Alan J. Levy, Ph.D.: Living Relationships
“Healing is a verb, not a noun.”
Chapter Summary:
In Living Relationships, psychoanalyst Alan J. Levy, Ph.D., reflects on the enduring power of therapeutic connection—beginning with his own childhood experience in psychoanalysis. He describes healing as a relational, evolving process that unfolds over time through empathy, rupture, and repair. Rather than offering quick insight or certainty, Dr. Levy values the ongoing effort to meet another person honestly—even when it’s difficult. His chapter offers a window into psychoanalytic work as a living engagement, where meaning arises not from explanation, but from the relationship itself. Through that relationship, the patient becomes more fully alive.
About Dr. Alan Levy:
Alan J. Levy, Ph.D., is a psychoanalyst in Northfield, Illinois. He trained at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies and has taught at Columbia, USC, Loyola, and the University of Chicago, with a focus on relational psychoanalysis.