Dr. Galit Atlas is an internationally renowned psychoanalyst recognized for her rethinking of the place of sexuality and desire in contemporary theory and practice. She is on the faculty of the New York University postdoctoral program in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, and teaches at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. A leader in the field of relational psychoanalysis, Atlas teaches and lectures throughout the United States and internationally and is a recipient of the Gradiva Award, the Nautilus Book Award, and the NADTA Research Award. She is the author of Emotional Inheritance?an international bestseller?and Come Closer. Her work has been translated into twenty-nine languages.