From Separation to Connection: Shifts in Understanding Women's Development

1 March 1989

journal article
Published by SAGE Publications in Affilia

Vol. 4 (1) , 45-58
https://doi.org/10.1177/088610998900400105

Abstract

This article considers the theories of adult development that have led to shifts in understanding the psychology of women. A male-defined life cycle of adult development has been succeeded by a self-in-relation psychology of women. The implications of this shift in paradigm for social policy and practice with women are discussed in relation to a number of issues. Group therapy for women is recommended as the treatment of choice, given the role of connectedness in women's development.

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