Edward T. Novak is a psychoanalyst in private practice in Akron, Ohio. He was the book review editor for the Transactional Analysis Journal from 2013 to 2024 and is still a member of the editorial board. He has presented at international conferences and published numerous articles, many in the TAJ, as well as a book on clinical touch entitled Physical Touch in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Transforming Trauma through Embodied Practice (Routledge, 2023). He welcomes collegial correspondence and can be reached at 1653 Merriman Rd., Suite #212, Akron, Ohio 44313, United States; email: edtnovak@gmail.com. NOTE: Novak is not a "trainee member but needed to check a box in order to have this profile included in the directory.