CURRICULUM VITAE

ROBERT M. GALATZER-LEVY, M.D.

Address:122 South Michigan Avenue

Suite 1407

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Education

Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis (adult and child and adolescent) 1976-1982, Graduated, 1982

Fellow in Child Psychiatry, University of Chicago, 1973-1974

Resident in Psychiatry, University of Chicago, 1971-1974

Washington University School of Medicine, 1967-1971, M.D., 1971

New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, (Mathematics) 1965-1967, M.S., 1966

New York University, University College, 1961-1965, B.A., 1965

Bronx High School of Science, 1958-1961

Certification

American Psychoanalytic Association (adult, child and adolescent psychoanalysis) 1984

Licensed, State of Illinois, 1974

National Board of Medical Examiners, 1972

Professional Activities

Chemist, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass., 1967

Research Associate and Senior Research Associate, Physiology Course, Marine Biological Laboratory, 1968-1969

Private Practice of Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis, 1974-

Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Chicago, 1974-

Attending Psychiatrist, Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Institute, Michael Reese Hospital, 1974-1993

Consultant, Illinois Department of Mental Health, Manteno Hospital, 1974-1975

Consultant, Skokie Public Schools Special Education 1975-1976

Faculty, Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Therapy Program, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, 1978-

Instructor, Core Program, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, 1984-1985

Faculty, Doctor of Psychotherapy Program, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, 1984-1988

Psychoanalytic Education Faculty, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis 1985 -

Peer Reviewer American Psychiatric Association & Champus 1986-1990

Member, Board of Directors, Jewish Family and Community Services, 1988-1998

Principal, Analytic Consultants 1989 -

Associate Supervising Analyst, Child and Adolescent, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, 1990-1991

Training and Supervising Analyst, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, 1991-

Child and Adolescent Supervising Analyst, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, 1991-

Geographic Rule Child and Adolescent Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute, 1993 -

Systems Operator, The Psychoanalytic Virtual Bulletin Board, Research Division, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, 1993 - 2001

Conference leader, "Psychoanalysis" on the Inter-psych service (An internet based discussion group), 1995 -

Supervisor, Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, 1995 -

Member, Ad Hoc Committee on International Psychoanalytical Association E-mail Discussion Forum, 1997 -

Faculty Appointment, Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, 1984 - 2002

Member, Consultant Panel, 2003 New Directions Writing and Critical Thinking with a Psychoanalytic Perspective Program, Washington Psychoanalytic Foundation

Books

Galatzer-Levy, R., Kraus, L., & Galatzer-Levy, J. (eds.) (2009, in press) The Scientific Basis of Child Custody Decisions. Second Edition. John Wiley & Sons

Cohler, B. & Galatzer-Levy, R. (2000) The Course of Gay and Lesbian Lives. University of Chicago Press

Galatzer-Levy, R., Bachrach, H., Skolnikoff, A. & Waldron, S., (2000) New Haven: Yale University Press

Galatzer-Levy, R. and Kraus, L. (eds.) (1999) The Scientific Basis of Child Custody Decisions. John Wiley & Sons 1999.

Galatzer-Levy, R. and Cohler, B. (1993) The Essential Other: A Developmental Psychology of the Self. New York: Basic Books

Articles and Book Chapters

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2008) A Primer of Psychoanalysis for Alan Turing. in D. Dietrich et al. (eds) Simulating the Mind: A Technical Neruopsychoanalytic Approach. Vienna, Springer. Pp. 367-380.

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2008, in press) A Non-linear Dynamical Systems Model of the Action of Psychoanalysis. International Journal of Psychoanalysis.

Cohler, B. & Galatzer-Levy, R. (2007) What Kind of Science is Psychoanalysis Psychoanalytic Inquiry 27: 547-582

Galatzer-Levy, I. & Galatzer-Levy, R. (2007, in press) August Aichhorn: A Different Vision of Psychoanalysis, Children and Society. The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child.

Galatzer-Levy, I. & Galatzer-Levy, R. (2007) The Revolution in Psychiatric Diagnosis problems at the foundations. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 50:161–80

Cohler, B. & Galatzer-Levy, R. (2006) Love in the Classroom. In G. Bolt & P. Salvio (eds) Love's Return: Psychoanalytic Essays on Childhood, Teaching and Learning. New York: Routledge.

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2006) Dangerous Clients: What to Do. The Matrimonial Stategist. 24(4): 1-7

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2006) How Divorce Ends. ABA Section of Family Law Family Advocate 29 (1) 18-19.

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2005) Commentary on “Becoming Aware of Feelings.” Neuropsychoanalysis. 7(1):31-33

Galatzer-Levy, R. & Galatzer-Levy, S. (2005) Influencing Custody Evaluators. The Matrimonial Strategist. 23(12): 5-8

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2005) The Task Force on Reorganization Makes a Proposal: Now It’s Up to You. American Psychoanalyst. 39(4): 22-23

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2005) Reorganization Task Force Grapples with Central ApsaA Functions. American Psychoanalyst. 39(1): 21-31

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2004) Clinical Experiences with Patients Whose Analysts Died During Their Treatment. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

______ (2004) Chaotic Possibilities: Toward a New Model of Development. International Journal of Psychoanalysis. 85:419-442

______ (2003) Psychoanalytic Research and Confidentiality: Dilemmas in Confidentiality: Ethical Perspectives and Clinical Dilemmas, Levin, C., Furlong, A. and O’Neil, M.K. (eds.). The Analytic Press, Inc. Hillsdale, N.J. pp 85-106

Galatzer-Levy, R. and Galatzer-Levy, S.J. (2003) Working Well with Custody Experts, The Matrimonial Strategist, Vol. 21, No. 4. p 3 (part three of a three-part article)

______ (2003) Working Well with Custody Experts, The Matrimonial Strategist, Vol. 21, No. 3. p 3 (part two of three-part article)

______ (2003) Working Well with Custody Experts, The Matrimonial Strategist, Vol. 21, No. 2. pp 1-4 (part one of a three-part article)

Galatzer-Levy, R., Baerger, D.R., Gould, J., and Nye, S. (2003) Evaluating the Evaluation: How to Understand and Critique Custody Evaluations in 2003 Family Law Update, Brown, R. and Morgan, L.W. (eds.), Aspen Publishers, New York, N.Y. pp 139-211

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2002) Emergence, Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Lichtenberg, J. (ed.), Vol 22, No. 5. The Analytic Press, Hillsdale, N.J. pp 708-727

______ (2002) Custody: Let’s Get Up to Speed. Clinical Psychiatry News. December 2002

Galatzer-Levy, R. and Cohler, B. (2002) Making a Gay Identity: Coming Out, Social Context, and Psychodynamics, in Rethinking Psychoanalysis and the Homosexualities, Winer, J. and Anderson, W., (eds.), The Annual of Psychoanalysis, Vol. XXX, pp. 255-286. The Analytic Press, Hillsdale, N.J.

Baerger, D., Galatzer-Levy, R., Gould, J. (2002) A Methodology for Reviewing the Reliability and Relevance of Child Custody Evaluations Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. 18: 35-73.

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2002) Stepfathers, Clinical Explorations in Cath, S.H. and Shopper, M., (eds.) Stepparenting: Creating and Recreating Families in America Today. The Analytic Press, Inc., Hillsdale.N. J. pp 127-142

______ (2002) Created in others' eyes. Adolescent psychiatry: Developmental and clinical studies, 26:43-72..

______ (2002) A Self Psychology Approach for Depression, in Comparative Treatments of Depression, Reinecke, M.A. and Davison, M.R., (eds.) Springer Publishing Company. New York

______ (2001) The Analysis of a Frightened Little Boy, in Analysis of the Under-Five Child, Tyson, R. L.(ed.) Yale University Press, New Haven and London. pp 99-126

Galatzer-Levy, R. M. and Galatzer-Levy, J. (2001) A Field Guide to Mental Health Professionals: Choosing the Right Person for Your Case. The Matrimonial Strategist.Vol. XIX, Number 9. pp 4-6

Galatzer-Levy, R. Review, Psychoanalysis, Literature and War. Papers 1972-1995. By

Hanna Segal. London: Routledge 1997. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis. October 2001, Vol. 82 Part 5, pp. 1021-1023

Galatzer-Levy, R.M. and Galatzer-Levy, J. (2001) How to Properly Use Psychological Testing in Custody Evaluations. The Matrimonial Strategist. Vol. XIII, No. 2. pp 1-2; 5-6

______ (2001) 5 Key Types of Psychological Tests Used in Custody Litigation. The Matrimonial Strategist. Vol. XIII, No. 2. pp 3-4

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2001) Finding our Way in Perplexity: The Meanings of Sex in the Analysis of a Gay Man. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. Vol. 49/4. pp 1218-1234

Galatzer-Levy, R., (2000) From Consultation Room to Courtroom. The American Psychoanalyst, 34, 2:15-16

(2000) Review, What Do Psychoanalysts Want? The Problem of Aims in Psychoanalytic Therapy by Joseph Sandler and Anna Ursula Dreher. New York: Routledge, 1996.Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 48, 2:649-653

Galatzer-Levy, R.M. and Galatzer-Levy, J. (2000) How the Concept of ‘Syndrome’ is Used–And Misused–In Divorce Litigation. The Matrimonial Strategist, Vol. XIII, No. 7, 1-4

Kelman J., Leventhal, B., Galatzer-Levy, R. & Kraus, L. (1999) Divorce, Custody, and Visitation in Mid-Childhood in Galatzer-Levy, R. and Kraus, L. (eds.), The Scientific Basis of Child Custody Decisions. John Wiley & Sons. 205-225.

Galatzer-Levy, R. & E. Ostrov From Empirical Findings to Custody Decisions in Galatzer-Levy, R. and Kraus, L. (eds.), The Scientific Basis of Child Custody Decisions. John Wiley & Sons. 32-57

Galatzer-Levy, R., (1999) Reanalysis and the Effectiveness of Child Analysis in Cohen, J. and Cohler, B (eds.) The Psychoanalytic Study of Lives Over Time. Clinical and Research Perspectives on Children Who Return to Treatment in Adulthood. Cohen, J. and Cohler, B (eds.) Academic Press

Galatzer-Levy, R. (1998) Self Psychology. In A. Tasman, J. Kay, & J. Lieberman (eds.) Psychiatry. New York: Saunders

Galatzer-Levy, R., and Hauser, S. (1997), Psychoanalytic Research: An Investment in the Future, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 45, 1:9-12

Bachrach, H., Galatzer-Levy, R.,Skolnikoff, A., Waldron S. (1997), Uber die Wirksamkeit der Psychoanalyse.Psychoanalysen im Ruckblick: Methoden, Ergebnisse und Perspektiven der neuerenKatamneseforschung, Leuzinger-Bohleber, and Stuhr, Ulrich (Eds.) pp.285-319. Psychosozial-Verlag, Giessen (Trans.of Bachrach, et al., above.)

Galatzer-Levy, R. (1997), Psychoanalysis, Memory, and Trauma in Appelbaum, P., Uyehara, L. & Elin, M. (eds.) Trauma and Memory: Clinical and Legal Controversies. New York: Oxford University Press

Galatzer-Levy, R. (1997) The Witch and Her Children: Metapsychology’s Fate. The Annual of Psychoanalysis, 25:27-48

_____ (1996) Review of Telling Facts: History and Narration in Psychoanalysis. J. Smith & H. Morris (eds.). Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 44:981-986

_____ (1996) Review of The Private Self. by A. Modell. International Journal of Psychoanalysis. 77:024-025

______(1996) Review of Validation in the Clinical Theory of Psychoanalysis: A Study in the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis. Journal of The American Psychoanalytic Association, 44:594-598

Cohler, B. and Galatzer-Levy, R. (1996) Self Psychology and Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation and Maintenance of Personal Integrity in R.P. Cabaj and T.S. Stein (eds.)Textbook of Homosexuality and Mental Health, pp. 207-223. Washington: American Psychiatric Press

Galatzer-Levy, R. (1995) Psychoanalysis and Dynamical Systems Theory: Prediction and Self Similarity. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 43: 1085-1113.

_____ (1995) Little People, Little Problems. The Analytic Observer, Newsletter of the Chicago Psychoanalytic Society 3: 5-6

_____ (1995) Parenthood and the Treatment of Children. The Bulletin of the Institute forPsychoanalysis 5 2, 11-12

_____ (1995) The Committee on Scientific Activities: Two Decades of Productivity. The American Psychoanalyst 29: 18-19

_____ (1995) Abstract, Mathematics, The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 64, :820-822

_____ (1994) Review of Schema in Clinical Psychoanalysis by R. Slap and S. Slap-Selton.Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 42:298 - 301

_____ (1994) Research Report: The Psychoanalytic Virtual Bulletin Board System. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Society Newsletter. 2:1-2

_____ (1994) Editorial: Children, Bad Happenings, and Meanings. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 42:997-1000

_____ (1994) Discussion: The rewards of research. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. (Supplement, 41:393-424 Research in Psychoanalysis: Process, Development, Outcome. T. Shapiro and R. Emde [eds]).

_____ (1993) Adolescent Violence and the Adolescent Self. Adolescent Psychiatry 19 418-441

_____ (1993) When You're Stupid and Things Don't Work Right: Notes from the Analysis of an Adolescent Boy with a Learning Disability. in K. Field, E. Kaufman, & C. Saltzman (eds.) Emotions and Learning Reconsidered: International Perspectives. New York: Gardner pp. 171-183

_____ (1993) The Psychological Significance of Others in Adolescence: Issues for Study and Intervention. in P. Tolan & B. Cohler (eds.) Handbook of Clinical Research and Practice with Adolescents. New York: John Wiley. pp. 63-94

_____ (1993) Review of The Interpersonal Theory of Psychoanalysis. by R. Stolorow and G. Atwood. International Journal of Psychoanalysis.

Cohler, B. and Galatzer-Levy, R. (1992) Psychoanalysis and the classroom: intent and meaning in learning and teaching. in N. Szajnberg, (ed.) Educating the Emotions: Bruno Bettelheim and Psychoanalytic Development. New York. Plenum.

Galatzer-Levy, R. (1992) Psychoanalysis, Psychology and the Self. in Barron, J. Eagle, M. & Wolitzky (eds.) Interface of Psychoanalysis and Psychology. Washington: American Psychological Association Press. 429-451

_____ (1992) What kind of science is psychoanalysis? AAAS92 Program/Abstracts. 137

Galatzer-Levy and M. Gruber (1992) Disgust, a quasi-experiment about the meaning of an emotion. Annual of Psychoanalysis. 20:69-92

Bachrach, H., Galatzer-Levy, R. Skolnikoff, A. and Waldron, W. (1991) On the Efficacy of Psychoanalysis. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 39: 4.871-916

Galatzer-Levy, R. (1991) Considerations in the Psychotherapy of Adolescents in A. Slomovitz (ed.) Adolescent Psychotherapy. Washington, D.C. American Psychiatric Association Press. pp. 83-100

_____ (1991) Review of Adolescent Breakdown by M. Laufer and M. Laufer. International Journal of Psychoanalysis. 72: 725-727

_____ (1991) Computer models and psychoanalytic ideas: Epistemological applications. Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Bulletin 6: 23-33

_____ (1991) Introduction: Self Psychology Searches for Itself. In A. Goldberg (ed.) Progress in Self Psychology 7:xiii-xx

Galatzer-Levy, R. and B. Cohler (1990) The Developmental Psychology of the Self: A New Worldview in Psychoanalysis. Annual of Psychoanalysis 18:1-43

Cohler, B. and Galatzer-Levy, R. (1990) Self, Meaning and Coherence in the Second Half of Life. in Nemiroff, R. & Calarusso, C. (eds.) New Dimensions in Adult Development. New York: Basic Books

Galatzer-Levy, R. (1990) Review of Immaterial Facts by Robert Caper. Psychoanalytic Books1:327-329

_____ (1990) Review of Treating the Self: Elements of Clinical Self Psychology by Ernest S. Wolf, M.D. Bulletin of the Institute for Psychoanalysis. 1: 5

Galatzer-Levy, R. and Cohler, B. (1990) The Selfobjects of the second half of life. In A. Goldberg (ed.)Progress in Self Psychology 6: 93-109

Galatzer-Levy, R.(1988) On Working Through: A Model from Artificial Intelligence. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 36:125-150

_____ (1988) A View from the Second Generation: Heinz Kohut as Teacher and Supervisor. in A. Goldberg (ed.) Progress in Self Psychology. 4:1-40

Cohler, B. and Galatzer-Levy, R. (1988) Self Psychology and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in J. M. Ross and W. Myers (eds.) New Concepts in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy pp. 204 - 225. Washington: American Psychiatric Press

Galatzer-Levy, R. (1988) Review of The Psychotic Core by M. Eigen. Psychoanalytic Quarterly.57:268-272

Galatzer-Levy, R. and Brand, A. (1988) Finding What You Need: The Computer as a Tool for Locating Psychoanalytic Information. American Psychoanalytic Association Newsletter. 22, 1: 5-13

Galatzer-Levy, R.(1987) (reporter) Panel on the Severely Neurotic and Borderline Child. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 35:189-202

_____ (1987) (reporter) Panel on the Treatment of Severely Neurotic and Borderline ChildrenJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 35: 420-422

_____(1987) Psychoanalytic Experiences with Manic-Depressive Patients in A. Goldberg (ed.)Frontiers in Self Psychology: Progress in Self Psychology. 3:87-103

_____ (1984) Adolescent Crisis and Mid-Life Crisis. In: D. Brockman (ed.), Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Older Adolescent. New York: International Universities Press pp: 29-51

_____ (1984) Review of The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, Vol. 36, Review of Psychoanalytic Books. 2:177-185

_____ (1984) Review of D. Klein, Jewish Origins of the Psychoanalytic Movement. Isis. 75:216

_____ (1984) Review of Secret Symmetry, by A. Castalano. Review of Psychoanalytic Books.2:59-64

_____ (1984) (editor) Part IV. Clinical Institute: Perspective in the Treatment of Adolescents and Youth. Adolescent Psychiatry 12:293-390

_____ (1984) Editor's Introduction. Adolescent Psychiatry 12:293-295

_____ (1984) The Analysis of an Adolescent Boy. Adolescent Psychiatry 12:336-360

_____ (1983) The Regulatory Principles of Mental Functioning Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Science. 6:255-289

_____ (1982) The Opening Phase of Psychotherapy of Hypochondriasis. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. 9:389-413

_____ (1980) Beginning the Treatment of Hypochondriasis (letter). Archives of General Psychiatry

_____ (1980) Characterizing our Ignorance. Annual of Psychoanalysis. 8:77-82

_____ (1980) review of R. Fine, History of Psychoanalysis. Annals of Science 62:181-182

_____ (1978) Qualitative Change from Quantitative Change: Mathematical Catastrophe Theory and Psychoanalysis. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 26:921-935

_____ (1978) Book Review of H. Decker's Freud in Germany. Isis. 67:482-483

_____ (1976) Psychic Energy: A Historical Perspective. Annual of Psychoanalysis. 4:41-64

_____ (1974) Analysis of Calls to a Drug-Crisis Intervention Service. Journal of Psychedelic Drugs. 6:143-152

Levy, R. (1973) Untoward Effects of Drug Education. American Journal of Public Health.63:1071-1073

_____ & Halikas, J. (1972) Illicit Pentazocine (Talwin) Use: A Report of Thirteen Cases. Internation Journal of the Addictions. 7:693-700

Levy, R. & Brown, A. (1971), A Drug Crisis Intervention Unit: Analysis of the First Year of Operation (abst.) Clinical Research. 19:502

Freiden, R., Levy, R. & Harmon, R. (1970) A Student-Community Planned Health Project for the Poor. New England Journal of Medicine. 283:1142-1157

Klein, D. & Levy, R. (1968) Artificial Sea Waters and Stains. In: G. Cavanaugh, ed. Formulae and Methods of the Marine Biological Laboratory. Woods Hole, Mass.

Levy, R. (1968) Ages of Experimental Animals (letter) Science. 160:27

Davis, M. & Levy, R. (1968) Mathematical Logic. (mimeographed lecture notes). Courant Institute of Mathematical Science. New York.

Presentations and Discussions since January, 1987

“Emergence, Clinical Perspectives” in Panel, Emergence and Specificity in Therapeutic Efficacy. 30^th Annual International Conference on the Psychology of the Self: Self and Systems. Los Angeles, California. October 11, 2007

Presenter Panel on the Gay Adolescent. American Psychoanalytic Association. June 7, 2007

Lecturer, Beyond Irrationality: Greed, Up Close and Personal. Conference on Money and Greed: The Psychology of Economic Behavior. Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis March 24, 2007.

Who Do I Love? How Do I Love? An Adolescent Boy’s Multidimensional Struggle for Identity. Baltimore Washington Center for Psychoanalysis. March 4, 2006.

Good Vibrations: A New Model of Psychoanalytic Process Based in Chaos Theory and Non-Linear Dynamics. Atlanta Psychoanalytic Society November 11, 2005; Chicago Psychoanalytic Society November 23, 2005.

Transference-Countertransference: The Heart of Psychotherapy. The Center for Psychoanalytic Study and The Irving B. Harris Child Development Program, The Winter Scientific Conference, November 3, 2005.

Discussion of Stuart Michaels’s paper, “Queer Counts: Homosexuality in Surveys from Kinsey to the Age of AIDS.” Conference, “Sex in the City.” September 24, 2005.

Discussion of Neil Altman’s paper “Is Child Psychoanalysis Parent to Adult Psychoanalysis.” Chicago Psychoanalytic Society. February 22, 2005

“When a Child Goes to Court: A Guide for Therapists.” The Spring Scientific Conference 2004, The Center for Psychoanalytic Study and The Irving B. Harris Child Development Program, June 3, 2004.

“Children of Divorce: What Helps What Hurts.” Adult Education Program, KAM- Isaiah-Israel May 9, 2004 .

“Good Vibrations: The Psychoanalytic Process and Coupled Oscillators.” The William Alenson White Institute, New York, April 23, 2004.

“Children of Divorce — What Helps, What Hurts.” Association of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists Benefit for the Zetland-Littner Scholarship Fund April 18, 2004.

Discussant, “The Shadow of the Object Revisited: A System Approach to Irreconcilable Loss,” George Fishman, M.D., Author, 92^nd Annual Meeting, The American Psychoanalytic Association, Boston, Massachusetts, June 21, 2003

Presenter, “Children at Risk: Children with Traumatic Stress Disorder,” Scientific Conference of The Center for Psychoanalytic Study and The Irving Harris Child Development Center, Chicago, Illinois, April 10, 2003

Lecturer, “Countertransference and Resistance in Play Therapy,” Jewish Family & Community Service at their Virginia Frank Child Development Center, Chicago, Illinois, February 20, 2003

Panel Member, Oregon State Bar 2002 Annual Conference, Family Law Section, “Parental Alienation Syndrome: What It Is; How to Use It; How to Defend Against It,” Gleneden Beach, Oregon, November 15, 2002

Speaker, Chicago Bar Association’s Matrimonial Lawyers Committee Seminar, “How to Handle Difficult Litigants (Clients and Attorneys),” Chicago, Illinois, October 9, 2002

Workshop Leader, Chicago Psychoanalytic Society in association with The Institute for Psychoanalysis, “Delinquents and Other Outlaws,” Chicago, Illinois, October 5, 2002

Panel Member, Parent Resource Network, “The Game Has Changed,” Glencoe PTA, Glencoe, Illinois, October 2, 2002

Panel Member, Division 39 Summer Meeting 2002, Emergence, “Non-Linear Dynamics and Psychodynamics: Applications to Psychotherapy Practice,” American Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 22-25, 2002

Faculty Member, Forensic Forum Seminar, “Focus on Parental Alienation,” Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois, February 2, 2002

Discussant of Barbara Fajardo, Ph.D.’s “The Therapeutic Alliance: Coupled Oscillators in Biological Synchrony,” Chicago Psychoanalytic Society, Chicago, Illinois, September 25, 2001

The Role of Child Development in Child Custody Proceedings. Children’s Summer Institute, Child-Centered Divorce: An Oxymoron? Loyola University Chicago, July 16, 2001

Developmental Issues in Children’s Interviews II (Memory), presented at the course, Forensic Interviewing of Children (Forensic Forum), June 23, 2001

Discussant of Shelley Doctors, Ph.D.’s “Attachment–Individuation: I. Clinical Notes Toward a Reconsideration of ‘Adolescent Turmoil,’” Chicago Psychoanalytic Society, Chicago, Illinois, May 22, 2001

The 26^th Annual Sandor S. Feldman Lecture, “The Course of Gay & Lesbian Lives: Are We Better Informed Today?” The Psychoanalytic Society of Upstate New York, May 19, 2001

Money and the Therapeutic Relationship (audiotape), On Good Authority, May 3, 2001

“Outsider Identities,” Chicago Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, Oak Brook, Illinois, April 20, 2001

Participant, Panel on the High-Conflict Custody Case. Abduction, Alienation and Abuse Allegations, American Bar Association Section on Family Law, Fall Continuing Legal Education Conference, Tampa, Florida, October 20, 2000

Discussion of Jonathan Lear’s Paper - Privacy: A Virtue, presented at the International Psychoanalytic Association Conference on Confidentiality and Society: Psychotherapy, Ethics and the Law, Montreal, Canada, October 15, 2000

Research and Confidentiality in Psychoanalysis: A Dilemma, presented at the International Psychoanalytic Association Conference on Confidentiality and Society: Psychotherapy, Ethics and the Law, Montreal, Canada, October 13, 2000

Youth Violence and the Psychology of the Self, The Conference on Youth and Violence, Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago, Illinois May 13, 2000

Studying Analytic Process Empirically. 89^th Annual Meeting, The American Psychoanalytic Association, Chicago, Illinois May 10, 2000

Aftermath of Violence. Post Traumatic Stress, Hadassah Mental Health Professionals, Highland Park, Illinois April 12, 2000

Unpacking the Child’s Best Interest Concept, Chicago Bar Association, Matrimonial Law Division, Chicago, Illinois January 13, 2000

Peer Conflict Panel Discussion, Parent Resource Network of the Glencoe PTA, Glencoe, Illinois October 20, 1999

Competition, Social Status and Cruelty, Jordan Teacher Center Workshop, Evanston, Illinois October 5, 1999

The Scientific Basis of Child Custody Decisions Symposium, The Forensic Forum, Chicago, Illinois June 15, 1999

Religious Counseling and Secular Psychotherapy: Comparisons and Contrasts, St. Francis Hospital Clergy Institute, May 4, 1999

What Is Healthy Competition?, The Mental Health Association of Evanston and District 65, McGaw YMCA Child Care Center and the Youth & Family Committee, Evanston, Illinois, April 24, 1999

Presentation of the Concepts of Transference and Counter-Transference Issues, Center for Psychoanalytic Study’s Scientific Conference dedicated to the Irving Harris Development Program, Chicago, Illinois, April 23, 1999

Created in Others’ Eyes: The Social Construction of Adolescence, Chicago Society for Adolescent Psychiatry and Illinois Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, February 14, 1999; American Society of Adolescent Psychiatry. March 19, 1999

Chaotic Possibilities, Wisconsin Psychoanalytic Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 6, 1999

Examination and Cross Examination of Custody Evaluations, Chicago Bar Association, Matrimonial Law Division, November 23, 1998

Raising a Caring Child in an Affluent Society, Family Network, Highland Park, IL. November 12, 1998

Tips on Examination and Cross Examination of Custody Evaluators, Chicago Bar Association Matrimonial Law Committee, October 14, 1998

Edith Weigert Lecture: Chaos/Complexity Theory and Psychoanalysis. Forum on Psychiatry and the Humanities, Washington School of Psychiatry, Bethesda, Maryland, October 31, 1997

Chaotic Possibilities: Toward a New Model of Development, Chicago Psychoanalytic Society, October 28, 1997

Daubert and the Future of Behavioral Science Testimony. Standards for Behavioral Science Testimony in the Illinois Courtroom. Behavioral Science & Legal Forum. The Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago, Illinois, September 18, 1997

Grand Rounds: Does Psychoanalysis Work?, Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, March 13, 1996

A Deeper Hunger - Self Psychology, Religion, and the Practice of Psychotherapy in the 1990s. The Nature of Consolation in Judaism: Job and Nachman of Bratslav. The Center for Religion & Psychotherapy of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, March 1-2, 1996

The School Romance: Psychodynamic Approaches to the Subjective Experience of School life, The Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, Illinois, December 1-2, 1995

Challenges of Parenting in the '90s, Josselyn Center for Mental Health, Northfield, Illinois, October 17, 1995

Panel Presentation: The Analysis of a Frightened Little Boy. American Psychoanalytic Association May 19, 1993. Also Cleveland Psychoanalytic Institute, April, 1995

Finding Our Way in Uncertainty: A Gay Man and a Straight Analyst Try to Talk About Sex, Masculinity and All That, Presented at Symposium, Shapes of Desire, Homosexuality and Psychoanalysis, The Western New England Psychoanalytic Society, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, April 22, 1995

Participant, Panel on the High-Conflict Custody Case. Abduction, Alienation and Abuse Allegations, at Western New England Symposium, Shapes of Desire, April 1995

How and Why The Essential Other Came to Be, delivered before the Graduate Student Association, Loyola School of Social Work, March 29, 1995

Why People Work: What Causes Decreased Efficiency and Productivity in the Workplace?, Employee Assistance Society of North America: Illinois Chapter, February 23, 1995

The Developmental Process of Aging, in Enhancing our Work with Older Clients. sponsored by The Center for Applied Gerontology, Council for Jewish Elderly and The Institute for Clinical Social Work, January, 1995

Discussant of E. Schwaber's Analytic Listening, Fall meeting, American Psychoanalytic Association, December 1994

Panelist, Family Law Update, Illinois Bar Association, December 9, 1994

Special Program for Psychiatry Residents, Psychology and Social Work Students: Superego Pathology in the Violent Adolescent. Presented at The American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, Pa. May 20, 1994

Panelist, The Psychodynamics of Men Reconsidered (Exploring the Meaning of Sex in the Analysis of the Gay Man.) The American Psychoanalytic Association. May, 1994

Recovered Memories of Trauma, a Psychoanalytic View, American Psychiatric Association, May 24, 1994

Discussion of T. Jacobs, "Psychoanalysis of the 'unanalyzable' patient." American Psychoanalytic Association. December, 1993

Researching the Efficacy of Child Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Illinois Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Chicago, Illinois, June 9, 1993

Discussion of J. Weiss "The Loss of Repression." American Psychoanalytic Association. May 18, 1993

Address to the Matrimonial Law Committee, Chicago Bar Association: Stress Management for Matrimonial Lawyers: Attorney/Client Stress. April 14, 1993

Solace and Comfort: Aspects of Healing, To Life! - Congregations and Communities Facing Change, Interfaith Conference on Spirituality and Aging co-sponsored by Arthur Rubloff Institute for Jewish Living of Temple Sholom, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Buehler Center on Aging, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, American Association of Retired Persons, American Society on Aging Forum on Religion and Aging, Chicago, Illinois May 19, 1992

Clinical Issues in Panel Presentation: Dynamics of Young Adulthood. Illinois Society for Clinical Social Work Conference: Coming of Age: The Dynamics of Young Adulthood. Chicago, Il April 24, 1992

Panelist "Visitation: From Infancy through Adolescence - Problems and Pitfalls" Annual meeting American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Chicago. October 30, 1991

Discussion on Sexuality and Self Psychology, "Master Class" 16th Annual Conference on the Psychology of the Self, October, 1991

Why People Work, Public Forum, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, October, 1991

Course on Custody Evaluation (with J. Feinberg, J.D.) Consultation Service, Institute for Psychoanalysis May-June, 1991

Psychoanalysis and Chaos Theory: Prediction and Self Similarity, presented at the Research Meeting, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, May 31, 1991

Radio appearance on WBEZ, the Mora Tapp Program in discussion of Jeffrey Masson's Final Analysis Nov. 30, 1990

The Combination of Psychoanalysis and Psychopharmacology. Panel Presentation, Illinois Psychiatric Society Nov. 17, 1990

Solace and Comfort in Rituals and Stories presented at Good Samaritan Hospital Nov. 11, 1990

Radio appearance on WGN, the Milt Rosenberg Show in discussion with Jeffrey Masson. Oct. 31, 1990

Adolescent Rage, Violence and the Endangered Self. Presented at The Canadian Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists for Children Oct. 27, 1990

Antijudaism, Antisemitism and the Enfeebled Self. Presented at The American Jewish Committee's Leo Lichtenberg Institute for the Study of Anti-Semitism symposium, Toward a New Definition of Anti-Semitism. Sept. 9, 1990

University of Chicago Comprehensive Psychiatry Review: Psychoanalysis. February 28, 1990

Solace and the Ritual Process, presented at the 25th Anniversary, Center for Religion and Psychotherapy

Discussion of Barbara Fajardo's Paper: Development and Unanalyzablity. American Psychoanalytic Association. December 14, 1989

Nahman of Bratslav: Depression and Religious Creativity. Spertus College and Institute for Psychoanalysis Joint Conference on Psychoanalysis and Judaism, December 3, 1989

Dialogue with Paulina Kernberg on the Analysis of a Psychotic Child. Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's conference on Childhood Psychosis. December, 1989

What is an Analyst that He May Know a Mind and a Mind that an Analyst May Know It? Grand Rounds at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's, November, 1989

Discussion of Bertram Cohler's Paper on "Psychoanalytic Study and Cultural Study." Chicago Psychoanalytic Society, September, 1989

"When You're Stupid and Things Don't Work." The Analysis of a Late Adolescent with a Learning Disability. Presented at the First International Workshop on Educational Therapy. Chicago, August 26, 1989

Overview and Discussion - Panel on Psychoanalytic Case Reporting, American Psychoanalytic Association, May, 1989

Presidential Address. Adolescent Friendship, Chicago Society for Adolescent Psychiatry May 17, 1988, also presented at the University of Chicago Workshop on Psychoanalysis, March, 1989

The Development and Treatment of the Adolescent Self, Florida Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, March, 1989

The Adolescent's Selfobject World. Chicago Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, February, 1989

The Transition of Adolescence to Young Adulthood, a Shift in the Selfobject World - Presented at The Chicago Self Psychology Study Group September 1988

Toward a Mathematical Model of the Self. Conference on Mathematics and Psychoanalysis, New York, June 1988

Discussion of P. Barglow's Can Psychoanalytic Reconstructions be Validated? How? Chicago Psychoanalytic Society, January 1988

Discussion of J. Sashin's Toward a General Theory of Affects, American Psychoanalytic Association, New York, December 1987

Self Psychology and Self-Selfobject Development in Adult Life - Presented at the Tenth Annual Conference on Self Psychology, November 1987

Workshop on Baalei Tshuva and Conversion (with Tsvi Blanchard) Second Annual Conference on Psychoanalysis and Judaism, Chicago, November 1987

Clinical Dialogue with Marian Tolpin -Presented at the Tenth Annual Conference on Self Psychology, November 1987

The Transition of Adolescence to Young Adulthood, a Shift in the Selfobject World - Presented at the University of Chicago, Grand Rounds April 1987, The Minneapolis Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, October 1987

Case Presentation - An Adolescent Boy in Analysis - Association for Child Psychoanalysis, Key Biscayne, March, 1987

Recordings

The Robert Galatzer-Levy Collection. On Good Authority. Includes: The Assessment of Violent Adolescents; (with Nancy Murphy) Legal Issues in the Treatment of Domestic Violence; The Meaning of Money; Custody Evaluations.

Professional Associations

American Society of Trial Consultants, 2000 -

American Psychoanalytic Association (Active Member) 1986 -

Committee on Honorary Membership, 1999 - 2008

Chair 2001 - 2003

Election Oversight Committee, 1999 -

Science Advisor, Executive Committee and Council – 2000 - 2006

Councilor at Large (nationally elected position) 1999- 2004

Committee on Scientific Affairs 1986 -

Subcommittee on Outcome studies 1988 - 1999

Chair 1995 - 2001

Committee on Child and Adolescent Analysis of the Board of Professional Standards 1993 - 1998

Fund for Psychoanalytic Research 1992 - 2007

Co-Chair 1995 - 1998; Chair 1998-2000

Ad Hoc Committee to Study Certification 2002-2003

Task Force on Reorganization 2006-2007

Chair 2006-2007

Secretary (Nationally elected office) 2007 -

International Psychoanalytic Association

The Committee on Scientific Internet Facilitation, 1999 -

Member, Nominating Committee, 1997

The International Psychoanalytical Association Trust

Member, Research Advisory Board, 1997-

Chair, Program Committee, International Congress, Rio 2005-2007

American Management Association 1989 -

American Psychology-Law Society, 1997 -

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children 1993 -

Association of Child Psychoanalysis

Councillor, 1989 - 1993

Program Committee 1987 - 1991

Committee on Registry of Child Analysis Cases (Chairman) 1988 - 1992

British Society for the History of Science 1993 -

Chicago Psychoanalytic Society (Active member)

Secretary, 1991 – 1994

President-elect 2006-2007

President 2007

Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies (CAPS) 1991 -

Midwest Society of Professional Consultants

Psychoanalysis at Aspen

Corporation, The Marine Biological Laboratory

Chicago Society for Adolescent Psychiatry

Immediate Past President 1988 - 1989

President 1987 - 1988

President elect 1986 - 1987

Program Chairman 1982 - 1983

Secretary-Treasurer 1980 - 1982

Councillor, 1978 - 1980

Illinois Council of Child Psychiatry

American Association for Psychiatry and the Law

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Association for Artificial Intelligence

American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry

Chairman Committee on Institutes 1983-1986,

Program Chairman, Committee on Institutes, 1981-1983

American Mathematical Association

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts 1999 -

Committee on Custody Evaluation 2000 -

Boards of Directors

Jewish Family and Community Service 1989 -1998

Consortium for Psychoanalytic Research 1988 - 1995

Fund for Psychoanalytic Research 1990 - 2007

Editorial Boards

Annual of Psychoanalysis 1987-1991

Annual of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy 1987-1990

International Journal of Psychoanalysis & International Review of Psychoanalysis 1989- 1991, 1997-2000

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 1991 - 1994, 1997- 2000

Journal of Applied Psychoanalysis 1999 -

Neuropsychoanalysis 1999-

Progress in Self Psychology 1988 -

Awards

Joan Flemming Award for Excellence in Teaching, Candidates Association, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, 1991

Distinguished Service Award, American Psychoanalytic Association, 2004

Distinguished Service Award, American Psychoanalytic Association, 2007

Directory Listings

The Best Doctors in America (1^st , 2^nd, 3^rd and 4th Editions)

The Best Doctors in America: Midwest Region

Who's Who in the Midwest

Top Doctors: Chicago Metro Area (1^st , 2^nd and 3^rd Editions)

American Mem and Women of Science

Who’s Who in American

Medical-Legal Experience

Dr. Galatzer-Levy has served as an expert witness or consultant in custody evaluation, termination of parental rights, juvenile and adult criminal, malpractice and personal injury litigation. He also has served as a litigation consultant, performed independent medical evaluation, and provided expert testimony before professional licensing and staff privilege committees.

Rev Nov 1, 2008