75ea36621d0073cbb19ad1c449050808During the 2015-2016 academic year, Dr. Galatzer-Levy is teaching the following courses and seminars:

Reading Freud. This is an ongoing seminar, in which we are systematically conducting a close reading of Sigmund Freud’s collective works. This year will focus on the period 1905 through 1910. The seminar, which meets on the first Wednesday evening of each month at the Institute for Psychoanalysis, is open to anyone interested in the careful exploration of Freud’s writings. Please contact Dr. Galatzer-Levy for additional information.

Seminar on Psychoanalysis and the Law. This monthly seminar designed for mental health professionals, attorneys, students in those fields, and other professionals with an interest in the topic explores issues that rise on the interface of psychoanalysis and the law. For additional information please contact Dr. Galatzer-Levy.

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy of Children. This course open to fellows in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Chicago is offered during the summer and fall of 2014.

Development of Adolescents and Young Adults is open to Candidates and students-at-large at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis.  It will be taught during the fall and winter quarters.

Psychoanalytic Theory-Bion is a course covering the works of psychoanalyst Wilfred Bion to be taught at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis in the winter and spring quarters 2015-2016.


Reading Freud

This monthly seminar is Devoted to a close chronological reading of the works of Sigmund Freud. the seminar mine’s Freud’s writings to develop a clear picture of the development of his thinking and to place it in historical context. Participants include psychoanalysts, mental health professionals, scholars in the humanities and social sciences, college and graduate students, and anyone who wants to study Freud’s writing in depth.

Date: 1st Wednesday Each Month
Time: 7:00PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis  122 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 1300
CEU/CME: 2                                        Fee: Free

Please contact Dr. Galatzer_levy for further information.


Law and Psychoanalysis

Robert Galatzer-Levy, M.D.

Description: This seminar focuses on the  relationship between law and psychoanalysis. The group includes psychoanalysts, mental health professionals, legal professionals, and other scholars.

Date: 3rd Tuesday Each Month
Time: 6:00 to 8:00
Location: Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis  122 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 1300

Please contact Dr. Galatzer_levy for further information.