Classified Ads 

July 2025

Name: Adrienne Habib

Email:  [email protected]

Phone Number:  (949) 248-7411, ext. 2

Classified Ad Description:

Two office spaces available in San Juan Capistrano. Conveniently located steps from the San Juan Capistrano train station, Los Rios Historic District, and the new River Street Market place. The other offices in our suite are occupied by other therapists. There is ample free parking and a waiting room with light system. There is also a staff room equipped with a mini fridge, drinking water, and microwave. Both offices have large sliding glass doors with access to a private patio. Larger office is massive with three sliding glass doors. Larger office (see photo) is available on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The smaller office is available on Mondays, Tuesday, Saturdays, and Sundays. For additional photos and pricing, please contact Adrienne at (949) 248-7411 extension 2 or [email protected].

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Name:  Dr. Kyle Pontius

Email:  [email protected]

Phone Number:  (949) 459-7202

Classified Ad Description:

Full time job opportunity for an experienced, licensed psychologist at the Regional Center of Orange County.  Minimum 3 years experience in human services or educational settings with an emphasis on ASD and other IDDs.  Monthly salary range: $8,118 - $11,888.  See website (https://www.rcocdd.com) under "current openings" for more details.  Email resume to [email protected] (cc me as well: [email protected]).

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Name:  Lawrence Hedges, Ph.D.

Email:  [email protected]

Phone Number: (714) 633-3933

Classified Ad Description:

New Reading Group:  Exploring the New Foundation for Psychotherapy: Grasping the Provocations of Jean Laplance, 12 CEUS.  The class runs from October 2025 - May 2026.  The early bird discount of $325 is due by September 1, 2025.  Please contact Eve Silverman ([email protected]) for more information.

LPSC New Foundation Syllabus (Rev. 4.14.25

Exploring the New Foundation for Psychotherapy:
Grasping the Provocations of Jean Laplanche

Listening Perspectives Study Center
Instructor: Lawrence Hedges, PhD, PsyD, ABPP

12 Hours of Continuing Education Credit for Mental Health Professionals
Four Sections 90 Minute Each Meeting the Third Week of the Month

Third Mondays 11:45-1:15 – Zoom
Third Tuesdays 10:30-12:00 - Zoom
Third Wednesdays 10:30-12:00 - Zoom
Third Thursdays 11:00-12:30 - Zoom
October 2025 - May 2026

Tuition for the year (12 hours of continuing education credit) is $375 to be paid in 3
installments of $125.

Early Bird fee of $325 due by September 1, 2025.
Course Description: This is a monthly reading and discussion course.

The amazing work of the French psychoanalyst, Jean Laplanche , now orients us towards
multiple profound foundations of our profession that have only been intuitively grasped by Freud and
others, but have never before been articulated. This course takes us directly to the cutting edge of all
forms of psychotherapy today - no matter what theory or technique one practices.

It is by now widely understood that when Freud “abandoned the seduction hypothesis“ in 1897
that he was not saying that many people have not been molested, but that from the standpoint
of treatment, it was important to look at the unconscious fantasies involved in the experiences
of seduction in order to begin understanding their impact upon us.
Freud understood that the primary seduction was in infancy either before birth or in the first
few months of life, but he did not understand by whom or how. What has become clear over
time is that the universal, normal and expectable ministrations of parental figures provide
intrusions (seductions) into the developing mind of the infant. Said differently, Laplanches’s
“fundamental anthropological situation” points out that a non-sexualized being, a baby, is
surrounded by sexualized caregivers. As the caregiver manages the child, there are many
messages that come from the unconscious sexuality of the parents and others that are enigmatic
intromissions into the mind of the child. That is, the child has its own coding for milk and
physical soothing, but the child cannot understand that the mother's breast and hands are also
sexualized organs associated with many experiences and unconscious sexual fantasies of her
own. These intromissions afforded by early caregiving provide the seduction that Freud was
looking for, and that Laplanche has elaborated for us.
All of these new provocations have profound implications for how we practice
psychotherapy and they will be looked at in detail through this course.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course the participants will be able to:
1. State what is meant by “après coup”.
2. Explain what is meant by “new foundations“.
3. Elaborate what is meant by the “exigence” of Psychoanalysis.
4. Explain why Freud “abandoned the seduction hypothesis” in 1897.
5. State the difference between the general theory of seduction and the specific theory of
seduction.
6. Give three simple examples that illustrate infantile sexual seduction.
7. Name the two kinds of repression.
8. State why infantile sexuality essentially characterizes the primary repressed
unconscious.
9. List the three great narcissistic injuries to the human race.
10. Explain the differences between gender, sex, and the sexual.
11. State how the analyst provokes transference.
12. State what is unfinished about the Copernican revolution.
13. Explain why Freud was unable to formulate the infantile seduction theory.
14. Explain why our repressed unconscious is determined by “otherness”.
15. State why the workings of the human unconscious will never be fully known.

Required Reading: All monthly required readings can be found through Google
Drive sent to participants.

Monthly Reading Assignments

Session 1:
Date: October 2025
“A Brief Introduction to the Work of Jean Laplanche & Conversation” - Scarfone & Saketopoulou
Session 2:
Date: November 2025
"Foundations: Toward the General Theory of Seduction" (PART 1) - Laplanche
Session 3:
Date: November 2025
"Foundations: Toward the General Theory of Seduction" (PART 2) - Laplanche
Session 4:
Date: December 2025
“The Unfinished Copernican Revolution” - Laplanche
Session 5:
Date: January 2026
“Transference: It’s Provocation by the Analyst” - Laplanche
Session 6:
Date: February 2026
“Gender, Sex, and the Sexuality” - Laplanche
Session 7:
Date: March 2026
“Introduction: Innovation and Deviation in Psychoanalysis” - Ashtor
Session 8:
Date: April 2026
“In the Hollow of Transference: The Analyst’s Position Between Activity and Passivity” - Scarfone
Optional Reading: "Introduction: Psychoanalysis and the Question of the Other" - Fletcher

References

Ashtor, G. (2022). Exigent psychoanalysis: The interventions of Jean Laplanche. Routledge.
Fletcher, J. (1999). Introduction: Psychoanalysis and the question of the other. In J. Laplanche, Essays
o on otherness (pp. 1-51). Routledge.
Laplanche, J. (2016). New foundations for psychoanalysis (Jonathan House, Trans.). The Unconscious
in Translation.

Laplanche, J. (2020). The unfinished Copernican revolution: Selected works, 1967-1992 (Luke
Thurston, Trans.). The Unconscious in Translation.
Scarfone, D. (2015). Laplanche (Dorothée Bonnigal-Katz, Trans.). The Unconscious in Translation.

Scarfone, D. (2015). The unpast: The actual unconscious. The Unconscious in Translation.
Scarfone, D., & Saketopoulou, A. (2023). The reality of the message: Psychoanalysis in the wake of
Jean Laplanche. The Unconscious in Translation.

Continuing Education Certificates and Credits:

This course meets the qualifications for 12 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs,
LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. The Listening
Perspectives Study Center is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. The Listening Perspectives
Study Center maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
Certificates will be distributed upon successful completion of all coursework and course evaluation.
CAMFT Approved Provider #25946
Psychologists: We no longer offer CE credits to psychologists for actual coursework. However, you will
receive a certificate for 12 completed CE hours. It is up to you to decide how you want to report them to
the Board of Psychology. The nature of the work could be reported as peer review and/or personal study
and research.

About The Listening Perspectives Study Center
The Listening Perspectives Study Center is an equal opportunity CE provider committed to
principles of equality and social justice. Information regarding registration, fees, refunds, attendance
policies, credits, instructor qualifications, ethics, grievances, and conflicts of interest are spelled out on
our website, Listeningperspectives.com.
There are no commercial interests or conflicts involved in this Continuing Education class. Full
attendance and completed course evaluation are required for Continuing Education credit for class. The
knowledge and usefulness of the material presented in this class is based upon research and is limited 
to the contexts discussed. No experimental or dangerous procedures are part of this class.
The Listening Perspectives Study Center is committed to ensuring that our programs are
accessible to participants with disabilities. Contact the center with your request and every effort will be
made to accommodate you. We are an equal opportunity organization at all levels and in all ways
employment, training, and consultation. Every effort will be made to accommodate minority,
disadvantaged, and challenged individuals in whatever way possible. Contact use with your needs. All
grievances are to be taken up with the director of the center directly. If a disagreement arises then within
30 days a third party suitable to both parties will be sought to mediate. 

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Name:  Heather Hanlon

Email:  [email protected]

Phone Number:  (707) 695-3596

Classified Ad Description:

Heather's Medical Billing, LLC.  Providing insurance billing services for mental health professionals for 20 years.  My name is Heather Hanlon and I have been living in Southern California for almost two years and I am looking to expand my service to this area.  Referrals upon request, all from Northern California.

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June 2025

Name:  Dr. Marijane Ward

Email:  [email protected]

Phone Number:  (949) 388-3741

Classified Ad Description:

Newport Beach/Irvine office space available in solo adult private practice.  Lovely 2 story building with garden courtyard and ample free parking.  Available 2-3 days, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 2 day minimum.

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Name:  Dr. Barbara Ammon

Email:  [email protected]

Phone Number:  (909) 396-7715

Classified Ad Description:

Long Beach/Naples office space available in well-established therapy practice.  Great neighborhood on main thoroughfare close to the beach and popular 2nd Street shopping and dining area.  Shared cozy, friendly waiting room with light system.  We have one available to sublet full or part time.  Another therapy office is available part time on a full or half day basis.  Patient referrals are a possibility.  Looking for congenial suitemate to participate in our adult/couples oriented practice.  Contact Barbara at (909) 396-7715.

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Name: Dr. Lauren Armstrong, PsyD

Email:  [email protected]

Phone Number: (949) 264-9086

Classified Ad Description:

Private Practice Now Open for Referrals- Newport Beach,Telehealth. Dr. Lauren Armstrong, PsyD, is now accepting new adult clients (18+) in private practice, offering Telehealth throughout California. I specialize in working with high-achieving adults, young professionals, and sensitive individuals navigating burnout, identity shifts, and life transitions. My approach is warm, intuitive, and grounded in over a decade of clinical experience as a licensed psychologist and clinical director. I provide individualized, insight oriented therapy with the option to integrate mind-body and spiritual approaches when desired. Private Pay Rate: $260 per session/Availability: M-F, limited Saturday spots. Contact: [email protected] | (949) 264-9086 | Website: drlaurentherapy.com.

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May 2025

Name: Kelly Barclay, Psy.D.

Phone Number: (714) 841-9940

Classified Ad Description:

Spacious lake view office available for sublease one day per week in Huntington Beach. This single-suite office provides a private, peaceful, soothing environment with an unobstructed view of the water and wildlife (no parking lot or foot traffic), ample free parking, 405 Fwy. adjacent, ADA compliant accessibility. Private waiting room and storage area with mini refrigerator, microwave and Keurig coffee maker. Walking distance to two shopping centers with restaurants and stores. $300 per month for the day. Please call Kelly Barclay, Psy.D. (714) 841-9940 for more information.

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January 2025

Name: Nina Nguy, Psy.D.

Email: [email protected]

Phone Number: (626) 991-2099

Classified Ad Description:

Excellent office location! Highly desirable campus-style office complex (The Waters at Creekside) with beautiful exterior landscaping, creek, inviting courtyards, and gazebo.

• Centrally located in Orange County. Close to the freeways 55, 405, & 73

• Newly built-out suite, first floor access with ample free parking

• Walking distance to The CAMP and The LAB Anti-Mall, less than a mile from South Coast Plaza

• Offices can be fully furnished (as shown) or semi-furnished to allow for personalization of space. Includes utilities, Wi-Fi, use of refrigerator & microwave

• Sound insulated walls, designated waiting room with call buttons. Private in-suite restroom for Therapist’s use, separate from Client’s (located in complex common area)

• Full-time or Part-time use leases available, including weekends.There are two offices fully available, immediately as part-time or exclusive use and one with partial/part-time availability.

Contact us for more details and pricing (varies per office/usage).

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