Internationally recognized psychoanalyst DR. GALIT ATLAS, PH.D., is the author of Emotional Inheritance, yon bestselè entènasyonal, ak Come Closer: Childhood Wounds, Adult Love, and the Secrets of Emotional Intimacy (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster). 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. Her work has been translated into 29 languages.