Christina Robb was a writer at the Boston Globe for more than twenty years. She lives in Massachusetts with her family.
"You will learn not only the history of relational psychology but about the very things you need to know to make and sustain fruitful human connections." --Leora Tanenbaum, author of Slut!: Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation "Robb describes theory without didacticism, disentangles misconceptions without condescension, and makes powerful political statements without rancor." --O, The Oprah Magazine "Exciting . . . Robb's narrative makes a page-turner of a most unlikely story." --Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia "In This Changes Everything, Christina Robb . . . has recounted, in magnificent manner, the evolution of relational psychology and with it the transformation of contemporary psychological theory and practice." --The Boston Globe "This Changes Everything provides a long overdue service to three remarkable women whose contributions to our collective understanding of gender, politics, and psychology are truly immeasurable. " --Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabees
Journalist Robb tells the story of a group of women who have helped foster profound changes in the theory and practice of psychology. She explains that the dominant psychological theories of the past have posited the attainment of an autonomous sense of self as the pinnacle of maturity while downplaying the importance of the ability to sustain healthy relationships. Yet unhealthy relationships based on the unjust wielding of power appear to constitute a major cause of mental illnesses in many women. The psychiatric profession had long denied the existence of one of the most shockingly common of such relationships-the sexual abuse of girls by male relatives. Robb presents the complex story of how and why the denial of female suffering and the devaluing of what are traditionally understood as female virtues limited psychology and how psychologists and psychiatrists like Carol Gilligan and Lisa Hirschman have transformed the profession by bringing these realities to light. While the book at times risks hagiography, Robb succeeds in presenting a wealth of detail concerning (generally male) psychologists' past treatment of women and in providing compelling insights into the role of gender in the history of psychology. Recommended for public and academic libraries.-Susan Pease, Univ. of Massachusetts Lib., Amherst Social Science Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
"You will learn not only the history of relational psychology but about the very things you need to know to make and sustain fruitful human connections." --Leora Tanenbaum, author of Slut!: Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation "Robb describes theory without didacticism, disentangles misconceptions without condescension, and makes powerful political statements without rancor." --O, The Oprah Magazine "Exciting . . . Robb's narrative makes a page-turner of a most unlikely story." --Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia "In This Changes Everything, Christina Robb . . . has recounted, in magnificent manner, the evolution of relational psychology and with it the transformation of contemporary psychological theory and practice." --The Boston Globe "This Changes Everything provides a long overdue service to three remarkable women whose contributions to our collective understanding of gender, politics, and psychology are truly immeasurable. " --Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabees
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