Galit Atlas (Koch), Ph.D.

Teaching Faculty | Independent Track

Education

B.A. 1997
M.A. 2001
Ph.D. 2007

Areas of Research/Interest

· Gender and Sexuality
· Infant research and attachment
· Dream analysis

External Affiliations

· Faculty and a board member of the Institute for Expressive Analysis (IEA)
· Faculty of the Four Year Adult and National Training Programs at NIP

Awards & Honors

  • Andre’ Francois Research Award
  • NADT Research Award
  • 2016 Gradiva Award for NY Times Publication "A Tale of Two Twins"

 

Publications & Presentations

Atlas, G. & Aron, L. (2018). Dramatic Dialogue: Generative Enactment in Contemporary Clinical Practice. London & New York: Routledge.
 

Atlas, G. (In press). Don’t throw out the baby. In Atlas, G. (In press). In Relational Critique Relational. Ed. Aron. L.  & Grand. S. New York & London: Routledge.


Atlas, G. (2016). Breaks in Unity: The Caesura of Birth. Studies in Gender and Sexuality.


Atlas. G. (2016). The Dybbuk- It’s Me or Him.  In Ghosts in the 21st century.  Ed. Harris, A. Kelbalof. S. Kalb. M.  New York: Routledge.


Aron, L. Atlas, G. (2015). Gains and Loss in Translation: A review of Freud and the Scene of Trauma by John Fletcher. New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 2013. 336 pp. Contemp. Psychoanal., 51:767-775


Atlas. G. (2015). The Enigma of Desire: Sex, Longing and Belonging in Psychoanalysis. London & New York: Routledge.                                                                                                            


Atlas. G. (2015). Confusion of Tongues: Trauma and Playfulness. In: The Legacy of Sandor Ferenczi: From Ghost to Ancestor” Ed. Kuchuck, S. & Harris, A. London & New York: Routledge.


Atlas, G & Benjamin, J. (2015). The “Too Muchness” of Excitement: Sexuality in Light of Excess, Attachment and Affect Regulation. International Journal for Psychoanalysis. Feb;96 (1):39-63.


Aron. L. & Atlas. G. (2015) Generative Enactment: Memories From the Future. Psychoanalytic Dialogues: The International Journal of Relational Perspectives, 25: 309-324.


Atlas. G. (2014). What’s Love Got to Do With It. In: The Bonds of Love, Revisited. ED. E Rozmarin.London, New York: Routledge.


Atlas, G. (2015). Touch me , Know Me: The Enigma of Erotic Longing.Psychoanalytic Psychology. 32:1. P 123-139.


Atlas, G. (2014). Fireworks. Psychoanalytic Perspective., 10:390-391.


Atlas, G. (2014). Sex Lies and psychoanalysis- In:When the Personal Becomes Professional: Clinical Implications of the Psychoanalyst’s Life Experience. New York: Routladge. Edited by Steven Kuchuck. 

Biographical Information

Galit Atlas is an assistant adjunct professor in the NYU Postdoctoral Program. She teaches the class “Comparative Perspectives on Sexuality: Theoretical and Clinical perspectives” through the Independent track. She is a psychoanalyst, creative arts therapist and clinical supervisor in private practice in Manhattan. As an essayist and author, Atlas has published numerous articles and book chapters that focus primarily on gender and sexuality. Galit served on the board of directors of the Division of Psychoanalysis (39) of the American Psychological Association. From 2011-2013 she co-chaired and moderated the on-line Colloquium Series for the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP). She is on the editorial board of Psychoanalytic Perspectives. Atlas has been a contributor to the New York Times.