out to our community. As a larger Board, we have focused on how to work more collaboratively among our organization and its divisions by supporting our shared visions. In order to do this we have improved our ability to have productive discussions that lead to fostering initiative while we operationalized these ideas. Everyone pitched in to make things happen. A great example of this was our noteworthy event with Jessica Benjamin.

The Executive Committee also made diligent efforts to support the Board, committee leaders, and members. Mia Maturen, Program Division Chair, guaranteed all programing parties were able to launch successful events. And Outreach Membership and Liaison Chair, Joe Zamaria, openly engaged with all his committee members and built strong relationships among them. One outstanding addition to the Board is our Technology Committee, spearheaded by Kellen Grayson. We are learning how to shift into the 21^st century, making our programs and content available to our members. Lastly, we give Leigh Lyndon a standing ovation for her strength as our Treasurer, wherein we were able to stay within our fiscal budget, but also as a fantastic team player.

We're also revisiting our advocacy roots by thinking about how NCSPP can engage in the political process of our training experiences. How do we keep psyc