NEW BOOK - COME CLOSER
“I dare anyone not to find herself within the pages of this beautiful book. Come Closer is a masterwork by one of the great thinkers of our time.” —Dani Shapiro, New York Times bestselling author of Inheritance
“A deliriously smart and empathetic book that makes a match between the way you love and the way you were loved: sparks ensue.” —Joshua Cohen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Netanyahus
“A remarkable piece of writing, riveting and disquieting in equal measure.” —Adam Phillips, psychoanalyst and author of Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life
״Through personal vulnerability and storytelling that draws us into the secret emotional lives we all carry, Dr. Galit Atlas’ clinical mastery feels fresh and accessible on every page. This is not a book that preaches about intimacy; it embodies it, reminding us that coming closer to another always begins with coming closer to ourselves.”
—Dr. Ingrid Clayton, author of Fawning
“This is a wise, lucid, and deeply humane book, offering readers genuine hope for how love can be repaired and transformed.”
—Meghan O'Rourke, bestselling author of The Invisible Kingdom
What 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?
In Come Closer, 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.
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.
No one who reads this eye-opening book will ever see their relationships—or themselves—the same way again.
