CURRICULUM VITAE

ROBERT M. GALATZER-LEVY, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago; Faculty, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis
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 -  2010
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
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience University of Chicago 2012 –
Chair of the Evaluation of Research and Results Subcommittee, International Psychoanalytic Association 2012-

Books 

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2017, in press) Nonlinear Psychoanalysis: Notes from Forty Years of Chaos. And Complexity Thoery. New York; Routledge.

Galatzer-Levy, R., Kraus, L., & Galatzer-Levy, J. (eds.) (2009) The Scientific Basis of Child Custody Decisions.  Second Edition. John Wiley & Sons  (Translation into Arabic to be published Arab Network for Research & Publishing, Saudi Arabia, 2013).

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) Does Psychoanalysis Work? 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. (2017) Concluding remarks and future perspectives. In Leuzinger-Bohleber, M., Arnold, S. and Solms, M. (eds.) The Unconscious: A bridge between psychoanalysis and cognitive neuroscience. New York: Routledge.

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2016) Trauma, Traum und Transformation in der Psychoanalyse. Klinische und Extra-Klinische Forschung im Rahmen einer EEG/fMRT-Studie in Leuzainger-Bohleber, M.; Simon, A.; Solms, M. (eds) Das Unbewusste – Eine Brücke zwischen Psychoanalyse und Neurowissenschaften Pp. 295–308 (German translation of Previous entry.)

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2016) Nonlinearity: New Worldview for Psychoanalysts. The American Psychoanalyst. 50 (4) 9-10.

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2016) The Edge of Chaos: A Nonlinear View of Psychoanalytic Technique. International Journal of Psychoanalysis. 97(2) 409-427.

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2015) Women and Children Last: Comments of the History of Child Analysis. The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child.69:108-145.

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2014) A Nonlinear Lens on Berta Bornstein’s “Frankie.” The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child. 68:177-190
Galatzer-Levy, R. (2014)  Comments on The Selective Allure of Neuroscience and Its Implications for The Courtroom by A. Schniderman.  The Jury Expert. http://www.thejuryexpert.com/2014/11/the-selective-allure-of-neuroscience-and-its-implications-for-the-courtroom/

Galatzer-Levy, R.  (2014) Commentary on “Mourning the Body as Bedrock: Developmental Considerations in Treating Analytically Trannsexual Patients.” Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association.  52(5) 815-821.
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Galatzer-Levy, R. (2014) Past and Future. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 62(1) 187-190  Book Review of The New Dictionary of Kleinian Thourght..

Cohler, B. & R. Galatzer-Levy (2013) The Historical Moment in the Analysis of Gay Men. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 1139-1174.

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2013) Emergente, Emergencia in Viaje a la Complejidad 3 El Psiquimo un Porceso Hipercomplejo Nivel de integracion psiquico. Caparros & Roche (eds) Madrid:Biblioteca Nueva. Pp. 126-135.

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2013) Greed: Up Close and Personal. In Ronis, E & L. Shaw, Greed:Sex, Money, Power and Politics. New York: International Psychoanalytic Press. Pp1-12.

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2013) The Death of the Analyst, the Death of the Analytic Community, and Bad Conduct. In. Adelman, A. & Malawista, K. (eds.) The Therapist in Mourning: From the Faraway Nearby. Pp.178-197. New York: Columbia University Press.

Galatzer-Levy, B. & Galatzer-Levy, R. (2012) Ordinary Police Interrogation in the United States, The Destruction of Meaning and Persons: A Psychoanalytic-Ethical Investigation. American Imago 69(1): 57-106

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2012) Obscuring Desire: A Special Pattern of Male Adolescent Masturbation, Internet Pornography, and the Flight from Meaning. Psychoanalytic Inquiry 32(5): 480-495

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2012) In Memoriam: Bertram J. Cohler, 1938-2012 APA Division 39, Psychoanalysis http://www.division39.org/div39_sects.php?sectid=1

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2011) Commentary a Terry Marks-Tarlow’s Paper, “Merging and Emerging: A Nonlinear Portrait of Intersubjectivity during Psychotherapy.” Psychoanalytic Diaglogs. 21:1-12.

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2009) Finding Your Way Through Chaos, Fractals and Other Exotic Mathematical Objects: A Guide for the Perplexed. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 57(5) 1227-1249

Galatzer-Levy, R. (2009) Good Vibrations: A Non-linear Dynamical Systems Model of the Action of Psychoanalysis. International Journal of Psychoanalysis. 90:983-1007.

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) The Nuts and Bolts of Child Psychoanalysis. Annual of Psychoanalysis, 36:189-202

Cohler, B. & Galatzer-Levy, R  (2008) Anna Freud and the Problem of Female Sexuality Psychoanalytic Inquiry. Vol 28(1), Jan-Mar 2008, 3-26.
Galatzer-Levy, R.  (2007) The importance of being fuzzy and the importance of being precise: Commentary on Harrison and Tronick. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 55: 883-889. 
Cohler, B. & Galatzer-Levy, R. (2007) What Kind of Science is Psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic Inquiry 27: 547-582

Galatzer-Levy, I. & Galatzer-Levy, R. (2007) 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) The Death of the Analyst: Clinical Experiences with Patients Whose Analysts Died During Their Treatment. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 52: 999-1024
 
______ (2004) Chaotic Possibilities: Toward a New Model of Development. International Journal of Psychoanalysis. 85:419-442 (Reprinted in Rose, J. & Shulman, G. (2016) The non-linear mind: psychoanalysis of Complexity in psychic life. Great Britain: Karnac. Pp67-100)
 
______ (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 for Psychoanalysis 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 Children Journal 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

Fractal Boundaries. 11th Sandler Research Congress. Buenos Aires, Argentina July 2, 2016

Work with Other Professional. Education for Attorneys Appointed to Represent Children, Illinois State Bar Association June 3, 2016. 

The Fractal Boundaries of Gender and Sexuality. Symposium on Gender and Sexuality. American Psychoanalytic Association June 17, 2016 Chicago Illinois

The Revitalization of the South Side of Chicago (moderator) American Psychoanalytic Association, June 17, 2016, Chicago Illinois

Workshop: Follow-up Studies of Child and Adolescent Analysis (co-chair) American Psychoanalytic Association, June 18, 2016. Chicago Illinois

“How the fractal nature of boundaries can reshape clinical approaches to gender, ethics, and empathy” 9th Joseph Sandler Conference: The Relationship Between Psychoanalytic Research and Clinical Work. Buenos Aires Argentina, July 1, 2016

Boundaries, St. Louis Psychoanalytic Society March 3, 2016.

Case Conference, St. Louis Child Analysis Seminar, March 4, 2016

Follow-up studies of Child and  Adolescent Psychoanalysis, American Psychoanalytic Association, January 2016

Approaches to Psychoanalytic Research, Summit of Research, American Psychoanalytic Association June 2015

The Impaired Therapist: Ethical Considerations, Contemporary Freudian Society. Washington DC September 21, 2014   

Freud's non-response to the First World War, Panel on Untimely Thoughts on War and Death. Association for Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society.  New Brunswick NJ October 18, 2014

Introduction of the Gertrude and Ernst Ticho Memorial Lecture. American Psychoanalytic Association. June 6, 2014.

Workshop Outcome of Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis. June 7, 2014. American Psychoanalytic Association. June 7, 2014.

Workshop Psychoanalytic Aspect of Assisted Reproductive Technology. American Psychoanalytic Association. June 7, 2014

Closing Remarks, Joseph Sanderl Psychoanalytic Research Conference; Farnkfurt Am Main, Germany, March 2, 2014 

“How the Concept of the Essential Other Came to Be” Plenary Address: The Essential Other Generativity, Resilience and Narrative., Frances W. Parker School. September 21, 2013

“The Edge of Chaos: A New Nonlinear View of Psychoanalytic Technique.” 48th International Psychoanalytic Association Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, August 3, 2013

“Bertram Cohler on Method: The Chicago School Meets Herman the Newt.” Bertam  J. Cohler Memorial Conference. The University of 'Chicago. June 13, 2013.

Panel with Irwin Hoffman, Fred Levin, Frank Summers and Erika Schmidt, “What Kind of Science is Psychoanalysis. Presented at “Which Way Forward Psychoanalysis.” Chicago Illinois May 19, 2013.

Panel with Pablo Ben, On Freud’s Three Essays on Sexuality. Presented at “Which Way Forward Psychoanalysis.” Chicago Illinois May 18, 2013.

The Historical Moment and the Analysis of Gay Men (with B. Cohler). Delivered at the American Psychoanalytic Association. January 16, 2013 (Recipient of the Ralph Roughton Prize.)

Bertram Cohler. Delivered at the American Psychoanalytic Association. January 15, 2013

Shocking Boundaries. Paper Delivered at the American Psychoanalytic Association. June 14, 2012

Creativity on a Dancing Landscape, Lecture, Division 39 (Psychoanalytic Psychology) April, 2012

Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics and Creative. Washington Psychoanalytic Center. March 20, 2012.

The Non-linear Analyst: A Lecture in Honor of John Kafka. Washington Psychoanalytic Center. March 19, 2012.

The nonlinear clinician 21st Annual International Conference: The Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences: August 4-6, 2011, Chapman University, Orange California USA; 2011; 1 p [Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences].

“Ten Questions for Psychoanalysis in the 21st Century.” Presidential Address, Chicago Psychoanalytic Society. June 23, 2009.

Presenter, Panel on “Outside the Frame: Applying Analytic Thinking in Other Settings.” Conference, Doing Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy. Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. March 7, 2009.

“Money and Greed” paper presented as part of a panel “Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives on Money” Symposium 2009: Greed, Sex, Money, Power and Politics. New York February 21, 2009

“Emergence, Clinical Perspectives” in Panel, Emergence and Specificity in Therapeutic Efficacy.  30th 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

Lecture, 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, 92nd 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 26th 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. 89th 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 - 2011
Science Advisor, Executive Committee and Council – 2000 - 2006
Councilor at Large (nationally elected position) 1999- 2004
Committee on Scientific Affairs 1986 - 2004
Subcommittee on Outcome studies 1988 - 1999
Chair 1995 – 2001
Subcommittee on Confidentiality 2004-
	Chair 2004 -					
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 -2011
Immediate Past Secretary 2011 – 2013
Joint Psychoanalyst Assistance Committee (renames Committee on Colleague Assistance) 2012 –
Committee on The American Psychoanalyst. 2016 - 
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
Chair, Committee on Evaluation of Research Proposals, 2012 -
American Management Association 1989 –
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1974
American Psychology-Law Society, 1997 -
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children 1993 -
Association of Child Psychoanalysis
Councilor, 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 2007-2009
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 -
Fellow of the College of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis (2016- )	

Boards of Directors

Jewish Family and Community Service 1989 -1998
Consortium for Psychoanalytic Research 1988 - 1995
Fund for Psychoanalytic Research 1990 – 2007, 2016 - 

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

University of Chicago Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Instructor of the Year 2012

Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Psychoanalytic Literature on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexula and Trans Individuals (with Bertram Cohler) 2013

Directory Listings
 
The Best Doctors in America (1st , 2nd, 3rd and 4th Editions)
 
The Best Doctors in America: Midwest Region
 
Who's Who in the Midwest
 
Top Doctors: Chicago Metro Area (1st , 2nd and 3rd Editions)

American Men 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.