With over 40 years of clinical experience, Dr. Galatzer-Levy sees children, adolescents and adults in his primary therapy practice. In his active forensic practice he is a highly respected expert and consultant-providing expertise in the interface between psychiatry and the law. He has worked in a wide range of legal cases-civil, criminal and divorce.
Dr. Galatzer-Levy is a widely sought-after teacher and public speaker in his professional roles as a clinician and as an expert witness. He serves as a consultant to mental health and legal professionals, as well as to schools and other institutions. Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, University of Chicago.
Dr. Galatzer-Levy is a widely sought-after teacher and public speaker in his professional roles as a clinician and as an expert witness. He serves as a consultant to mental health and legal professionals, as well as to schools and other institutions. Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, University of Chicago.
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Dr. Galatzer-Levy provides expert opinions and forensic consultation to courts and attorneys. He has extensive experience providing expert testimony and performing evaluations for the courts and administrative bodies such as licensing commissions and ethics committees. He coedited The Scientific Basis of Child Custody Decisions, now in its second edition a national recognized text on custody evaluations.
Dr. Galatzer-Levy is available to consult with mental health professionals either on a single incident or ongoing basis about clinical problems, ethical issues, practice management and development, and for educational purposes. Over the years, groups of mental health professionals have organized themselves into "consultation groups" who have come to Dr. Galatzer-Levy together for group consultation.
This is an ongoing seminar, in which we are systematically conducting a close reading of Sigmund Freud's collective works. This year will focus on the period 1905 through 1910. The seminar, which meets on the first Wednesday evening of each month at the Institute for Psychoanalysis, is open to anyone interested in the careful exploration of Freud's writings.
Nonlinear concepts from chaos theory, complexity studies, and fractal geometry have transformed the way we think about the mind. Nonlinear Psychoanalysis shows how nonlinear dynamics can be integrated with psychoanalytic thinking to shed new light on psychological development, therapeutic processes, and fundamental psychoanalytic concepts.
Galatzer-Levy, R. (in press) Women and Children Last: Comments of the History of Child Aanalysis. The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child. Galatzer-Levy, R. (in press) The Edge of Chaos: A Nonlinear View of Psychoanalytic Technique. International Journal of Psychoanalysis. Galatzer-Levy, R. (in press) Commentary on "Mourning the Body as Bedrock: Developmental Considerations in Treating Analytically Trannsexual Patients."
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