The Space between Us: Exploring the Dimensions of Human Relationships / Edition 1

by Ruthellen H. Josselson

Overview

Integrating psychological theories with empirical evidence, the author of this volume draws fundamental conclusions about the nature and types of relationships, and develops eight dimensions of relatedness ranging from the very casual to the deeply intimate.

Each chapter examines a particular dimension and includes a brief life history of a person interviewed by the author. Particular attention is paid to how the type of relationship discussed shaped that person, with diagrams charting these relationships over time. The book also discusses how the sexes differ in the way they relate to others and the various forms that love can take.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761901266
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	08/16/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.71(d)

Table of Contents

The Discourse of Relatedness
Yearning (Wo)Man
Holding
Attachment
Passionate Experience
Eye-to-Eye Validation
Idealization and Identification
Mutuality and Resonance
Embeddedness
Tending (Care)
Sex Differences in Relatedness
Notes on Love

Editorial Reviews

Rather than merely giving advice on how to improve a marriage or other romantic attachment, psychologist Josselson ( Finding Herself ) explores eight types of relationships, from the deeply intimate to the very casual. Although some people may be most adept at one type of interaction, all such relationships are important to our growth as caring human beings, she states. Each chapter closes with a short life history of a person interviewed by the author, with particular attention paid to how the type of relationship discussed shaped that person?to avoid psychobabble? . Visual diagrams chart these men's and women's relationships throughout their lives. Additional chapters cover how the sexes differ in the way they relate to others and the various forms that love can take. Deep and insightful, this should prove important to professional therapists as well as to those seeking a better understanding of human nature. (May)

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