Galit Atlas

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Galit Atlas
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Born (1971-09-12) September 12, 1971 (age 54)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Known for Relational psychoanalysis; Emotional Inheritance; Psychoanalytic practice; Gender studies and psychoanalytic theory
ChildrenEmma Koch, Yali Koch, Mia Koch
Awards Gradiva Award (2016, 2022); Nautilus Book Award (2023)
Academic work
Institutions New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis;
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
Website www.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.

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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

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.