Dear Colleagues,

I hope you all had a happy New Year. Last month, we celebrated our second annual Art Show and Fundraising Party. The work of fourteen artists were displayed, including the excellent work of two new artists to our show, Rabbi Larry Kushner and Stela Mandel, as well as most of the artists who showed last year. Despite the rain, we had a healthy attendance and a spirited auction. Another of Joe Weiss' wonderful paintings was donated by his family and sold at auction. The art show is a terrific opportunity to appreciate art, to enjoy being together with friends and colleagues, to raise some money for our program, and to introduce people outside the group to our offices and to our members. Several new attendees to the art show made separate donations to SFPRG. I am already preparing new art and looking forward to next year's art show.

An important development at SFPRG is that we have negotiated a new lease agreement with the Presidio. Although not quite signed, it looks promising that we can stay in the Presidio for another five years with reasonable market rent increases that will be affordable to us and to our subtenants. This means that we can plan to continue our low-fee clinic for another 5 years. Perhaps eventually, we will be able to buy a building and not have to worry about rent negotiations. That would be a monumental step forward for SFPRG.

I announced in the last newsletter that we will be presenting a major spring conference on April 13 with Victoria Beckner, Susan Landes, and Ginger Rhodes. The topic will be Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, its treatment, and the interrelationship between exposure therapy and Control Mastery Theory. In the last newsletter, I made errors in Victoria's biography that I would like to correct. At this date, she has only completed one book, not two. Dr. Beckner worked at the San Francisco Veteran's Administration PTSD unit in 2004 for one year, but not currently. At present, she is affiliated with the University of California San Francisco. Please save the date for this important conference.

We are getting ready for the 26th Annual International Conference on Control Mastery Theory scheduled for March 4 through 8, 2013. George Silberschatz and John Curtis will present the Introductory Conference on Control Mastery Theory on Saturday, March 2. For those of you who have never come to the introductory course, don't miss this one. At this year's International Conference, there are several new seminars comparing Control Mastery Theory to other models. In addition, there are the morning case conferences, the core seminars, research night, movie night, free case consultations, more new workshops, and the Thursday night party. Tell your friends and colleagues and come yourself to the 26th Annual International Conference. It is always an exceptional experience.

Have a good month. I will see you in February.

Steve Foreman

I'm excited to report that The International Conference on Control Mastery Theory is just around the corner March 2nd through March 8th. The Conference starts on Saturday, March 2nd, with an introductory class hosted by two of our most senior clinicians, George Silberschatz and John Curtis. If you are new to the theory this is the best way to get an overview. The price is very affordable for students.

At the Conference this year we have done something a little different. In past years, SFPRG has held many well-attended daylong conferences on comparing and contrasting CMT with other theoretical orientations. So this year at the International Conference, we are offering a workshop each day on CMT and another theory.

+Monday: CBT,

+Tuesday: Intersubjectivity

+Wednesday: Object Relations

+Thursday: Attachment Theory

+Friday: Schema Therapy

For more information on the conference and to see what other workshops are being offered, look on the web site. (Click the quick link at left.) I look forward to seeing you there.

Future daylong conferences are being planned for 2013. On the April 13th we will have a conference on looking at Trauma work through the lens of CMT and exposure therapy. Other conference topics being considered are Addiction and Mindfulness. Please let us know if you have a topic of interest. drsusanlandes@earthlink.net

26th Annual International Conference on Control-Mastery Theory

March 2-8, 2013 Our intensive week-long conference is intended for therapists and therapists-in-training who wish to deepen their understanding about how psychopathology develops and how psychotherapy works. The framework is Control-Mastery Theory, an integrated cognitive-psychodynamic-relational theory that has been empirically supported. In addition to lectures and clinical case material presented by the faculty, there will be question and answer periods that offers participants an in-depth dialogue with the presenters.

New this year: A series of afternoon sessions that will compare and contrast Control Mastery Theory with other therapeutic modalities: how they differ and how they may complement each other as well as ways to integrate them into your psychotherapy practice.

Information is now on our website!