Michael Atar

About me

I am Professor Michael Atar, a psychoanalytic parent-infant psychotherapist. I work with families, parents, carers, and their children, drawing on my expertise from various life experiences such as my medical background, working as a paediatric dentist for over 25 years, and being a father of a large family with children of various ages.Whilst I do adopt a psychoanalytic observational stance, I don’t approach therapy from the position of an “expert”. My belief in therapy is that it focuses on awareness, understanding, and gentle support. As the word therapy suggests facilitating and serving,…