{"product_id":"come-closer-childhood-wounds-adult-love-and-the-secrets-of-emotional-intimacy-galit-atlas-hardcover","title":"Come Closer: Childhood Wounds, Adult Love, and the Secrets of Emotional Intimacy -- Galit Atlas, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Irvin D. Yalom, Esther Perel, and Oliver Sacks, a profound and \"deeply humane\" (Meghan O'Rourke, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e) book by psychoanalyst and internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEmotional Inheritance\u003c\/i\u003e Dr. Galit Atlas that reveals how our childhood wounds hold the key to understanding our adult relationships.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is the secret of emotional intimacy? How can understanding our childhood experiences give us the insights we need to be close to others in a truly satisfying, longer-lasting, and more meaningful way? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCome Closer\u003c\/i\u003e, Galit Atlas invites us inside the private lives of her patients--and into her own--to offer new, life-changing answers to these important questions. Atlas has identified six child archetypes--the frightened child, the melancholic child, the ashamed child, the invisible child, the guilty child, and the chosen child--and in these pages, she shows how each childhood wound plays out in our adult relationships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In remarkably compelling and dramatic stories of both therapist and patient, Atlas illustrates how the child within us drives our love lives, forming patterns we repeat without awareness. Each narrative will have you on the edge of your seat, living the mystery alongside Atlas and her patients, uncovering roots, drawing parallels, and reaching insights and revelations, just as they do. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e No one who reads this eye-opening and \"stunning\" (Ramani Durvasula, psychologist and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eIt's Not You\u003c\/i\u003e) book will ever see their relationships--or themselves--the same way again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Galit Atlas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.77w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668067147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Galit Atlas is an internationally renowned psychoanalyst recognized for her rethinking of the place of sexuality and desire in contemporary theory and practice. She is on the faculty of the New York University postdoctoral program in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, and teaches at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. A leader in the field of relational psychoanalysis, Atlas teaches and lectures throughout the United States and internationally and is a recipient of the Gradiva Award, the Nautilus Book Award, and the NADTA Research Award. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEmotional Inheritance\u003c\/i\u003e--an international bestseller--and \u003ci\u003eCome Closer\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been translated into twenty-nine languages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galit Atlas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67455017877732,"sku":"9781668067147","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781668067147.jpg?v=1791187311","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/come-closer-childhood-wounds-adult-love-and-the-secrets-of-emotional-intimacy-galit-atlas-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}