May: Monthly Roundup
What's happening at SPS during the month of May?
- Trainee Case Conference
- Movie Night: "Godzilla Minus One"
- Wine, Cheese, & Bad Objects
Monthly Trainee Case Conference
We are happy to continue our interdisciplinary psychoanalytic case conference open to all trainees in mental health in the Sacramento area. Trainees at all years of these programs are welcome to attend. The case conference will be held monthly, on the second Tuesday of each month from 6:15 PM - 7:45 PM, at Dr. John Thor Cornelius' office at 422 Alhambra Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95816. The case conference will be facilitated by Drs. John Thor Cornelius, MD and Barbara Fattig, MD.
Private Screening: "Godzilla Minus One"
We're excited to be offering an exclusive event this month – SPS will be hosting a private screening of "Godzilla Minus One" at The Dreamland Cinema in downtown Sacramento. Join us on May 14th at 6 PM as we watch and discuss the powerful themes in this award-winning film. Tickets cost $10 for students and $20 for all others. Popcorn is provided, and beverage will be for sale.
Wine, Cheese, & Bad Objects
At this month's wine & cheese event we welcome board member Nicole Pardo, MD as she talks about her research in a presentation titled "Borders, Bad Objects, and Psychoanalysis." Join us on Friday, May 30th at 6 PM as we gather to eat good food, be challenged by new ideas, and think together as a group.
Nicole Pardo, MD is a psychoanalytic therapist in private practice with a particular interest in working with complex trauma. She is an advanced psychoanalytic candidate at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC), and she is also currently enrolled in the Group Therapy Training Program (GTTP) at The Psychotherapy Institute (TPI). She is actively working toward her graduation paper for PINC, integrating her experiences with psychoanalytic and group training. This presentation covers her work on this project to date.
As the daughter of an immigrant Venezuelan father and a white mother, Nicole talks about the challenges of finding language for the totality of her psychic experience within the frame of psychoanalysis, in which the social unconscious has historically been excluded. She explores her own experiences in training, both through psychoanalytic training and group process, utilizing dreams and group theory to critique and push against the frame of the classical Freudian tradition. She specifically expands upon Fairbairn’s idea of internalization of bad objects, exploring its attendant omnipotent phantasy. She goes on to explore re-enactments of omnipotent phantasy within the field, and she invites us to consider the potential for enriching psychoanalytic thought via re-integration of theories that have been split off through scapegoating.
The Sacramento Psychoanalytic Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization led and supported entirely by volunteers who are dedicated to the promotion of psychoanalysis within the greater Sacramento region.
We pursue our mission through organizing educational programs, reading groups, monthly presentations, case conferences, networking events, and hosting speakers of interest for the community of Sacramento – all are welcome to get involved!