Women's Growth In Connection: Writings from the Stone Center - Softcover

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,"

I. A Developmental Perspective
1. The Development of Women's Sense of Self, Miller
2. Women and Empathy: Implications for Psychological Development and Psychotherapy, Jordan, Surrey, & Kaplan
3. The "Self-in-Relation": A Theory of Women's Development, Surrey
4. Empathy and Self Boundaries, Jordan
5. The Meaning of Mutuality, Jordan
6. Beyond the Oedipus Complex: Mothers and Daughters, Stiver
7. Women's Self in Development in Late Adolescence, Kaplan, Klein, & Gleason
II. Applications
8. The Meanings of "Dependency" in Female-Male Relationships, Stiver
9. Relationship and Empowerment, Surrey
10. The Construction of Anger in Women and Men, Miller
11. Women and Power, Miller
12. The "Self-in-Relation": Implications for Depression in Women, Kaplan
13. Work Inhibitions in Women, Stiver
14. Eating Patterns as a Reflection of Women's Development, Surrey
15. The Meaning of Care: Reframing Treatment Models, Stiver
16. Female or Male Therapists for Women: New Formulations: Kaplan
17. Empathy, Mutuality, and Therapeutic Change: Clinical Implications of a Relational Model, Jordan