Healing Connection: How Women Form Relationships in Therapy and in Life

Title: Healing Connection: How Women Form Relationships in Therapy and in Life
Author: Jean Baker Miller
ISBN: 9780807029206
Publisher: Beacon Pr
Published: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Condition: Used: Near Fine
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Psychology 1680067

Publisher Description:
In 1976, Jean Baker Miller published Toward a New Psychology of Women, a feminist classic that went on to sell more than 200,000 copies. The Healing Connection builds on the theoretical insights of Toward a New Psychology of Women to show how women's experiences in relationships -- whether with family members, friends and colleagues, or therapists -- shape psychological health.

Miller and Stiver analyze the subtle process of empathetic listening and responding that takes place in day-to-day relationships and show convincingly how such moments of "connection" lead to psychological growth. They argue that repeated experiences of "disconnection", or the failure of empathy in relationships, cause most psychological problems, including anxiety, isolation, and depression.

Through vivid examples drawn from their own practice as therapists, Miller and Stiver show how women can learn to experience real connection and to overcome psychological problems. They outline a new kind of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not a neutral figure but a participant with emotional responses of her own.

Certain to become a landmark book in women's psychology, The Healing Connection offers new understanding and hope for women seeking profound changes in their lives.