Episode #17 - Dr. Galit Atlas - Emotional Inheritance

Episode #17 - Dr. Galit Atlas - Emotional Inheritance


“The people we love and those who raised us live inside us; we
experience their emotional pain, we dream their memories, we know
what was not explicitly conveyed to us, and these things shape
our lives in ways that we don't always understand.” - Dr. Galit
Atlas (2022, p. 11)


 


Dr. Galit Atlas is a psychoanalyst and clinical supervisor in
private practice in New York City. She is on the faculty of the
New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy &
Psychoanalysis. Dr. Atlas has published three books for
clinicians and numerous articles and book chapters that focus
primarily on gender and sexuality. Her New York Times publication
“A Tale of Two Twins” was the winner of a 2016 Gradiva Award. A
leader in the field of relational psychoanalysis, Dr. Atlas is a
recipient of the André François Research Award and the NADTA
Research Award. She teaches and lectures throughout the United
States and internationally. 


 


I first encountered her work in 2018 in her book Dramatic
Dialogue which was co-authored with her life partner, the late
Lew Aaron. I found her writing to be both accessible and honoring
of the unending complexity and mystery that emerges in each
therapeutic relationship.


 


I had the good fortune of sitting down with her via Zoom to
discuss her latest book, Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her
Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma. This is her first book
written for the general public and she has done a beautiful and
heart-ful job of taking complex psychoanalytic ideas and making
them relatable by way of the clinical and personal tales that
fill the pages. I couldn't put this book down and would strongly
encourage you to get a copy. she also narrated the audiobook if
that is more your style.


 


Thank you for listening and please enjoy my conversation with Dr.
Galit Atlas. 


 


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Find Dr. Atlas online:


Instagram: @galit_atlas 


Facebook Author Page: Galit Atlas


Website: https://www.galitatlas.com/


New Book: Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and
the Legacy of Trauma


 


Links:


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(Reference: Norcross, J. C., & Lambert, M. J. (2019).
Psychotherapy Relationships that work III. Psychotherapy, 55,4,
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Bryan Nixon is a psychotherapist and the founder and clinical
director of Mindful Counseling GR in Grand Rapids, MI. He is also
a teacher and facilitator in Relationally Focused Psychodynamic
Therapy, a post-grad continuing education program for
therapists.