Next week! Join us for our 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 6:00PM-7:30PM, 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.

The case conference will be discussion-based and focused on thinking together from primarily modern psychoanalytic perspectives (though additional perspectives are welcome). For each case conference, a volunteer will present a single patient encounter. The case should include a written transcript of the back-and-forth dialogue from the trainee and their patient. We also encourage the presentation of "session" transcripts from other settings such as psychiatric hospitals, crisis ERs, mental health home visits, etc. as long as the presenter feels the material is of sufficient depth. Our aim is to explore how to connect more deeply and meaningfully with our patients and each other, in order to foster healing, and to promote honesty and humanity in our clinical work and wider lives.

Note that ​if you are interested in presenting at the conference, please email Drs. Cornelius and Fattig so that we can briefly discuss the case with you and help you to prepare (i.e. providing guidance to be sure the case material is adequately anonymized prior to the presentation, etc).

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!