Register Here In psychoanalysis, dreams play an essential role in the work of accessing the unconscious. Rather than simply teach the theory and techniques used to work with dreams in a session, this workshop led by Nicole Shieh, LMFT, is both experimental and experiential, an attempt to learn through doing.
Saturday, March 28, 4:00 p.m. The Dreamland Cinema, 1901 P St., Sacramento Register Here Aftersun (2022) is a coming-of-age story told through the eyes of an 11-year-old girl named Sophie. The film centers on a seaside vacation Sophie spends together with her young father, Calum. At first glance,
Starting the new year right with a happy hour, plus now soliciting proposals for talks.
Saturdays, February 21st and 28th, 10:00-11:30 a.m. Online via Zoom Register Here Late in his career, Jacques Lacan worked to articulate how writing may represent that which is experienced beyond sense, and so indicate a frontier between the Symbolic Order (that of language) and what he called
Saturday, February 7th, 1:00-3:30 p.m. 422 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento Register Here Please join us for a conversation with Dr. Bret Fimiani on the ethics of psychoanalytic treatment with patients who are hearing voices and/or experiencing extreme states. While the focus of this conversation is on treating
🗓 Tuesday, December 9th, 2025 🕕 6:15–7:45 PM 📍 422 Alhambra Blvd. Join us as we continue the 2025–26 Training Case Conference series—an interdisciplinary forum for clinicians-in-training from all mental health fields (psychology, psychiatry, social work, MFT, counseling, and related disciplines). No matter where you are in the
🗓 Tuesday, November 11th, 2025 🕕 6:15–7:45 PM 📍 422 Alhambra Blvd. The Trainee Case Conference had a great start and we are looking forward to our first trainee presentation of the year! Join us as we continue the 2025–26 Training Case Conference series—an interdisciplinary forum for clinicians-in-training
Friday, December 5th, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Shepard Garden & Art Center 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento Interpersonal process groups work in the “here-and-now” and yet have the uncanny ability to bring about each group member’s personal and historical attachment wounds and relational patterns, both conscious and unconscious. Our
When: First Wednesday of the month, starting November 5th, 5-6:3o p.m. Facilitator: Nathan Lupo Location: Online via Zoom In anticipation of Dr. Fimiani's talk on February 7th, SPS is hosting a reading group to explore and discuss his book, "Psychosis and Extreme States: An Ethic
SACRAMENTO PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY Trainee Case Conference — Fall 2025 Kickoff 🗓 Tuesday, October 14, 2025 🕕 6:15–7:45 PM 📍 422 Alhambra Blvd. Welcome to the First Trainee Case Conference of the Academic Year! Join us as we open the 2025–26 Training Case Conference series—an interdisciplinary forum for clinicians-in-training from
Friday, October 10 6:00-8:00 p.m. 422 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento In this presentation, Gestalt Therapist Peter Cole, LCSW will discuss his recent article I Am Here: A Gestalt Perspective on Navigating Through Troubled Times (co-written with Charlie Bowman and scheduled to appear in Gestalt Review, Spring 2026 ). He
Coffee Meet Up đź“… Date: Saturday October 4th đź•’ Time: 9-11:00 AM đź“Ť Location: Old Soul at The Weatherstone, 812 21st St, Sacramento, CA 95811 Start off your morning with Sacramento Psychoanalytic Society at our first ever Coffee Meet Up! Join us on Saturday, October 4, 9am-11am, at Old Soul at The