How Connections Heal Stories from Relational-Cultural Therapy

by Walker, Maureen; Rosen, Wendy B.; Miller, Jean Baker

• ISBN13: 9781593850326
• ISBN10: 1593850328
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-22
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

From faculty and associates of the Stone Center's Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, this practice-oriented casebook shows how relational-cultural theory (RCT) translates into therapeutic action. Richly textured chapters--all written especially for this volume--explain key concepts of RCT and demonstrate their application with diverse individuals, couples, families, and groups, as well as in institutional settings. Emphasizing that relationship is the work of therapy, case narratives illuminate both the therapist and client factors that promote or interfere with movement toward connection. Highlighted are the ways in which cultural contexts profoundly influence relationships; how growthful connection inevitably includes conflict; and how experienced therapists work on a moment-by-moment basis to engage with and counteract personal and cultural forces of disconnection.

Author Biography

Maureen Walker, PhD, a licensed psychologist, is the director of program development at the JBMTI and the associate director of MBA Support Services at Harvard Business School. She is a coeditor of [i]The Complexity of Connection[/i].

Wendy B. Rosen, PhD, a licensed clinical social worker, is on the faculty of the JBMTI and on the attending staff of McLean Hospital. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Smith College School for Social Work.

Table of Contents

Part I. An Introduction to Relational-Cultural Theory and Practice	1	(30)
1 How Relationships Heal	3	(19)
Maureen Walker
2 Relational Learning in Psychotherapy Consultation and Supervision	22	(9)
Judith V. Jordan
Part II. Connection, Disconnection, and Resilience in the Therapy Dyad	31	(72)
3 Walking a Piece of the Way: Race, Power, and Therapeutic Movement	35	(18)
Maureen Walker
4 Making Great Memories: Empathy, Derailment, and Growth	53	(13)
Wendy B. Rosen
5 Caring, but Fallible: A Story of Repairing Disconnection	66	(17)
Alice C. Lawler
6 Reflections on Life, Loss, and Resilience	83	(20)
Dana L. Comstock
Part III. Applications to Couple, Family, and Group Therapy	103	(90)
7 Me, Them, Us: Developing Mutuality in a Couple's Therapy	107	(21)
Cynthia Walls
8 Moving toward "We": Promise and Peril	128	(23)
Karen Skerrett
9 The Five Good Things in Cross-Cultural Therapy	151	(23)
Roseann Adams
10 Relational Movement in Group Psychotherapy	174	(19)
Nikki Fedele
Part IV. Envisioning New Models of Effectiveness and Change: Relational Practices in Institutional Settings	193	(60)
11 Prevention through Connection: A Collaborative Response to Women's Substance Abuse	197	(19)
Linda M. Hartling
12 Toward Relational Empowerment of Women in Prison	216	(17)
Yvonne M. Jenkins
13 Relational Experiences of Delinquent Girls: A Case Study	233	(20)
Elizabeth Sparks
Index	253