Community Events

California Medical Association AccreditedSDPSI is a CMA-accredited provider. Physicians attending our programs may report the listed number of hours of Category I credit toward the CMA Certificate in Continuing Medical Education and the AMA's Physician Recognition Award. SDPSI is also approved as a Continuing Education Provider by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider Number PCE#794, to offer Category 1 credit for, LCSWs and MFTs and Registered Nurses, Provider Numbers CEP#4940. The California Board of Psychology accepts the Category 1 CE credits from the CMA. Psychologists are responsible for reporting your individual attendance to the Board of Psychology. All attendees will be responsible for keeping your certificate of attendance for your own personal records; we do not keep individual copies of your attendance.

What do we offer?

The Extension Division of SDPSI offers a wide range of courses and workshops, scientific meetings, and study groups to meet the educational needs of mental health professionals and the general community. These events are usually scheduled during the academic year from September through June.

Upcoming Events

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Mar122010

Allan D. Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture

"The Cost Effectiveness and Efficacy of Psychotherapy." Dr. Lazar will be presenting a highly interesting overview of findings noted in the book: Psychotherapy is Worth it: A Comprehensive Review of Its Cost Effectiveness (publication date: March 2010), for which she was Editor and Co-author. In her presentation, she will emphasize...

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
SDPSI - 4455 Morena Blvd., Ste. 202 San Diego, CA 92117
SDPSI Members: No Charge, Non-Members: $35, Students: $20
2
Mar262010

Movie Night: The Night Porter

In her cult film, The Night Porter, filmmaker Lilianna Cavanni would have us reflect upon the haunting universe of a chance meeting of Max and Lucia twelve years after the end of WW II. Max is a former Nazi camp officer (played by Dirk Bogarde) and Lucia (Charlotte Rampling) was then his sex-slave. A stylized series of mutual flashbacks...

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
SDPSI
Members free, non-members $25, students $20
2
Apr92010

Psychoanalysis and the Treatment of the Addictions

Dr. Sonnenberg will review the subject of addiction and the contributions of psychoanalytic investigators to its treatment. He will provide a broad description of the way a psychoanalytic approach facilitates addiction treatment, whether it be to single or multiple substances or behaviors.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
SDPSI
Members free, non-members $25, students $15
2 hours
Apr102010

Relational Psychotherapy and Effective Treatment of Addiction

Dr. Sonnenberg will address the treatment of addictions, using a relational psychotherapeutic approach. Clinical material will be presented which will include transference/countertransference descriptions, and advantages of the use of a relational approach in challenging and changing the addict.

9:00 am - 12:00 pm
SDPSI
Members $35, non-members $50, students $20
3 hours

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