Women's Growth In Diversity by Judith V Jordan

Women's Growth In Diversity by Judith V Jordan

This text focuses on the ways that diversity can enhance - rather than threaten - relationships between women and men. Themes covered include empathy as an antidote to shame and silence, the role of ethnicity, and anger as a resource for change.

"A significant contribution to the psychological literatureThis work advances the move toward more inclusive conceptualizations of women's psychologies, their relationships and their experiences. An excellent book for course adoption in graduate and undergraduate courses in women's studies." --Beverly Greene, PhD, Professor of Psychology, St. John's University; Private Clinical Practice

"This excellent, important collection shows the vitality of the Stone Center Project and reveals the development of a revolutionary women's psychology. Diversity is the human condition and these papers take substantial steps toward bringing it into central focus." --Carol Gilligan, PhD, Author of In A Different Voice; Professor, Harvard School of Education

"A brilliant and essential book, grounded in compassion and rooted in the real world of female experience. Once again the work of the Stone Center gives us a more accurate and enriched view of women, charting provocative new directions not only for therapists, but for all who seek a deeper understanding of female development and the human condition." --Harriet Lerner, PhD, Author of The Dance of Anger; Senior staff psychologist, Menninger Clinic
- Explores women in relation to their social environment, and their relationships as well as their inner lives....It is a veritable breath of fresh air and a necessary tool to effect change and growth for women. --Herizons, 3/17/1997

Judith Jordan, Ph.D., is Director of Training and Founding Scholar at the Jean Baker Miller Institute, the Stone Center, Wellesley College, and Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School.

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ISBN 13	9781572302068
ISBN 10	1572302062
Title	Women's Growth In Diversity
Author	Judith V Jordan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Guilford Publications
Year published	1997-05-08
Number of pages	342
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