About The Author
Neil Altman PhD is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, author, and clinician who treats people of all ages. Altman earned his PhD in clinical psychology from NYU in 1979. From 2005 to 2008 he served as a representative to the United Nations for the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. In 2009 Altman began working as editor emeritus for the publication Psychoanalytic Dialogues. In 2015 he won the Founder's Award from the psychoanalysis division of the American Psychological Association. He lives in New York.
