Committees
NCSPP's committees are dedicated to serving the needs of members. As such, they welcome your suggestions and feedback. Please select a committee to more information about each committee's purpose, along with contact information:
The Community Events Committee works to create gatherings throughout the year where NCSPP members can meet and get to know one another. From social and networking events to the Annual Holiday Party, the focus is on engendering relationships and helping our membership to stay connected.
The Community Mental Health Committee is a collaboration among NCSPP, PINC and Access Institute to address the need for time and space to reflect on community mental health work from a psychoanalytic perspective. Our developing committee organizes an annual conference aimed at bringing together a wide range of community mental health service providers, therapists, and psychoanalysts to explore how we can build capacity and think deeply in the rich realities of our various settings. We also meet bi-monthly for case presentations from community providers as part of our on-going creation of "space" for reflection.
The Editorial Committee produces fort da, NCSPP's journal that is published twice a year. We are the only Division 39 local chapter to have its own journal. fort da features articles by local, national, and international psychoanalytic thinkers
The Education Committee is responsible for the development of a variety of courses and workshops given throughout the year in San Francisco and the East Bay.
The Impulse Committee produces the monthly online newsletter, Impulse
The Intensive Study Group Committee oversees the year-long ISG in San Francisco and the East Bay. The ISGs are co-sponsored by PINC. Each fall the committee puts on an Introductory Event featuring invited guest lecturers who speak to theoretical and clinical themes related to the current subject of the ISG. This event is open to all.
The membership committee is responsible for creating the membership directory, providing orientation for new members, encouraging renewal in expiring members, and developing projects that will strengthen and broaden our membership base.
The Pre-licensed Clinician Members Committee focuses on outreach to Bay Area psychology students and brings NCSPP-affiliated psychologists to local graduate schools. The committee focuses on supporting professional development, as well as fostering community-building and networking among the next generation of psychoanalytic psychotherapists.
The Program Committee is responsible for the Annual Lecture and for the presentation of various Scientific Meetings. The Annual Lecture is given by an internationally known analyst, while the Scientific Meetings generally feature the work of local psychoanalysts and others who are developing new ways of thinking about psychoanalysis.