Women's Growth in Connection: Writings from the Stone Cutter

Jordan, Judith V.;Surrey, Janet L.;Stiver, Irene P.;Kaplan, Alexandra G.;Miller, Jean Baker;Stiver, Iren

ISBN 10: 0898624657 / ISBN 13: 9780898624656

Published by Guilford Pubn, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1991

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first edition/first printing book is tight with no markings, some soiling to page edges,

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Women's Growth in Connection: Writings from the Stone Cutter
• Publisher: Guilford Pubn, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0898624657
• ISBN 13: 9780898624656
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Edition/First Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • PSYCHOLOGY

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Synopsis

This book presents an innovative relational perspective on women's ways of being in the world. It offers an alternative to traditional models of human development that define health and maturity in terms of separation and consistently define women as deficient. Written by leading clinicians and teachers from the Stone Center at Wellesley College, the book foregrounds women's meaning systems, values, and organization of experiences, which often revolve around relationships rather than the self. The authors set out basic relational principles and consider the implications for life challenges that many women face, as well as for psychotherapy.
 

About the Author

JudithV Jordan, Ph.D., is the Director of the Jean Baker Miller Institute, the Stone Center, Wellesley College, and Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School. She has received several prestigious awards including: the Massachusetts  Psychological Association's Career Achievement Award for Outstanding contributions to the advancement of psychology as a science and a profession; Doctor of Humane Letters from New England college with"utmost admiration for your contritbution to the science and practice of psychology"; the Distinguished  Psychologist Award for contributions to psychology and psychotherapy, division29 of the  of the American  Psychological Association" ( given to one psychologist from the United States or Canada  each year).;  the Mary Margaret Vorhees Distinguished Professor at the Menninger School of Psychiatry and Mental Health Science, in recognition of an outstanding  teacher and contributor in the field of psychiatry/psychology;  commendation from Harvard University Department of Clinical Psychology for outstanding academic performance;   She published about  twenty chapters, 50 journal articles, 10 books (authored or edited). and has presented at over 1000 conferences and workshops.  She has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show.  Jon Carlson, co-editor of the   

American Psychological Associations' Theory of Psychotherapy  series, referred to RCT (Relational-Cultural Theory) as one of the ten most important psychological theories today." Jean Kilbourne, noted speaker and feminist leader, noted "Relational Cultural theory not only changes individual lives, it has the power to transform the world".  The work is increasingly recognized for its insights into establishing social justice. As Aaron T Beck ,the father of cognitive therapy said,  "RCT embodies an outstanding advance in psychotherapy with broad implications for social justice  by challenging stratification and marginalization and promoting connectedness and relationships,"