September 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM – 12:05 PM Pacific | Virtual
Inherited Trauma: How It Shapes Who You Are
Attorneys who represent victims of hate and bias crimes benefit from foundational knowledge about the impacts of generational trauma. Join the National Crime Victim Law Institute as we welcome Dr. Galit Atlas, Ph.D., to discuss the realities of inherited trauma and its legacies. Dr. Atlas, who is on the faculty at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and is a recipient of the André François Research Award, the NADTA Research Award, and the Gradiva Award, is a psychoanalyst and clinical supervisor in private practice in New York City who teaches and lectures throughout the United States and internationally. This CLE, “Inherited Trauma: How It Shapes Who You Are,” draws on Dr. Atlas’s recent book, Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients and the Legacy of Trauma, which combines stories from her life and her work with patients with decades of psychological research, creating an engaging examination of the links between psychological legacies and contemporary life experiences. More information about Dr. Atlas and her book are available on her website.
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Dr. Galit Atlas is a psychoanalyst and clinical supervisor in private practice in Manhattan. She is a clinical assistant professor on the faculty of the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis and faculty at the National Training Program (NTP) and the Four-Year Adult training program at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP) in New York City.
As an essayist and author, Atlas has published numerous articles and book chapters that focus primarily on gender and sexuality. She is the author of The Enigma of Desire: Sex, Longing and Belonging in Psychoanalysis (Routledge, October 2015) and Dramatic Dialogues (co-authored with Lewis Aron, Routledge, November 2017). She is the editor and a contributor to the upcoming book, When Minds Meet: The Work of Lewis Aron (Routledge, November 2020). Her last book, Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients and The Legacy of Trauma, is an International bestseller, and translated into 23 languages. It won the 2022 Gradiva Award for Best Book that advances psychoanalysis.
Atlas was the recipient of the Andre’ Francois Research Award and the NADTA Research Award. She is a senior editor of the book series New Directions in Contemporary Psychoanalysis from Confer Books and Karnac Books. She has served on the board of directors of the Division of Psychoanalysis (39) of the American Psychological Association and is currently on the editorial boards of Psychoanalytic Dialogues and Psychoanalytic Perspectives. Dr. Atlas lectures throughout the United States and internationally.
This project is funded under 15POVC-22-GK-03314-NONF, awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this project are those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the official policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
