The Complexity of Connection Writings from the Stone Center's Jean Baker Miller Training Institute

by Jordan, Judith V.; Walker, Maureen; Hartling, Linda M.

• ISBN13: 9781593850258
• ISBN10: 1593850255
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-23
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

In this important third volume from the Stone Center at Wellesley College, founding scholars and new voices expand and deepen the Center's widely embraced psychological theory of connection as the core of human growth and development. Demonstrating the increasing sophistication of relational-cultural theory (RCT), the volume presents an absorbing and practical examination of connection and disconnection at both individual and societal levels. Chapters explore how experiences of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, and gender influence relationships, and how people can connect across difference and disagreement. Also discussed are practical implications of the theory for psychotherapy, for the raising of sons, and for workplace and organizational issues.

Author Biography

Judith V. Jordan, PhD, is the codirector and a founding scholar of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute (JBMTI) of the Stone Center at Wellesley College. Coauthor of [i]Women's Growth in Connection[/i] and editor of [i]Women's Growth in Diversity[/i], she is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and works as a therapist, supervisor, and consultant.

Maureen Walker, PhD, is a licensed psychologist with an independent practice in psychotherapy and multicultural consultation in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A faculty member and the director of program development at the JBMTI, she is the coeditor of [i]How Connections Heal[/i]. She is also the associate director of MBA Support Services at Harvard Business School.

Linda M. Hartling, PhD, is the associate director of the JBMTI. She is also a member of an international team establishing the first Center for Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(10)
Judith V. Jordan and Maureen Walker
Part I. Deepening Our Understanding of Relationship
1 Toward Competence and Connection	11	(17)
Judith V. Jordan
2 Relational Resilience	28	(19)
Judith V. Jordan
3 Relational Awareness: Transforming Disconnection	47	(17)
Judith V. Jordan
4 Therapists' Authenticity	64	(26)
Jean Baker Miller, Judith V. Jordan, Irene P. Stiver, Maureen Walker, Janet L. Surrey, and Natalie S. Eldridge
5 Race, Self, and Society: Relational Challenges in a Culture of Disconnection	90	(13)
Maureen Walher
6 Shame and Humiliation: From Isolation to Relational Transformation	103	(26)
Linda M. Hartling, Wendy B. Rosen, Maureen Walker, and Judith V. Jordan
7 Racial Images and Relational Possibilities	129	(18)
Maureen Walker and Jean Baker Miller
8 Women, Race, and Racism: A Dialogue in Black and White	147	(20)
Andrea Ayvazian and Beverly Daniel Tatum
Part II. Applying the Power of Connection
9 Couple Therapy: A Relational Approach	167	(27)
Stephen J. Bergman and Janet L. Surrey
10 Relationships in Groups: Connection, Resonance, and Paradox	194	(26)
Nikki M. Fedele
11 Mothers and Sons: Raising Relational Boys	220	(30)
Cate Dooley and Nikki M. Fedele
12 Applications of the Relational Model to Time-Limited Therapy	250	(20)
Judith V. Jordan, Maryellen Handel, Margarita Alvarez, and Robin Cook-Nobles
13 Relational Theory in the Workplace	270	(29)
Joyce K. Fletcher
Index	299