Galit Atlas

Galit Atlas
Born (1971-09-12) September 12, 1971
Tel Aviv, Israel
Known forRelational psychoanalysis; Emotional Inheritance; Psychoanalytic practice; Gender studies and psychoanalytic theory
ChildrenEmma Koch, Yali Koch, Mia Koch
AwardsGradiva Award (2016, 2022); Nautilus Book Award (2023)
Academic work
InstitutionsNew York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis;
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
Websitewww.galitatlas.com

Galit Atlas (born September 12, 1971) is a relational psychoanalyst who has written about the place of intimacy and desire in contemporary theory and practice.

Career

Atlas is a clinical assistant professor on the faculty of the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis,[1] and a faculty member of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.[2]

She is also on the faculty of the National Training Programs (NTP)[3] and the Four Year Adult Training Program.[4][5]

From 2011 to 2013, she co-chaired and moderated the online Colloquium Series for the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP).[6] She is on the editorial board of Psychoanalytic Perspectives[7] and Psychoanalytic Dialogues,[8] and served on the board of directors of the Division of Psychoanalysis (39) of the American Psychological Association.[9]

In 2016, Atlas published an article in The New York Times[10] which won a Gradiva Award, New Media.[11]

Her book Emotional Inheritance received the Gradiva Award in 2022[12] and the Nautilus Book Award in 2023.[13]

Bibliography

  • The Enigma of Desire: Sex, Longing and Belonging in Psychoanalysis (2015). Routledge. ISBN 978-1138789609[14]
  • Dramatic Dialogue: Contemporary Clinical Practice (2017), with Lewis Aron. Routledge. ISBN 9781138555488[15][16]
  • When Minds Meet: The Work of Lewis Aron (editor, 2020). Routledge. ISBN 978-0367622121[17]
  • Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma (2022). Little, Brown Spark. ISBN 978-0316492126.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Galit Atlas (Koch)". NYU.
  2. ^ "Trauma-Informed Psychodynamic Therapies Program". Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
  3. ^ "NIP: National Institute for the Psychotherapies National Training Program".
  4. ^ "NIP: National Institute for the Psychotherapies 4 Year Administration, Faculty & Supervisors". nipinst.org.
  5. ^ Atlas, Galit (2013). "What's Love Got to Do with It? Sexuality, Shame, and the Use of the Other". Studies in Gender and Sexuality. 14: 51–58. doi:10.1080/15240657.2013.756778. S2CID 143193767.
  6. ^ "Upcoming Colloquium | IARPP". IARPP.
  7. ^ "Learn about Psychoanalytic Perspectives". Taylor & Francis.
  8. ^ "Learn about Psychoanalytic Dialogues". Taylor & Francis.
  9. ^ "Executive Committee".
  10. ^ Atlas, Galit (April 11, 2015). "A Tale of Two Twins". Opinionator. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  11. ^ "2016 NAAP Gradiva Award Winners". ACAP. 21 November 2016.
  12. ^ "2022 Gradiva Award Winners". National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  13. ^ "Nautilus Book Awards 2023 Winners". Nautilus Book Awards. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  14. ^ Mann, David (3 April 2017). "The enigma of desire: sex, longing and belonging in psychoanalysis". Psychodynamic Practice. 23 (2): 225–228. doi:10.1080/14753634.2016.1275036. ISSN 1475-3634.
  15. ^ Weisel-Barth, Joye (3 April 2019). "Review of "Dramatic Dialogue: Contemporary Clinical Practice" by Galit Atlas and Lewis Aron". Psychoanalysis, Self and Context. 14 (2): 224–230. doi:10.1080/24720038.2019.1594819. ISSN 2472-0038.
  16. ^ Kuriloff, Emily (2 September 2019). "To the Dream: Review of Dramatic Dialogue: Contemporary Clinical Practice by Galit Atlas and Lewis Aron: Dramatic Dialog: Contemporary Clinical Practice, edited by Atlas, Galit and Aron, Lewis (2017), Routledge, London, 194 pages". Psychoanalytic Perspectives. 16 (3): 365–368. doi:10.1080/1551806X.2019.1653713. ISSN 1551-806X.
  17. ^ Margison, Frank (2 October 2022). "When Minds Meet: The work of Lewis Aron: Galit Atlas, New York, Routledge, 2021, 382 pp., £28.99 (paperback), ISBN 9780367622121". Psychodynamic Practice. 28 (4): 408–418. doi:10.1080/14753634.2022.2120410. ISSN 1475-3634.
  18. ^ Levy, Amy (April 2023). "Review of Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma". Psychoanalytic Psychology. 40 (2): 137–140. doi:10.1037/pap0000434. ISSN 1939-1331.