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june 20 2009

A Course in Happiness is discussed in an interview with the publisher on TARCHER TALKS, amongst other things presenting the "top ten" list of what people can do to increase contentment in the present moment. It is posted at PENGUIN.COM and also on YOUTUBE. A paperback of this book is on the way for later this year, and plenty of hardbacks are available. Any corrections suggested need to be in by July 1 for the new printing!

THE PTSD SPECIALTY CLINIC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO OFFERS EVALUATIONS OF BOTH SIMPLE AND COMPLEX CASES

I direct this service and it can be reached by calling 415 476 7000. Please identify to the recipient of the call if you wish evaluations, second opinions on on-going treatments for a stress response syndrome, or a forensic expert consultation.

Contact usapenguingroup.com for more information on my just published book, A COURSE IN HAPPINESS. I am pleased that the groups I addressed during the Jan 09 book tour were so very positive. I will be covering the stress mastery issues in my plenary address to the Americal College of Psychoanalysts in San Francisco in May, also the American Psychiatric Association Meeeting, and giving a three hour plenary on the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorders to the American Association of University Health Service providers. The reason is they expect students who are Iraq and Afghanistan vets

Value Reprioritization in Psychoanalysis is one of eight scientific papers refereed into the annual meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association and will be presented in New York, Waldorf A., Saturday afternoon, Jan 19, 08. The point is to help patients resort often intuitive but sometimes harsh and omnipotent values using reflective conscious and verbal communicative processes to establish personnaly owned priority systems.

Talks on transference, projection, values, and happiness are pending: scroll down here.

Strozzi Institute, Jan 26,2007

I will present a paper on "Values in Psychoanalysis" at an open to professional therapists meeting of the San Francisco sychoanalytic Institute at 2420 Sutter St, at 7:30 pm February 12, 2007.

I will talk on "Thinking Through Stressful Topics on Your Own" at UCSF at noon on Wed. March 14, 2007.

The Second Opinion on Psychotherapy Consultation Group may be reached at 415-476-7510 at the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute of UCSF.