Table of Contents

1. Recent Developments in Relational-Cultural Theory Judith V. Jordan SECTION ONE: RCT AND THERAPY 2. Introduction to Section One: RCT and Therapy 3. Creative Moments in Relational-Cultural Therapy Irene Pierce Stiver, Wendy Rosen, Janet Surrey and Jean Baker Miller 4. What Changes in Therapy? Who Changes? Natalie S. Eldridge, Janet L. Surrey, Wendy P. Rosen and Jean Baker Miller 5. Strengthening Resilience in a Risky World: It’s All About Relationships Linda M. Hartling 6. When Racism Gets Personal: Toward Relational Healing Maureen Walker 7. How Therapy Helps When the Culture Hurts Maureen Walker SECTION TWO: THE IMPORTANCE OF POWER 8. Introduction to Section Two: The Importance of Power 9. How Change Happens: Controlling Images, Mutuality, and Power Jean Baker Miller 10. Power and Effectiveness: Envisioning an Alternate Paradigm Maureen Walker 11. Telling the Truth About Power Jean Baker Miller SECTION THREE: RCT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 12. Introduction to Section Three: RCT and Social Justice 13. Relational-Cultural Practice: Working in a Nonrelational World Linda Hartling and Elizabeth Sparks 14. Learning at the Margin: New Models of Strength Judith V. Jordan 15. Valuing Vulnerability: New Definitions of Courage Judith V. Jordan 16. Commitment to Connection in a Culture of Fear Judith V. Jordan

About the Author

Judith V. Jordan is Director of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute and an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Medical School. She has written and lectured widely on topics of relational psychology, empathy, mutuality, the psychology of women, shame and the power of connection.